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2012/01/11: 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)

2012/01/06: About 265,000 digitized materials added to the digital archives of the NDL

2011/12/02: Support for recovering library materials affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake

2012/01/04: Historical Recordings Collection now available in public libraries

2012/01/04: New Year Greetings: Building the Digital Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Launching New Services

2011/12/27: NDL NEWSLETTER No.180, UPDATE

2011/12/22: Hiroyuki Taya appointed new Deputy Librarian

2011/12/21: Electronic exhibition "Japanese Mathematics in the Edo Period" now available

2011/12/15: 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).

2011/12/13: 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).

2011/12/13: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE December 13 (Japanese).

2011/12/12: Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras" will be held in the Tokyo Main Library from February 1 (Wed.), 2012. (Japanese)

2011/12/06: Execution result of National Diet Library Electricity Saving Plan for summer. (Japanese)

2011/12/06: From Dec. 27 (Tue.), New Year exhibition "dragons, dragons, dragons!" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese)

2011/12/01: International Policy Seminar "Global Economy and Growth Strategy of Japan" will be held on January 27 (Fri.), 2012.

2011/12/01: The Yearend and New Year Schedule for Visitors (Japanese)

2011/11/24: Library Fair & Forum 2011 ends

2011/11/16: The 8th Kaleidoscope of Books "Tsunamis: Records and Literature" now available (Japanese)

2011/11/11: Some services about ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 10:00, Nov. 14 (Japan Time)

2011/11/02: From Nov. 17 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Guide to railroad travels" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2011/11/01: NDL Search begins cooperation with J-GLOBAL of the Japan Science and Technology Agency

2011/10/31: NDL Search will be unavailable only late night hours from Oct.31 to Nov.6 (Japan Time).

2011/10/25: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. UPDATE

2011/10/21: On Nov. 20 (Sun.), Kansai-kan Open House 2011 will be held. (Japanese)

2011/10/19: From Oct. 29 (Sat.) to Nov. 6 (Sun.), the NDL will participate the 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto 2011. (Japanese)

2011/10/18: About 340,000 digitized materials will be added to the digital archives of the NDL

2011/10/18: Some services about ILCL will be unavailable from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4(Japan Time) because of power outage.

2011/10/14: On Dec. 3 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Children's books in the Occupation Period" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese)

2011/10/14: On Nov. 5 (Sat.) & 6 (Sun.), ILCL event "Special event for children in Autumn" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/10/11: Library Fair & Forum 2011

2011/10/04: Call for participating libraries: Experimental provision of Historical Recordings Collection for the public libraries now starts.(Japanese)

2011/10/03: On Nov. 11 (Fri.), lecture meeting "The culture of storytelling recorded in 78 rpm Records of the prewar era" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/09/30: Annual report FY 2010 is now available. (Japanese)

2011/09/29: 22nd forum on preservation (Japanese)

2011/09/30: Unavailable services and period in October 2011

2011/09/28: NDL NEWSLETTER No.179, UPDATE

2011/09/22: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE September 22 (Japanese)

2011/09/20: On Oct. 18 (Tue), a lecture meeting by Mr. Daniel Teruggi will be held.

2011/09/16: Unavailable services and period in October 2011

2011/09/07: 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.

2011/09/06: NDL National Union Catalog Network System will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 16:00, Sep. 12 (Japan Time).

2011/09/06: Collabolative Reference Datebase will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 16:00, Sep. 12 (Japan Time).

2011/08/25: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki held in the Library

2011/08/18: The priority objectives for FY2011 and the evaluation reports for FY2010 have been available.

2011/08/12: On Oct. 8 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Enjoying the Winnington-Ingram Collection" will be held at the ILCL. (Japanese)

2011/08/11: Printouts from digital data expanded in copying service by postal mail

2011/08/08: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE August 8 (Japanese).

2011/08/08: From Aug. 18 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Japanese people and English language" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2011/07/28: From Aug. 6 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "Children's Book link the World" will be held.

2011/07/27: CDNLAO Newsletter No.71, UPDATE

2011/07/27: Books on Japan Apr- Jun. UPDATE

2011/07/21: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE July 21 (Japanese)

2011/07/20: The 7th Kaleidoscope of Books "Japanese learned and were amazed at German Culture and Technology in modern times" now available (Japanese)

2011/07/19: NDL Search will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 5:00, Jul. 21 to 9:00, Jul. 22(Japan Time). (The schedule changed)

2011/07/15: On Aug. 17 and 18, Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki will be held. (Japanese)

2011/07/08: Union Catalog Database of Children's Literature will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 14:00 to 16:00, Jul. 20 (Japan Time).

2011/06/29: National Diet Library Electricity Saving Plan for summer

2011/06/27: NDL's digitized materials pass the 1 million mark

2011/06/21: Summer event of the International Library of Children's Literature: Fun with science (Japanese)

2011/06/15: On Jul. 13 (Wed.), debrief session "Supporting Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/06/13: Registration for the NDL Database Forum at the Tokyo Main Library is now open. (Japanese)

2011/06/10: On Jul. 23 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (5th) will be held. (Japanese)

2011/06/03: The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum will be held.(Japanese)

2011/06/01: More than 500,000 volumes have become available in the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese).

2011/05/31: Historical Recordings Collection now available

2011/05/23: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index,UPDATE May 23 (Japanese)

2011/05/19: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE May 19 (Japanese).

2011/05/18: Agreement with the Agency for Cultural Affairs

2011/05/16: "Echigo Sado Digital Library of Niigata Prefectural Library and Archives" was added to search targets of "PORTA"

2011/05/11: Tokyo Main Library of the NDL returns to regular opening hours from April 25

2011/05/02: From May 19 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Xinhai Revolution seen through materials" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2011/04/28: CDNLAO Newsletter No.70, UPDATE

2011/04/28: NDL NEWSLETTER No.177, UPDATE

2011/04/27: The "Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature" has been formulated.

2011/04/27: About 77,000 volumes have been added to the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" to be seen only on the premises.

2011/04/26: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2011, Jan.-Dec. 2010, UPDATE

2011/04/25: The International Library of Children's Literature website renewed.

2011/04/18: Services for assisting the life of people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas.

2011/04/18: Some services will be unavailable from Apr. 29 to May 3 (Japan Time) because of system maintenance.

2011/04/14: 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).

2011/04/11: On May 24 (Tue.), lecture meeting "Universal Access to All Knowledge" will be held.

2011/04/07: Research Material "Toward Establishing a Sustainable Society: Interdisciplinary Research Report (Abridged)" now available.

2011/04/06: Research report "International Trends in Science & Technology Policy" published.

2011/04/05: From April 1 (Fri.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 9:30 to 17:00.

2011/04/04: "Rare Books Image Database" and "Web Archiving Project (Online Publications)" were renewed in April.

2011/03/28: NDL NEWSLETTER No.176, UPDATE

2011/03/25: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE March 25 (Japanese)

2011/03/25: Electronic exhibition "Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited" now available

2011/03/24: From March 24 (Thu.) to 31 (Thu.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 10:00 to 17:00.

2011/03/18: Unavailable services and periods in April 2011

2011/03/17: Lecture meeting: Universal Access to All Knowledge is cancelled.

2011/03/15: From March 17 (Thu.) to 23 (Wed.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 10:00 to 17:00.

2011/03/14: On Mar. 15 (Tue.), Tokyo Main Library of the NDL will open from 11:00 to 17:00.

2011/03/11: On Apr. 23 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (4th) will be held. (Japanese)

2011/03/02: "Ohmi Digital Historical Road of Shiga Prefectural Library" was added to search targets of "PORTA"

2011/02/25: Some services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 18:00, Feb. 27 (Japan Time).

2011/02/24: Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan visit the National Diet Library

2011/02/24: "Proposal for the basic policy on developments of science and technology information in the National Diet Library"

2011/02/22: The 6th Kaleidoscope of Books "Japanese pictorial calligraphy" now available (Japanese)

2011/02/18: On Mar. 24 (Thu.), lecture meeting "Universal Access to All Knowledge" will be held.

2011/02/14: "Rare Books Digital Archive of Miyazaki Prefectural Library" was added to "PORTA."

2011/02/07: A digital archive of regional library and 2 databases of National institute were added to "PORTA"

2011/02/04: From Feb. 17 (Thu.), Small exhibition "Television: transition from analog to digital broadcasting" will be held in the Kansai-kan (Japanese)

2011/02/04: On Mar. 27 (Sun.), ILCL event "Picture books and music for children" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/02/04: On Mar. 12 (Sat.), lecture meeting "Japanese children's literature — yesterday, today and tomorrow" will be held at the ILCL.(Japanese)

2011/02/03: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, February 16 (Japan Time).

2011/02/01: A digital archive of regional library and 2 databases of National Institute were added to "PORTA"

2011/01/31: "Digital Library of Children's Literature" integrated into "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese) and new volumes added

2011/01/31: The National Diet Library starts copying service by postal mail from "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"

2011/01/27: From Feb. 19 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "Japanese Children's Literature" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/01/27: On Feb. 22 (Tue.), Demonstration session for adults of "Story Hour for Children" will be held. (Japanese)

2011/01/27: On Feb. 24 (Thu.), Forum for Promotion of Digital Archives in Public Libraries will be held at the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2011/01/25: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE Jan. 25 (Japanese)

2011/01/25: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE Jan. 25 (Japanese)

2011/01/25: Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2010, UPDATE

2011/01/21: New access to "Newly Acquired Books Information" now available (Japanese)

2011/01/18: Japanese Periodicals Index (Science and Technology) data added to "PORTA"

2011/01/13: The result of remote user surveys of FY2010 is available

2011/01/11: CDNLAO Newsletter No.69, UPDATE

2011/01/04: New Year Greetings: Challenges we face in 2011

2010/12/28: On Feb. 25 (Fri.), 7th forum on the Collaborative Reference Database Project will be held (Japanese).

2010/12/28: On Feb. 10 (Thu.), 18th forum on the National Union Catalog Network Project will be held (Japanese).

2010/12/27: Library Fair & Forum 2010 ends

2010/12/21: On Jan. 22 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (3rd) will be held. (Japanese)

2010/12/13: "Miyada Village Internet Museum" was added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/12/10: Some databases of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 11:00. Dec. 13 (Jappan Time).

2010/12/08: Exhibition in the Kansai-kan: "Toward the Meiji constitutional system: seen through the handwritten works of prominent figures" (Japanese)

2010/12/02: The Reference No. 718 features the 120th anniversary of the Japanese Diet.

2010/12/01: On Jan. 8 (Sat.), Demonstration session for adults of "Story Hour for Children" will be held. (Japanese)

2010/12/01: On Jan. 14 (Fri.), lecture meeting "Evaluation which creates opportunities for reform and improvement" will be held. (Japanese)

2010/12/01: The Yearend and New Year Schedule for Visitors (Japanese)

2010/11/29: NDL Search (BETA) will be unavailable because of system maintenance on Dec. 4 and 18 (Japan Time).

2010/11/29: New chapter added to the electronic exhibition "Modern Japan in archives"

2010/11/25: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE November 25 (Japanese)

2010/11/22: A database of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage was added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/11/19: "Japanese Periodicals Index", the number of articles exceeded 10 million

2010/11/19: Advertisement for the National Year of Reading won a prize in a competition.

2010/11/19: NDL NEWSLETTER No.175, UPDATE

2010/11/19: Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan: Source materials which produced 2010 Nobel laureates (Japanese)

2010/11/15: "Yokohama's Memory" of Yokohama City Central Library was added to search targets of "PORTA".

2010/11/02: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, November 17 (Japan Time).

2010/10/27: Library Fair & Forum 2010

2010/10/27: New web service "Newly Acquired Books Information" now available. (Japanese)

2010/10/27: The 5th Kaleidoscope of Books "Welcome to the sky" now available (Japanese)

2010/10/26: On Nov. 21 (Sun.), Kansai-kan Open House 2010 will be held. (Japanese)

2010/10/26: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2010, UPDATE

2010/10/20: Annual report FY 2009 is now available. (Japanese)

2010/10/20: Some services about ILCL will be unavailable from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4(Japan Time) because of power outage. (Japanese)

2010/10/19: From Dec. 1(Wed.), Exhibition commemorating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Diet will be held.(Japanese)

2010/10/14: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE Oct. 14 (Japanese)

2010/10/08: On Nov. 27 (Sat.), symposium "The Golden Age of the Picture Book: America and the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s." will be held. (Japanese)

2010/10/06: Some services will be unavailable from Oct. 9 to Oct. 12 (Japan Time) because of power outage.

2010/10/04: On Oct. 24 (sun.), "Enjoy Japanese Folktales: reading event for children and parents" will be held.(Japanese)

2010/10/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.174, UPDATE

2010/09/29: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE September 29 (Japanese)

2010/09/29: Two Databases of National Museum of Japanese History were added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/09/24: The NDL concluded the Digital Library Initiative Agreement with the NLC and the NLK on August 10, 2010.

2010/09/24: Copyright clearance for digitized doctoral dissertations

2010/09/21: On Oct. 20(Wed.), symposium commemorating the National Year of Reading will be held. (Japanese)

2010/09/14: Some services will be unavailable from Sept. 18 to Sept. 21 (Japan Time) because of power outage.

2010/09/09: The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum will be held.(Japanese)

2010/09/08: From Sept. 16(Thu.), Small exhibition "People Journeying along the Silk Road" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2010/09/02: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki was held in the Library.

2010/09/01: Call for your participation in Website User Surveys (until September 30)

2010/09/01: On Oct. 8 (Sat.), International Policy Seminar "China's Global Strategy and Japan-China Relations" will be held.

2010/08/31: Events commemorating the National Year of Reading

2010/08/30: Digital Archives of 2 regional Libraries were added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/08/26: Digitization in collaboration with the Library of Congress

2010/08/26: On Oct. 8 (Fri.), Lecture meeting "Latest trends in U.S. libraries and OCLC in the digital environment" will be held at the Kansai-kan.

2010/08/20: From Sept. 18 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "The Golden Age of the Picture Book: 1920s & 1930s" will be held.(Japanese)

2010/08/18: On Oct. 9 (Sat.), Lecture "Picture Books of the 1920s: Their Message to Children" will be held. (Japanese)

2010/08/18: On Sept. 25 (Sat.), Series: What's happening with Children's Books in the World? (2nd) will be held. (Japanese)

2010/08/17: New web service "NDL Search (BETA)" now available (Japanese)

2010/08/16: From Aug. 21 (Sat.), ILCL exhibition "Barrier-free picture books from around the world" will be held.(Japanese)

2010/08/16: Collection Database of Nara National Museum and Digital Archive of Kanagawa Prefectural Library were added to search targets of "PORTA."

2010/08/13: Evaluation reports for FY2009 are now available.

2010/08/10: CDNLAO Newsletter No.68, UPDATE

2010/08/10: On December 1 and 2, Symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age" will be held.

2010/08/09: 3 digital archives of regional libraries and 1 of NDL were added to search targets of "PORTA".

2010/08/06: On September 7, Lecture meeting commemorating the National Year of Reading: History and future of books and reading will be held.

2010/08/02: 3 digital archives of regional libraries (Saitama, Nagoya and Chiba) were added to search targets of "PORTA."

2010/07/30: The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum will be held.(Japanese)

2010/07/29: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 15:00 to 17:00, July 30 (Japan Time)

2010/07/27: About 14,000 volumes have been added to "Digital Library from the Meiji Era."(Japanese)

2010/07/27: The 17th Tokyo International Book Fair has finished.

2010/07/27: "Macbeth" -- Lecture and Reading: the Event Celebrating the National Year of Reading has finished.

2010/07/27: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE July 27 (Japanese)

2010/07/27: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE July 27 (Japanese)

2010/07/27: Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2010, UPDATE

2010/07/22: National Union Catalog of Newspapers will be unavailable intermittently because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 22:00, July 26 (Japan Time).

2010/07/20: Demonstration experiment of full-text digitization in collaboration with publishers

2010/07/16: NDL NEWSLETTER No.173, UPDATE

2010/07/15: Digitization of the minutes of the Imperial Diet completed

2010/07/14: PORTA and Resource Sharing System for the Humanities provided by the National Institutes for the Humanities start mutual cross searching.

2010/07/14: On July 27 (Tue.) , Lecture "Semantic Web and libraries" will be held(Japanese).

2010/07/12: National Union Catalog of Newspapers will be unavailable intermittently because of system maintenance from July 16 to July 22 (Japan Time).

2010/07/07: Index Database to Laws and Regulations in early Meiji Japan will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 11:00, Jul. 21 (Japan Time)

2010/07/07: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki

2010/07/06: Summer event of the International Library of Children's Literature: Fun with science (Japanese)

2010/07/06: The 17th Tokyo International Book Fair

2010/07/06: Searching for copyright holders of books published in the Taisho and Showa period — Open Research for Author Information —

2010/07/05: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, July 21 (Japan Time).

2010/07/01: RESEARCH NAVI (research guide) was added to search targets of "PORTA".

2010/06/21: The World Digital Library Charter entered into force.

2010/06/21: Report of the Legal Deposit System Council was decided.

2010/06/18: Bibliographic data of all domestic analog records are now available on NDL-OPAC.

2010/06/18: "Foreign Legislation" No 244 featuring "Nuclear Safety of Major Countries" UPDATE (Japanese)

2010/06/10: About providing of Japanese National Bibliography (JAPAN/MARC) for OCLC(Japanese)

2010/06/08: On July 16 (Fri.), Lecture "Future of the Digital Library" will be held at the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2010/06/04: On July 13 (Tue.), Lecture meeting "Libraries and Reading in Germany and Europe" will be held.

2010/06/04: Small exhibition "Old bestsellers" will be held in the Kansai-kan from June 17. (Japanese)

2010/06/04: About 810,000 bibliographic data of technical reports, UMI dissertations and overseas standards added to NDL-OPAC

2010/06/02: Research instruction sessions for visitors (Japanese)

2010/06/01: The National Diet Library has made a poster commemorating the National Year of Reading.

2010/06/01: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, June 16 (Japan Time).

2010/05/31: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 15:00, Jun. 15 (Japan Time).

2010/05/28: Searching for copyright holders of books published in the Meiji period -- Open Research for Author Information --

2010/05/28: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE May 28 (Japanese)

2010/05/19: NDL NEWSLETTER No.172, UPDATE

2010/05/19: On June 17 and 19, "Macbeth" - Lecture and Reading: the event celebrating the National Year of Reading will be held.

2010/05/17: 3 digital archives of prefectural libraries (Fukuoka, Tottori and Kyoto) were added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/05/11: New service on the Web Archiving Project (Japanese)

2010/05/10: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills renewed (Japanese).

2010/05/10: NII Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/05/06: Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery

2010/04/30: Invitation to electronic exhibition "Birth of the Constitution of Japan"

2010/04/30: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE April 30 (Japanese).

2010/04/30: CDNLAO Newsletter No.67, UPDATE

2010/04/27: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2010, Jan.-Dec. 2009, UPDATE

2010/04/27: Some services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from May 3 to May 6 (Japan Time).

2010/04/27: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:30 to 20:00, Apr. 28(Japan Time).

2010/04/27: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 24:00, May. 9 (Japan Time).

2010/04/26: Local Material Images of Okayama Municipal Central Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/04/23: NDL kids' website opened (Japanese)

2010/04/21: Guidance for User Registration

2010/04/21: The 4th Kaleidoscope of Books "A history of bestsellers" now available (Japanese)

2010/04/14: On May 5 (Wed.), "Enjoy Japanese language through a traditional performing art ; Rakugo for Children" will be held.

2010/04/14: NDL Catalog (Doctoral Dissertations) added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/04/13: Lesson in how to use the Tokyo Main Library

2010/04/13: "Trends of the past year" (outline of the "Annual Report of the NDL FY 2008") is available in English.

2010/04/07: Research Material "Toward Establishing a Sustainable Society"

2010/04/07: Renewal of "Reference Service and Bibliography"

2010/04/06: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE April 6 (Japanese)

2010/04/01: Digital Library from the Meiji Era has been renewed (Japanese)

2010/03/26: Audio-Visual Materials Room will be closed from May 6th (Thu.) to May 7th (Fri.)

2010/03/26: Roundtable on digital information resources launched

2010/03/26: On April 17 (Sat.), National Year of Reading Forum "Handing on Japanese language and culture to the future: Why is the library necessary?"

2010/03/26: Web Archiving Project by the revised National Diet Library Law

2010/03/26: Conference on the Japanese National Bibliography

2010/03/24: On March 31 (Wed.), The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) starts e-mail magazine (Japanese)

2010/03/23: INTERNET magazine Back Number Archives added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/03/18: Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from A.M.10:30 to 10:35, Mar. 30 (Japan Time).

2010/03/18: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from A.M.10:30 to 10:35, Mar. 30 (Japan Time).

2010/03/11: List of RSS Feeds and Email Magazines

2010/03/09: NDL NEWSLETTER No.171, UPDATE

2010/03/08: Rare books image database of Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/02/23: On March 9 (Tue), Lecture meeting "Academic Libraries: Getting to the Future in the Google World" will be held.

2010/02/23: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE February 9 (Japanese)

2010/02/22: ILCL exhibition "Children's Books Going Overseas from Japan"

2010/02/19: On March 2 (Fri), Lecture meeting "Connecting intellectual properties - Initiatives in Europe" will be held.

2010/02/05: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE (Japanese).

2010/02/04: Japanese Periodicals Index data made before 2002 added to "PORTA"

2010/01/27: NDL's mobile phone website now available (Japanese)

2010/02/24: Telephone & Fax Information Service will be unavailable because of maintenance from 23:00, Mar. 6 to 5:00, Mar. 7 (Japan Time).

2010/02/03: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 19:00, February 17 (Japan Time).

2010/01/27: NDL NEWSLETTER No.170, UPDATE

2010/01/26: New addition to the Digital Library of Children's Literature (Japanese)

2010/01/26: Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2009, UPDATE.

2010/01/25: On February 19 (Fri.), "International Symposium on Preservation of Digital Resources and Longevity of Digital Archives" will be held. (Japanese)

2010/01/25: The 3rd Kaleidoscope of Books "Profiles of handsome characters" now available (Japanese)

2010/01/25: Digital library of Tokushima Prefectural Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/01/19: Small exhibition "The Winter Olympics" will be held in the Kansai-kan from January 21. (Japanese)

2010/01/18: Digital library of Shimane Prefectural Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/01/15: NDL National Union Catalog Network System will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, Jan. 18 (Japan Time).

2010/01/12: Northern Materials Digital library of Hokkaido Prefectural Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/01/06: Digital library of Sapporo Municipal Central Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2010/01/04: New Year Greetings: Exploring New "Reading"

2009/12/25: 2010 the National Year of Reading

2009/12/24: Library Fair 2009 ends

2009/12/21: Additions to the online gallery "Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period"

2009/12/21: Some materials will be unavailable because of mass digitization

2009/12/21: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE December 21 (Japanese)

2009/12/21: Special Collections of Hiroshima Central City Library and Digital gallery of Japanese and Chinese Materials of Mie Prefectural Library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/12/18: The enlargement photocopy service to photographic paper will terminate at the end of March 2010.

2009/12/17: CDNLAO Newsletter No.66, UPDATE

2009/12/16: Electronic exhibition "Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period" now available

2009/12/16: Dnavi will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 13:00, Jan. 5, 2010 (Japan Time).

2009/12/16: WARP will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 13:00, Jan. 5, 2010 (Japan Time).

2009/12/14: NDL NEWSLETTER No.169, UPDATE

2009/12/08: The Yearend and New Year Schedule for Visitors (Japanese)

2009/12/03: "Dnavi" ; Database Navigation Service (Japanese)

2009/12/02: Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 13:00, Dec. 18 (Japan Time).

2009/12/02: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 13:00, Dec. 16 (Japan Time).

2009/12/02: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills [for the early Meiji era] will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 17:00, Dec. 16 (Japan Time).

2009/11/25: Becoming a staff member of the National Diet Library (Japanese)

2009/11/17: PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from Nov. 28 (Sat) 8:00 to Nov. 30 (Mon) 9:30 (Japan Time).

2009/11/17: RESEARCH NAVI will be unavailable because of system maintenance from Nov. 28 (Sat) 8:00 to Nov. 30 (Mon) 9:00 (Japan Time).

2009/11/05: Annual report FY 2008 is now available. (Japanese)

2009/11/04: Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE November 4 (Japanese).

2009/11/04: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 20:00, November 18 (Japan Time).

2009/11/04: International Policy Seminar "Toward Establishing a Sustainable Society"

2009/11/02: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 21:30, Nov. 9 (Japan Time).

2009/10/30: Small exhibition now being held in the Kansai-kan (Japanese)

2009/10/27: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2009, UPDATE

2009/10/20: On November 20 (Fri.), an open lecture "Open Library! : Science Communicator's hopes for New Knowledge Crossroad" will be held. (Japanese)

2009/10/14: Library Fair & Forum 2009

2009/10/13: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of power outage from Nov. 2(Mon) 14:00 to Nov. 4(Wed) 9:30 (Japan Time).

2009/10/06: Research instruction sessions for visitors (Japanese)

2009/10/05: J-SATGE added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/09/30: NDL NEWSLETTER No.168, UPDATE

2009/09/24: The 2nd Kaleidoscope of Books "Western Shoes" now available (Japanese)

2009/09/24: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE September 24 (Japanese)

2009/09/14: Eichi no Mori WEB (Miyagi Prefectural Library) added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/09/18: Some services are unavailable from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13 (Japan Time) because of power outage.

2009/09/15: Registration for the NDL Database Forum at the Tokyo Main Library is now open. (Japanese)

2009/09/15: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills may be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 18:00, Sep. 19 (Japan Time).

2009/09/10: Lecture and Discussion by the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2009/09/08: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki in the Library closed

2009/09/04: The English summary page "Training Programs for Librarians" added

2009/09/04: The page "For Librarians" is now available in English.

2009/09/02: Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney

2009/08/31: 20th forum on preservation (Japanese)

2009/08/31: CDNLAO Newsletter No.65, UPDATE

2009/08/25: The priority objectives for FY2009 and the evaluation reports for FY2008 have been available.

2009/08/25: About 7,800 volumes added to "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese)

2009/08/21: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00 to 3:00 on Sep. 5 (Japan Time).

2009/08/19: PORTA for mobile devices on trial basis (Japanese)

2009/08/17: ILCL exhibition "Children's books link the World" (Japanese)

2009/08/17: Digital Gallery of Keio Univ. Lib. and Keio Historical Photograph Database added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/08/12: CiNii and JAIRO added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/08/11: Policy for Acquisition of Materials of the NDL now available on the website (Japanese)

2009/08/04: The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum (Japanese)

2009/07/30: The 16th Tokyo International Book Fair has finished

2009/07/29: Guidance for User Registration

2009/07/28: Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2009, UPDATE

2009/07/24: Proceedings of the symposium commemorating the 60th anniversary now available (Japanese).

2009/07/17: The NDL has started to provide bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned. (Japanese)

2009/07/16: Small exhibition now being held in the Kansai-kan

2009/07/15: NDL NEWSLETTER No.167, UPDATE

2009/07/13: ILCL exhibition "All Aboard! for a Trip around Books on Vehicles" (Japanese)

2009/07/10: Searching for copyright holders of books published in the Meiji period - Open Research for Author Information -

2009/07/08: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki

2009/07/07: PORTA has been renewed.

2009/07/01: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, July 15 (Japan Time).

2009/07/01: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills may be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 19:30, Jul. 9 (Japan Time).

2009/06/30: "Research guide" gives you information on books and websites. (Japanese)

2009/06/26: The 16th Tokyo International Book Fair

2009/06/16: First anniversary of the new-style National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin (Japanese)

2009/06/15: PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from July 1 to July 6 (Japan Time).

2009/06/08: PORTA stops metadata harvesting because of system maintenance from Jun. 1 to Jun. 30.

2009/06/04: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, June 17 (Japan Time).

2009/06/01: New images added to the Rare Books Image Database (Japanese)

2009/05/27: NDL NEWSLETTER No.166, UPDATE

2009/05/25: List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE May 25 (Japanese)

2009/05/25: May 25 - the Day of the Legal Deposit System (Japanese)

2009/05/21: Kansai-kan news: small exhibition now being held

2009/05/19: TO VISITORS (To Prevent the Spread of Influenza A (H1N1))

2009/05/18: Research instruction sessions for Visitors (Japanese)

2009/05/18: Digital archive of books material of Fisheries Research Agency added to "PORTA"

2009/05/11: New website "RESEARCH NAVI" now available.

2009/05/11: Small Electronic Exhibitions "Kaleidoscope of Books" now available.

2009/05/07: New data added to "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" (Japanese)

2009/05/01: Addition to the Picture Book Gallery "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" (on May 5)

2009/04/28: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2009, UPDATE

2009/04/22: The NDL contributes to the World Digital Library.

2009/04/22: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 16:00, Apr. 28 (Japan Time).

2009/10/05: Research instruction sessions for visitors (Japanese)

2009/04/17: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 19:00, Apr. 30 (Japan Time).

2009/04/15: Many useful databases available in the NDL

2009/04/15: "Events" is now available in English.

2009/08/31: Evaluation reports for FY2009 are now available

2009/04/13: KOTENSEKI SOGO DATABASE (Japanese & Chinese Classics) of Waseda Univ. Lib. added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/04/10: Results of remote user surveys available

2009/04/07: Books on Japan

2009/04/01: Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan and the Prange Collection (periodicals and newspapers) are now on the NDL-OPAC.

2009/03/31: Transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan

2009/03/31: Results of the survey on the legal deposit system (Japanese)

2009/03/30: CDNLAO Newsletter No.64, UPDATE

2009/03/23: NDL NEWSLETTER No.165, UPDATE

2009/03/23: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, Apr. 1 and Apr. 8 (Japan Time).

2009/03/19: The 60th anniversary of "Index to the Japanese Laws and Regulations" (Japanese)

2009/03/16: 2 archives of ISHIKAWA prefectural library added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/03/10: "Palette of Dream Colours IV" will be held at ILCL from March 14. (Japanese)

2009/03/04: Electronic exhibition "100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil" now available

2009/03/02: "Trends of the past year" (outline of the "Annual Report of the NDL") is available in English.

2009/02/24: Search results of the NDL-OPAC can be downloaded.

2009/02/13: On March 9 (Mon.), a seminar "eBooks in Japan, 2008: Distribution, Use and Preservation" will be held. (Japanese)

2009/02/10: On March 10 (Tue.), a lecture and discussion meeting by the President of the IFLA will be held.

2009/02/09: National Union Catalog of Newspapers (Japanese)

2009/02/04: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time).

2009/04/30: New data added to "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" (Japanese)

2009/04/30: Addition to the Picture Book Gallery "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search"

2009/02/04: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 20:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time).

2009/02/03: PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 16:00 to 18:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time).

2009/02/02: 2 archives added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/01/29: System maintenance of some databases of ILCL was completed.

2009/01/28: "Ensuring long-term preservation and usability of digital information" was updated.

2009/01/22: Research instruction sessions for Visitors (Japanese)

2009/01/20: NDL NEWSLETTER No.164, UPDATE

2009/01/19: 5 archives added to search targets of "PORTA"

2009/01/16: Some databases of ILCL are unavailable because of urgent system maintenance.

2009/01/16: CDNLAO Newsletter No.63, UPDATE

2009/01/15: On Feb. 5, an open lecture "Cataloging now and in future" will be held. (Japanese)

2009/01/05: New Year Greetings

2008/12/22: On Jan. 21, a lecture meeting by the National Librarian of Sweden will be held.

2008/12/22: Digital archive of the Kyushu University and hon.jp added to search targets of "PORTA"

2008/12/17: RSS feeds of Japanese Periodicals Index (Japanese)

2008/12/19: Some services will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 18:00, Dec. 26 (Japan Time).

2008/12/09: NDL National Union Catalog Network System will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 19:00, Dec. 15 (Japan Time).

2008/12/05: NDL NEWSLETTER No.163, UPDATE

2008/12/02: XML output and OAI-PMH for metadata providing added to "PORTA"

2008/12/02: "2008 Nobel Prizes Special page" added (Japanese)

2008/12/01: The Yearend and New Year Schedule (Japanese)

2008/11/27: The online gallery "Rare books of the National Diet Library -The 60th anniversary-" is now available in English.

2008/11/27: New addition to the Digital Library of Children's Literature (Japanese)

2008/11/25: NDL Library Science Series No.40 "Research Report on the USA Libraries 2007" is now available. (Japanese)

2008/11/25: Kobe University Library Newspaper Article added to search targets of "PORTA"

2008/11/19: Annual report FY 2007 is now available. (Japanese)

2008/11/17: NDL provides "IMAGINE Book Search" with data of some Electronic Library services.

2008/11/05: Dr. Makoto NAGAO designated as Person of Cultural Merit

2008/11/05: On Nov. 19, symposium commemorating 60th anniversary will be held. (Japanese)

2008/11/04: Digital Library of Ibaraki Prefectural Library and Electronic exhibitions of the NDL added to search targets of "PORTA"

2008/11/04: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, Nov. 19 (Japan Time).

2008/10/30: Commemorative Exhibition "Rare books of the National Diet Library" will be held in the Kansai-kan. (Japanese)

2008/10/28: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2008, UPDATE

2008/10/27: Expanded search target of "PORTA"

2008/10/22: [Spotlight] Full-text Database System of the Minutes of the Diet

2008/10/22: Lecture by Mr. Koichi Fujimoto on Nov. 22th (Sat) "Transition of Japanese books :from scrolls to booklets"(Japanese)

2008/10/15: The online gallery "Rare books of the National Diet Library -The 60th anniversary-" has been renewed. (Japanese)

2008/10/14: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of power outage from 18:00 on Nov. 2 to 9:30 on Nov. 4 (Japan Time).

2008/10/10: Library Fair & Forum 2008

2008/10/08: "Webcat Plus" provided by National Institute of Informatics (NII) linked with the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese)

2008/09/30: Research instruction sessions for Visitors (Japanese)

2008/09/30: Some services are unavailable from Oct. 10 to Oct. 16 (Japan Time) because of power outage.

2008/09/26: IFLA PAC Regional Centre for Asia, UPDATE.

2008/09/25: Lecture by Mr.Takashi Atoda on Oct. 25th (Sat) "Japanese culture and Japanese language" (Japanese)

2008/09/22: On Oct. 21, Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Open Seminar will be held.

2008/09/17: Commemorative Exhibition "Rare books of the National Diet Library - The 60th anniversary" will be held in Kansai-kan and Tokyo Main Library.

2008/09/12: Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki in the Library

2008/09/09: "World of Illustrations for Children: Picture Magazines and Their Artists" will be held at ILCL from September 20.

2008/09/03: Call for your participation in Website User Surveys (until September 30)

2008/09/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.162, UPDATE

2008/08/28: 100,000 titles available in "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"(Japanese)

2008/08/21: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations (Early Meiji Era edition) will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, Aug. 27 (Japan Time).

2008/08/08: The priority objectives and service standards for FY2008 and the evaluation reports for FY2007 have been available.

2008/08/08: Some services will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 3:00 to 4:00, Aug. 21 (Japan time).

2008/08/06: CDNLAO Newsletter No.62, UPDATE

2008/08/04: Search Guide to "Kensei-shiryô" added (Japanese)

2008/07/30: Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2008, UPDATE

2008/07/30: On September 17, the NDL Database Forum will be held at the Tokyo Main Library and the Kansai-kan.

2008/07/28: PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 19:00 on Jul. 30 (Japan Time).

2008/07/16: New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database" (Japanese)

2008/07/15: Call for participation in the questionnaire on Asian Resource Room Website (July 15 - September 30)

2008/07/14: Remote services of ILCL materials now available for request via Internet

2008/07/10: Event announcement of "Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki"

2008/07/07: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Jul. 16 (Japan Time).

2008/07/04: NDL NEWSLETTER No.161, UPDATE

2008/07/01: Site search on Asian Resources Room page has become available since Jul. 1, 2008.

2008/06/30: New data added to "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" (Japanese)

2008/06/26: Rescheduling: Lecture and Discussion "Looking Toward Legislation for Internet Archiving" (Japanese)

2008/06/26: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations (Early Meiji Era edition) will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, Jul. 3 (Japan Time).

2008/06/20: Commemoration of 60th anniversary of the National Diet Library.

2008/06/09: Lecture and Discussion "Looking Toward Legislation for Internet Archiving" (Japanese)

2008/05/23: The legal deposit system celebrates its 60th anniversary (Japanese).

2008/05/19: "Instructions for Use of the National Diet Library" is available.

2008/04/23: "Ensuring long-term preservation and usability of digital information" is available in English.

2008/04/25: NDL Newsletter No.160, UPDATE.

2008/04/25: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 19:00 on Apr. 25 (Japan Time).

2008/04/22: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2008, UPDATE.

2008/04/21: On May 24, an open discussion on legal deposit will be held at the Tokyo Main Library.

2008/04/18: National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin's new look

2008/04/07: Asian Resources Room page has been renewed.

2008/03/31: Expanded search objects and new functions of "PORTA"

2008/03/28: CDNLAO Newsletter No.61,UPDATE

2008/03/24: Additions to the online gallery "The Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs: The Kansai in Photographs"

2008/03/30: NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 1:00 to 7:00, Mar. 30 (Japan Time).

2008/03/24: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 20:00 on Mar. 19, 10:00 to 11:00 and 18:00 to 19:00 on Mar. 24 (Japan Time).

2008/03/19: NDL Newsletter No.159, UPDATE.

2008/03/17: Digital Gallery of World Picture Books will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:30 to 15:00, Mar. 17 (Japan Time).

2008/03/11: Results of the on-site user survey of FY2007 are available in English.

2008/02/20: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Feb. 20 (Japan Time).

2008/02/15: The digest of proceedings of the Council on the Index to the History of Japanese Laws is now available.

2008/02/13: Presentation slides of "Present and future prospects of web archiving" are available.

2008/01/31: Vision for the NDL's 60th anniversary

2008/01/29: Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2007, UPDATE.

2008/01/22: Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room - Finding Aids in English version are available through NDL website.

2008/01/10: "Trend of the past year" (outline of the "Annual Report of the NDL") is available in English.

2008/01/08: ILCL will hold an exhibition "Door to the Czech Republic : The world of children books"

2008/01/07: Unavailable online services during the year change period.

2007/12/27: NDL Newsletter No.158, UPDATE.

2007/12/19: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Dec. 19 (Japan Time).

2007/12/17: Lecture meeting and discussion on web archiving held on Jan. 23 at the NDL.

2007/12/10: CDNLAO Newsletter No.60,UPDATE

2007/12/07: "Winter Fun for Children": Upcoming Event

2007/12/03: Annual report FY 2006 is now available.

2007/11/04: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of power outage from 18:00 Nov. 2 to 9:30 on Nov. 4 (Japan Time).

2007/11/01: NDL Newsletter No.157, UPDATE.

2007/10/26: "The 150th regular exhibition" now being held

2007/10/23: Books on Japan Jul. - Sep. 2007, UPDATE.

2007/10/17: NDL-OPAC linked with the Digital Library from the Meiji Era

2007/10/17: "Directory of Companies and Organizations" now available

2007/10/15: National Diet Library Digital Archive Portal "PORTA" released

2007/10/11: Some services are unavailable from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11 (Japan Time) because of power outage.

2007/09/25: Service termination of the NDL digital archive portal (prototype) on Sep. 25 (Japan Time).

2007/09/19: Some contents of this site will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 4:00 to 5:00, Sep. 19 (Japan Time).

2007/09/10: The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 19:30 on Aug. 31, 10:00 to 18:00 on Sep. 3, 11:00 to 15:30 on Sep. 10 (Japan Time).

2007/09/04: NDL Newsletter No.156, UPDATE.

2007/09/03: Library Fair & Forum 2007

2007/08/24: Additions to the online gallery "The Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs"

2007/08/24: ILCL exhibition "Palette of Dream Colours III"

2007/08/17: The priority objectives and service standards for FY2007 and the evaluation reports for FY2006 have been available.

2007/08/01: Greetings from the Librarian - Knowledge is a source of enrichment.

2007/07/30: The results of FY 2006 User Surveys have been available since Jul. 31.

2007/07/29: NDL-OPAC will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 Jul. 29 to 7:00 Jul. 30 (Japan Time).

2007/07/26: CDNLAO Newsletter No.59, UPDATE

2007/07/23: Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2007, UPDATE.

2007/07/23: Call for participation in the National Diet Library Database Forum

2007/07/18: The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Jul. 18 (Japan Time).

2007/07/04: NDL Newsletter No.155, UPDATE.

2007/07/03: WARP will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 7:30 to 14:00, Jul. 5 (Japan Time).

2007/07/03: Dnavi will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 7:30 to 14:00, Jul. 5 (Japan Time).

2007/07/02: Books of the Taisho Era newly added to "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"

2007/06/29: Cessation of publication in printed form of Japanese National Bibliography

2007/06/19: Event announcement of "Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki"

2007/06/18: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 15:00, Jun. 18 (Japan Time).

2007/06/07: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 15:00, Jun. 18 (Japan Time).

2007/06/06: Collaborative Reference Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 Jun. 4 to 9:00 Jun. 6 (Japan Time).

2007/06/05: New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database" (Japanese only)

2007/05/23: Call for participation in the questionnaire on "National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin"

2007/05/23: New postcards have arrived

2007/05/19: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations (Early Meiji Era edition) will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, May. 19 (Japan Time).

2007/05/17: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 18:00, May. 17 (Japan Time).

2007/05/16: NDL Newsletter No.154, UPDATE.

2007/05/07: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2007, UPDATE.

2007/04/27: Picture Book Gallery "Art and Daily Life: Modernism in the Picture Book" released

2007/04/21: Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations (Early Meiji Era edition) will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, Apr. 21 (Japan Time).

2007/04/02: Dr. Makoto Nagao appointed new Librarian of the National Diet Library

2007/03/25: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00 to 3:30, Mar. 25 (Japan Time).

2007/03/21: WARP and Dnavi will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 18:00, Mar. 21 (Japan Time).

2007/03/19: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 18:00, Mar. 19 (Japan Time).

2007/03/19: Collaborative Reference Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 16:00 to 18:30, Mar. 19 (Japan Time).

2007/03/15: An electronic exhibition "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" has added portrait photographs of one hundred and twenty eight people in Mar. 15.

2007/02/21: Asian Language Materials OPAC will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 14:00 to 17:00, Feb. 21 (Japan Time).

2007/02/21: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:30 to 21:00, Feb. 21 (Japan Time).

2007/02/08: Some content of this site will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance for 15 minutes between 0:00 and 3:00, Feb. 8 (Japan time).

2007/02/01: NDL Newsletter No.153, UPDATE.

2007/01/27: Some content of this site will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance for 15 minutes between 3:00 and 6:00, Jan. 27 (Japan time).

2007/01/01: Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/12/08: CDNLAO Newsletter No.58, UPDATE.

2006/12/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.152, Dec. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/11/15: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 20:00, Nov. 15 (Japan time).

2006/11/09: The priority objectives and service standards for FY2006 and the evaluation reports for FY2005 have been available.

2006/11/02: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will temporarily be unavailable because of a power outage and maintenance from 17:00 Nov. 2 to 10:00 Nov. 4 (Japan time).

2006/10/08: CDNLAO Newsletter No.57, UPDATE December 8, 2006

2006/10/07: Some services provided by the NDL are unavailable from Oct. 7 to 12 (Japan time) because of a power outage and maintenance.

2006/10/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.151, Oct. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/10/01: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/09/12: Some content of this site, including Digital Library from the Meiji Era and WARP, will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance for 15 minutes between 1:00 and 2:00, Sept. 12 (Japan time).

2006/08/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.150, Aug. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/07/20: An electronic exhibition titled "Modern Japan in archives" has been available since July 20, 2006.

2006/07/19: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:30 to 20:00, July 19 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/07/10: WARP will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 8:00 to 16:00 on 29 Jun. 2006 , and from 9:00 to 12:00 on 10 July. 2006 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/07/01: Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2006, UPDATE.

2006/06/29: Dnavi will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 8:00 to 16:00 on 29 Jun. 2006 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/06/28: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 18:00 on 28 Aug. , and from 9:00 to 17:00 on 11 Sept.(Japan time).

2006/06/13: 13 titles of old Japanese and Chinese materials (4,200 images) were newly added to the Rare Books Image Database.June 13 ,2006

2006/06/06: Survey on Comprehensive Collection, Storage, and Archiving of Japanese Web Sites, UPDATE June 6,2006.

2006/06/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.149, June 2006, UPDATE.

2006/05/31: Asian Language Materials OPAC will be temporarily unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 20:00 on May 31 and from 10:00 to 17:00 on Jun.4.(JAPAN TIME)

2006/05/15: Pre-conference of WLIC 2006 registration is now open! (May 15, 2006)

2006/04/25: Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2006, Jan.-Dec. 2005, UPDATE April 25,2006.

2006/04/19: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 18:00, April 19 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/04/04: Digital Library from the Meiji Era System Renewal from April 4, 2006.

2006/04/01: NDL NEWSLETTER No.148, April 2006, UPDATE.

2006/03/31: CDNLAO Newsletter No.55, UPDATE Mars 31,2006

2006/03/20: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 20:00, March 20 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/03/14: Collaborative Reference Database unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 Monday March 13 to 18:00 Tuesday March 14 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/03/09: This site is unavailable because of maintenance for 20 minutes between 6:00 and 7:00 Thursday March 9 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/03/06: Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet From March 6, 2006, the proceedings from the 88th session to the 92nd session(September 1945 to March 1947)are available.(Japanese only)

2006/03/03: Pre-conference of WLIC 2006 UPDATE March 3, 2006.

2006/03/01: March 2006: Please note that the Tokyo Main Library and the Kansai-kan will close for refiling on the 3rd Monday (March 20th), not the 3rd Wednesday (March 15th).

2006/02/28: NDL NEWSLETTER No.147, February 2006, UPDATE February 28, 2006.

2006/02/01: Rare Books Image Database inavailable

2006/01/29: Digital Library from the Meiji Era, WARP, Dnavi and Collaborative Reference Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 28 Jan. 2006 19:00 to 29 Jan. 2006 6:00 (JAPAN TIME).

2006/01/28: 2006/1/28-2006/2/12 Some online services provided by the NDL inavailable because of maintenance.

2006/01/24: Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2005, UPDATE January 24,2006.

2005/12/27: NDL NEWSLETTER No.146, December 2005,UPDATE December 27, 2005.

2005/12/11: NDL-OPAC will be temporarily unavailable because of system maintenance from 1:00 to 12:00 Dec.11, 2005 (JAPAN TIME).

2005/12/10: Directory of Japanese Scientific Periodicals and Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics will temporarily not be available because of system maintenance from 10 Dec. 2005 10:00 to 12 Dec. 2005 19:00 (JAPAN TIME).

2005/12/05: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will be temporarily unavailable because of system maintenance from 4:00 Monday December 5 to 10:00 (JAPAN TIME).

2005/11/30: NDL-OPAC will be temporarily unavailable because of system maintenance from 20:30 Nov.29 to 0:30 Nov.30, 2005 (JAPAN TIME).

2005/11/16: The Rare Books Image Database will temporarily be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 21:00, November 16 (JAPAN TIME).

2005/11/04: The web site of International Library of Children's Literature will be temporarily unavailable because of a power outage from 17:00 Wednesday November 2 to 10:00 Friday November 4 (JAPAN TIME)

2005/10/28: NDL NEWSLETTER No.145, October 2005,UPDATE October 28, 2005.

2005/10/25: Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2005, UPDATE October 25,2005.

2005/09/09: Information on the special exhibition "Fauna and Flora in Illustrations: Natural History of the Edo Era" has been available since September 9, 2005.

2005/08/25: NDL NEWSLETTER No.144, August 2005,UPDATE August 25, 2005.

2005/08/22: An agreement was signed between the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the NDL in August 22, 2005.

2005/08/05: Searching for books in Indonesian and Malaysian languages on the Asian Language Materials OPAC has become available since August 5, 2005.

2005/08/04: Electronic exhibitions "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" and "Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing" were revised in August 4, 2005. See "About This Site" for updates.

2005/08/02: Digital Library from the Meiji Era(Japanese only) updated in August 2, 2005.

2005/07/01: The Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet has been available since July 1, 2005.

2005/06/21: 138th Regular Exhibition "Japanese travelers 100 years ago: Records of journeys included in the Digital Library from the Meiji Era" has been available since July 21. (Japanese only)

2005/06/01: Searching for books in Mongolian on the Asian Language Materials OPAC has become available since June 1, 2005.

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