NDL Newsletter No. 103, June 1997

Changes to the Japanese National Bibliography

The NDL has changed since April 1997 the way of issuing Nihon Zenkoku Shoshi (Japanese National Bibliography) (paper edition) as follows:

A weekly list contains books and non-book materials not serially issued except for maps (sheets) and musical recordings (formerly a list of non-book materials was issued separately), including Japanese materials published abroad and items published before 1948, the establishment of the NDL (formerly those were excluded).

A weekly list contains a title index and an author index (formerly indexes were published quarterly).

A list of new serial titles is appended to the last issue of each month (before, such a list was issued separately).

A list of Asian language materials published in Japan is appended to the last (fiftieth issue) of each year (while such materials used to be excluded).

The NDL, as a national deposit library, compiles and publishes the Japanese National Bibliography, which contains bibliographical information of domestic publications and of materials in Japanese language published abroad.

Paper edition is issued weekly, available at 600Yen per volume (tax included). Annual cumulative index (title/author) is published by the Japan Library Association under the NDL's supervision.

MT and CD-ROM editions are also available. Japan/MARC(M), magnetic tape edition for monographs, is updated weekly and available at 600,000Yen per year from the Japan Library Association. J-BISC, CD-ROM edition, is updated quarterly and costs 140,000Yen per year.