What's New - Year 2012
List of What's New of 2012
- December 25, 2012
NDL NEWSLETTER No.186, UPDATE - December 21, 2012
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE December 21 (Japanese) - December 21, 2012
On Jan. 26(Sat.) & 31(Thu.), Demonstration session for adults of "Story Hour for Children" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - December 20, 2012
From Feb. 5 (Tue.), ILCL exhibition "For healthy growth of children 2012" will be held (Japanese). - December 19, 2012
About 44,000 links to the "Digitized Official Gazettes" are newly available from the "Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills" - December 17, 2012
Fee reduction for printout services of electronic resources and others from January 2013. - December 13, 2012
Database Linker system and related services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00 to 7:00, Dec. 28 (Japan Time). - December 6, 2012
Library Fair & Forum 2012 ends - November 30, 2012
CDNLAO Newsletter No.75,UPDATE - November 22, 2012
13,000 historical recordings and 140 political history documents are added to the National Diet Library Digitized Contents. - November 22, 2012
Relocation of periodicals - November 21, 2012
About participation in the VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY FILE - November 21, 2012
The 11th Kaleidoscope of Books "Infectious diseases in books" now available (Japanese) - November 16, 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (beta version) is now available. - November 12, 2012
NDL Search will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 19:30, Nov. 18 (Japan Time). - November 9, 2012
Lecture meeting "HathiTrust: Strategies and challenges in consolidating the digitized published record" will be held on Dec.18 - November 1, 2012
From Dec. 4 (Tue.),"St.Nicholas ―The juvenile magazine that gathered together the children of the world" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - October 31, 2012
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE October 31 (Japanese) - October 30, 2012
NDL NEWSLETTER No.185, UPDATE - October 29, 2012
On Dec 20 (Thu.), 23rd forum on preservation will be held. (Japanese) - October 23, 2012
Books on Japan Jul. - Sep. 2012, UPDATE - October 18, 2012
On Dec 1 (Sat.), Lecture at the ILCL "Current status of children's reading activities in China: told by Mr. Peng Yi" will be held. (Japanese) - October 17, 2012
NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 20:00, Nov. 3 (Japan Time). - October 17, 2012
"Library Service and e-Strategy": International Symposium at the Kansai-kan commemorating its 10th anniversary - October 16, 2012
Library Fair & Forum 2012 - October 16, 2012
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE October 16 (Japanese). - October 4, 2012
Conservation work begins on local documents damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake - October 2, 2012
Research Material "Regeneration of Japan through Technology and Culture" - October 2, 2012
Research and Legislative Reference Bureau Publications newly available in lists by theme / country and region (Japanese) - September 28, 2012
Unavailable services and period in October 2012 - September 20, 2012
On Oct 14 (Sun.), Concert for Children "Kenji Miyazawa and music" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - September 18, 2012
"Special event for children in Autumn 2012" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - September 10, 2012
Yukio Ikemoto appointed new Deputy Librarian - August 31, 2012
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE August 31 (Japanese) - August 31, 2012
NDL NEWSLETTER No.184, UPDATE - August 30, 2012
On October 01, 2012 (Mon.), Lecture meeting "Exploring collaboration with public libraries and school libraries" will be held. (in Japanese) - August 24, 2012
Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki was held in the Library - August 24, 2012
About 17,000 digitized books, rare books and old materials, and doctoral dissertations, are newly available on the Internet. - August 10, 2012
On Oct 6 (Sat.), Lecture at the ILCL "Asking Mr. Taijiro Amazawa: Kenji Miyazawa in the 21st century" will be held. (Japanese) - August 8, 2012
CDNLAO Newsletter No.74,UPDATE - August 6, 2012
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE August 6 (Japanese). - August 3, 2012
"Mission and Objectives 2012-2016" now available. - July 31, 2012
The lecture meeting on August 1 "HathiTrust: Status and challenges in consolidating the digitized published record" cancelled - July 30, 2012
The NDL Database Forum (Japanese) - July 26, 2012
About 96,000 digitized materials added to the digital archives of the NDL - July 24, 2012
Books on Japan Apr. - Jun. 2012, UPDATE - July 18, 2012
The 10th Kaleidoscope of Books "Taisho Democracy and Media" now available (Japanese) - July 12, 2012
From Jul. 31 (Tue.), "Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011" will be held in the ILCL. - July 11, 2012
Kansai-kan's opening and service policy for the planned power outage of Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) - July 5, 2012
Historical Recordings Collection now provided to public libraries on a regular basis - July 3, 2012
NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 13:00, Jul. 15 to 6:00, Jul. 16 (Japan Time). - June 29, 2012
Japanese translation of “Library Linked Data Incubator Group Final Report” now available - June 27, 2012
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE June 27 (Japanese) - June 22, 2012
On July 25 (Wed.) & Aug. 1 (Wed.）, National Diet Library career education: Seminar for teens "Working in the National Diet Library" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese) - June 21, 2012
On Jul. 28 (Sat.) & 29 (Sun.),"Summer event at the International Library of Children's Literature：Fun with science 2012" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - June 20, 2012
Lecture meeting "HathiTrust: Status and challenges in consolidating the digitized published record" will be held on Aug.1 - June 14, 2012
Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 20:00, Jun. 28(Japan Time) - June 12, 2012
NDL NEWSLETTER No.183, UPDATE - June 12, 2012
"Foreign Legislation" No 252 features "Atomic Energy and Renewable Energy Sources" (Japanese) - June 8, 2012
NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00, Jun. 10 to 5:00, Jun. 10 (Japan Time). - June 8, 2012
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet and Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet will be unavailable from 19:00 to 20:00, Jun. 8. - June 6, 2012
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills [for the early Meiji era] will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 12:00, Jun. 20(Japan Time) - June 5, 2012
The NDL has concluded a memorandum of cooperation of Japan Link Center - June 5, 2012
“Library tours for children during the summer vacation” will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese) - June 1, 2012
The NDL starts providing information by Twitter - May 31, 2012
Events related to Children's Diet in 2012 (House of Councillors) will be held in the ILCL.(Japanese) - May 28, 2012
Additional 1,700 digitized rare and old materials are now available on the Internet at the National Diet Library Digitized Contents. - May 28, 2012
Additional 51,000 digitized books are now available on the Internet at the Digital Library from the Meiji Era. - May 18, 2012
On Jun 30 (Sat.), Lecture at the ILCL “What's happening with Children's Books in Africa?” will be held. (Japanese) - May 15, 2012
About 15,000 Japanese Doctoral Dissertations now available on the Internet. - May 14, 2012
NDL Website and ILCL Website will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00 to 4:00, May. 15 (Japan Time). - May 9, 2012
Research report "The Great East Japan Earthquake and Libraries" (Japanese with English translation of some parts) (att. Press Release) - May 7, 2012
The Digital Library from the Meiji Era is now integrated to the National Diet Library Digitized Contents. - May 7, 2012
Addition to "Yonen Gaho magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery - April 27, 2012
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE April 27 (Japanese) - April 24, 2012
Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2012, Jan.-Dec. 2011, UPDATE - April 20, 2012
"Standards for Digital Information" website started - April 19, 2012
On May 5 (Sat.) & 6 (Sun.), ILCL event "Special event for children on Children’s Day " will be held. (Japanese) - April 16, 2012
Digital Library from the Meiji Era will be integrated into the digital archives of the NDL - April 11, 2012
Research report "Policy Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Problems" (Japanese) published. - April 9, 2012
Digital images of official gazettes from the Meiji Era are now available on the Internet - April 2, 2012
Noritada Otaki appointed new Librarian of the National Diet Library - March 29, 2012
Research report "State Promotion of Research and Development" (Japanese) published. - March 27, 2012
On May. 12 (Sat.), Lecture at the ILCL "Children as readers―development and reading, development of reading" will be held. (Japanese) - March 23, 2012
"Foreign Legislation" No 251 features "Major disaster management" (Japanese) - March 23, 2012
NDL NEWSLETTER No.181, UPDATE - March 22, 2012
The 9th Kaleidoscope of Books "Parties under the Cherry Blossoms in Edo" now available (Japanese) - March 10, 2012
NDL Search and related services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 20:00 to 23:00, Mar. 14 (Japan Time). - March 9, 2012
Building NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive website started - February 28, 2012
NDL-OPAC has recovered - February 23, 2012
National Diet Library website renewed. (Japanese) - February 14, 2012
From Feb. 21 (Tue.), ILCL exhibition "For healthy growth of children" will be held cosponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(Japanese) - February 8, 2012
On Mar. 7 (Wed.), lecture meeting "Issues and trends of evaluation for libraries" will be held. (Japanese) - February 7, 2012
NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 6:00, Feb. 8 to 8:00, Feb. 8 (Japan Time). - February 7, 2012
Oral history of politics in Japan: interview with Aiichiro Fujiyama now released - February 7, 2012
On Mar. 14 (Wed.), Symposium "Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11" will be held. (Japanese) - January 25, 2012
Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. UPDATE - January 20, 2012
Result of on-site user surveys now available. - January 20, 2012
CDNLAO Newsletter No.72, UPDATE - January 18, 2012
Digital exhibition "Children's Books Going Overseas from Japan" (English version) now available. - January 13, 2012
Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras" will be held in the Kansai-kan from March 9 (Fri.), 2012. (Japanese) - January 13, 2012
On Feb. 15, Scripts Archives Symposium "In Search of Lost Scenarios and Scripts" will be held. (Japanese) - January 12, 2012
From Jan. 19 (Thur.), Exhibition "The 50th Anniversary of the Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library" will be held. (Japanese) - January 11, 2012
On Feb. 18 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Asking Mr. Shuntaro Tanikawa: poems are picture books, picture books are poems" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese) - January 6, 2012
About 265,000 digitized materials added to the digital archives of the NDL - January 4, 2012
Historical Recordings Collection now available in public libraries - January 4, 2012
New Year Greetings: Building the Digital Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Launching New Services