What's New - Year 2011
List of What's New of 2011
- December 27, 2011
NDL NEWSLETTER No.180, UPDATE - December 22, 2011
Hiroyuki Taya appointed new Deputy Librarian - December 21, 2011
Electronic exhibition "Japanese Mathematics in the Edo Period" now available - December 15, 2011
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 13:00, Dec. 21 (Japan Time). - December 13, 2011
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE December 13 (Japanese). - December 13, 2011
Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 21:00, Dec. 14 (Japan Time). - December 12, 2011
Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras" will be held in the Tokyo Main Library from February 1 (Wed.), 2012. (Japanese) - December 6, 2011
Execution result of National Diet Library Electricity Saving Plan for summer. (Japanese) - December 6, 2011
From Dec. 27 (Tue.), New Year exhibition "dragons, dragons, dragons!" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - December 2, 2011
Support for recovering library materials affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake - December 1, 2011
International Policy Seminar "Global Economy and Growth Strategy of Japan" will be held on January 27 (Fri.), 2012. - December 1, 2011
The Yearend and New Year Schedule for Visitors (Japanese) - November 24, 2011
Library Fair & Forum 2011 ends - November 16, 2011
The 8th Kaleidoscope of Books "Tsunamis: Records and Literature" now available (Japanese) - November 11, 2011
Some services about ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 10:00, Nov. 14 (Japan Time) - November 2, 2011
From Nov. 17 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Guide to railroad travels" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese) - November 1, 2011
NDL Search begins cooperation with J-GLOBAL of the Japan Science and Technology Agency - October 31, 2011
NDL Search will be unavailable only late night hours from Oct.31 to Nov.6 (Japan Time). - October 25, 2011
Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. UPDATE - October 21, 2011
On Nov. 20 (Sun.), Kansai-kan Open House 2011 will be held. (Japanese) - October 19, 2011
From Oct. 29 (Sat.) to Nov. 6 (Sun.), the NDL will participate the 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto 2011. (Japanese) - October 18, 2011
Some services about ILCL will be unavailable from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4(Japan Time) because of power outage. - October 18, 2011
About 340,000 digitized materials will be added to the digital archives of the NDL - October 14, 2011
On Nov. 5 (Sat.) & 6 (Sun.), ILCL event "Special event for children in Autumn" will be held. (Japanese) - October 14, 2011
On Dec. 3 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Children's books in the Occupation Period" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese) - October 11, 2011
Library Fair & Forum 2011 - October 4, 2011
Call for participating libraries: Experimental provision of Historical Recordings Collection for the public libraries now starts.(Japanese) - October 3, 2011
On Nov. 11 (Fri.), lecture meeting "The culture of storytelling recorded in 78 rpm Records of the prewar era" will be held. (Japanese) - September 30, 2011
Annual report FY 2010 is now available. (Japanese) - September 30, 2011
Unavailable services and period in October 2011 - September 29, 2011
22nd forum on preservation (Japanese) - September 28, 2011
NDL NEWSLETTER No.179, UPDATE - September 22, 2011
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE September 22 (Japanese) - September 20, 2011
On Oct. 18 (Tue), a lecture meeting by Mr. Daniel Teruggi will be held. - September 16, 2011
Unavailable services and period in October 2011 - September 7, 2011
Cooperative agreement for the digital archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake between the NDL and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University. - September 6, 2011
NDL National Union Catalog Network System will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 16:00, Sep. 12 (Japan Time). - September 6, 2011
Collabolative Reference Datebase will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 16:00, Sep. 12 (Japan Time). - August 25, 2011
Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki held in the Library - August 18, 2011
The priority objectives for FY2011 and the evaluation reports for FY2010 have been available. - August 12, 2011
On Oct. 8 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Enjoying the Winnington-Ingram Collection" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese) - August 11, 2011
Printouts from digital data expanded in copying service by postal mail - August 8, 2011
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE August 8 (Japanese). - August 8, 2011
From Aug. 18 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Japanese people and English language" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese) - July 28, 2011
From Aug. 6 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "Children's Book link the World" will be held. - July 27, 2011
CDNLAO Newsletter No.71, UPDATE - July 27, 2011
Books on Japan Apr- Jun. UPDATE - July 21, 2011
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE July 21 (Japanese) - July 20, 2011
The 7th Kaleidoscope of Books "Japanese learned and were amazed at German Culture and Technology in modern times" now available (Japanese) - July 19, 2011
NDL Search will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 5:00, Jul. 21 to 9:00, Jul. 22(Japan Time). (The schedule changed) - July 15, 2011
On Aug. 17 and 18, Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki will be held. (Japanese) - July 8, 2011
Union Catalog Database of Children's Literature will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 14:00 to 16:00, Jul. 20 (Japan Time). - June 29, 2011
National Diet Library Electricity Saving Plan for summer - June 27, 2011
NDL's digitized materials pass the 1 million mark - June 21, 2011
Summer event of the International Library of Children's Literature: Fun with science (Japanese) - June 15, 2011
On Jul. 13 (Wed.), debrief session "Supporting Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" will be held. (Japanese) - June 13, 2011
Registration for the NDL Database Forum at the Tokyo Main Library is now open. (Japanese) - June 10, 2011
On Jul. 23 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (5th) will be held. (Japanese) - June 3, 2011
The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum will be held.(Japanese) - June 1, 2011
More than 500,000 volumes have become available in the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese). - May 31, 2011
Historical Recordings Collection now available - May 23, 2011
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE May 23 (Japanese) - May 19, 2011
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE May 19 (Japanese). - May 18, 2011
Agreement with the Agency for Cultural Affairs - May 16, 2011
"Echigo Sado Digital Library of Niigata Prefectural Library and Archives" was added to search targets of "PORTA" - May 11, 2011
Tokyo Main Library of the NDL returns to regular opening hours from April 25 - May 2, 2011
From May 19 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Xinhai Revolution seen through materials" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese) - April 28, 2011
CDNLAO Newsletter No.70, UPDATE - April 28, 2011
NDL NEWSLETTER No.177, UPDATE - April 27, 2011
About 77,000 volumes have been added to the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" to be seen only on the premises. - April 27, 2011
The "Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature" has been formulated. - April 26, 2011
Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2011, Jan.-Dec. 2010, UPDATE - April 25, 2011
The International Library of Children's Literature website renewed. - April 18, 2011
Services for assisting the life of people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas. - April 18, 2011
Some services will be unavailable from Apr. 29 to May 3 (Japan Time) because of system maintenance. - April 14, 2011
Index Database to Laws and Regulations in early Meiji Japan will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 17:00, Apr. 20 (Japan Time). - April 11, 2011
On May 24 (Tue.), lecture meeting "Universal Access to All Knowledge" will be held. - April 7, 2011
Research Material "Toward Establishing a Sustainable Society: Interdisciplinary Research Report (Abridged)" now available. - April 6, 2011
Research report "International Trends in Science & Technology Policy" published. - April 5, 2011
From April 1 (Fri.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 9:30 to 17:00. - April 4, 2011
"Rare Books Image Database" and "Web Archiving Project (Online Publications)" were renewed in April. - March 28, 2011
NDL NEWSLETTER No.176, UPDATE - March 25, 2011
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE March 25 (Japanese) - March 25, 2011
Electronic exhibition "Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited" now available - March 24, 2011
From March 24 (Thu.) to 31 (Thu.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 10:00 to 17:00. - March 18, 2011
Unavailable services and periods in April 2011 - March 17, 2011
Lecture meeting: Universal Access to All Knowledge is cancelled. - March 15, 2011
From March 17 (Thu.) to 23 (Wed.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 10:00 to 17:00. - March 14, 2011
On Mar. 15 (Tue.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 11:00 to 17:00. - March 11, 2011
On Apr. 23 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (4th) will be held. (Japanese) - March 2, 2011
"Ohmi Digital Historical Road of Shiga Prefectural Library" was added to search targets of "PORTA" - February 25, 2011
Some services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 18:00, Feb. 27 (Japan Time). - February 24, 2011
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan visit the National Diet Library - February 24, 2011
"Proposal for the basic policy on developments of science and technology information in the National Diet Library" - February 22, 2011
The 6th Kaleidoscope of Books "Japanese pictorial calligraphy" now available (Japanese) - February 18, 2011
On Mar. 24 (Thu.), lecture meeting "Universal Access to All Knowledge" will be held. - February 14, 2011
"Rare Books Digital Archive of Miyazaki Prefectural Library" was added to "PORTA." - February 7, 2011
A digital archive of regional library and 2 databases of National institute were added to "PORTA" - February 4, 2011
From Feb. 17 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Television: transition from analog to digital broadcasting" will be held in the Kansai-kan (Japanese) - February 4, 2011
On Mar. 27 (Sun.), ILCL event "Picture books and music for children" will be held. (Japanese) - February 4, 2011
On Mar. 12 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Japanese children's literature — yesterday, today and tomorrow" will be held at the ILCL.(Japanese) - February 3, 2011
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, February 16 (Japan Time). - February 1, 2011
A digital archive of regional library and 2 databases of National Institute were added to "PORTA" - January 31, 2011
"Digital Library of Children's Literature" integrated into "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese) and new volumes added - January 31, 2011
The National Diet Library starts copying service by postal mail from "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" - January 27, 2011
From Feb. 19 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "Japanese Children's Literature" will be held. (Japanese) - January 27, 2011
On Feb. 22 (Tue.), Demonstration session for adults of "Story Hour for Children" will be held. (Japanese) - January 27, 2011
On Feb. 24 (Thu.), Forum for Promotion of Digital Archives in Public Libraries will be held at the Kansai-kan. (Japanese) - January 25, 2011
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE Jan. 25 (Japanese) - January 25, 2011
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE Jan. 25 (Japanese) - January 25, 2011
Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2010, UPDATE - January 21, 2011
New access to "Newly Acquired Books Information" now available (Japanese) - January 18, 2011
Japanese Periodicals Index (Science and Technology) data added to "PORTA" - January 13, 2011
The result of remote user surveys of FY2010 is available - January 11, 2011
CDNLAO Newsletter No.69, UPDATE - January 4, 2011
New Year Greetings: Challenges we face in 2011