No. 107, January 1999

Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals

(Text in Japanese)

National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin

No. 444 March 1998

• Fifty years of the National Diet Library (3) - History and features of its acquisitions, by Meitetsu Haruyama
• Diffusion rate of acid-free paper in official publications increasing: result of 12th test on newly-acquired materials, by Preservation Planning Office
• Report from the Council on Organization of Materials on Science and Technology
• Nippon Cataloging Rule 1987 revised edition introduced

No. 445 April 1998

• Fifty years of the National Diet Library (4) - User services: from local area services to national network services, by Hiroshi Ito
• Completion of the retrospective conversion of early Showa Japanese books and publication of the National Diet Library Catalog 1926-March - 1949, by Bibliography Division, Books Department
• Searching a new development in Japan-Russia library cooperation: summary of the 7th Japan-Russia Bilateral Seminar
• 27th meeting of the Council on the Index to the History of Japanese Laws

No. 446 May 1998

• Outline of the basic design plan of the National Diet Library Kansai-kan
• Our recent acquisition activities: preparation for the opening of the International Library of Children's Literature and the National Diet Library Kansai-kan, by Eishiro Muraki
• Summary of the special lecture meeting of the 7th Japan-Russia Bilateral Seminar: cultural and social changes and the circumstances of the library and publishing world
• Fifty years of the NDL printed catalogue cards: discontinuance of making and distributing them

No. 447 June 1998

• Fifty years of the National Diet Library (5) - Technical services and compilation of bibliographies: Computerization of Japanese books, by Junko Yokoyama
• Interim report of the Council on the Legal Deposit System: fourth meeting of the Council
• What I did in Madagascar: lessons for librarians at Universited Antananarivo, by Tadahiko Oshiba

No. 448 July 1998

• Commemorative events of the NDL's 50th anniversary
• Fifty years of the NDL in chronology
• Fifty years of the National Diet Library (6) - Half a century of international cooperation: from exchange of materials to exchange of people, by Nobuhisa Kameda
• New functions added to the CD-ROM edition of the Japanese Periodicals Index

No. 449 August 1998

• Greetings from the new Librarian: making the NDL more useful, by Masao Tobari 
• Fifty years of the National Diet Library (7) - Discussion: the NDL hereafter - talking with Mr. Kazuma Yamane 
• Publishing-related culture and libraries: report of the commemorative symposium for the 50th anniversary of the NDL 

No. 450 September 1998

• The electronic library 
• The National Diet Library Electronic Library Concept 
• Symposium "Establishing the digital library". A lecture "Digital Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges", by Deanna B. Marcum 

No. 451 October 1998

• International Library of Children's Literature
• Aiming at a national center of children's books - Outline of the planning of the International Library of Children's Literature
• Remodeling plan of a facility of the UENO Library, Branch of NDL
• Visiting organizations concerned with children's books in Europe - Learning from precedents -, by Kuniko Kameda

No. 452 November 1998

• Copyright and libraries
• The relationship of Japanese Copyright Law and library service, by Ryoichi Minami
• Copyright in foreign libraries: "past" and "future", by Akihiro Kawanishi
• Copyright clearance for children's books held by the NDL
• New trend of ISSN, by Taro Kawashima

No. 453 December 1998

• Participating in the 64th IFLA General Conference and the 25th Meeting of the CDNL
• 25th Meeting of CDNL, by Mineo Miyawaki
• Third G8 Electronic Library Project Meeting, by Mineo Miyawaki, Masaki Nasu
• IFLA '98

Biblos
- Monthly Magazine for Branch Libraries, Executive and Judicial, and Other Special Libraries -

Vol.49 no. 3, March 1998

• Co-operation: the triumph of hope over experience? (2) by Maurice B. Line, translated by Kaoru Nakajima
• Agency of Industrial Science and Technology Library
• Present state of our library, by Akira Iwasaki 
  Nagoya branch library: present state and important issues for relocation, by Masaaki Tanimura 
• Libraries in Hokkaido: report of the 45th annual tour study of NDL branch libraries staff, by Yoshitaka Ito

Vol.49 no.4, April 1998

• Network of the NDL and its branch libraries under digital environment: report of the activities of the NDL and its branch libraries in FY1997, by Takao Murayama
• Outline of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Library, by Jun-ichi Iha
• Participating in a project on guidance for users, by Yumiko Miwa

Vol. 49 no.5, May 1998

• Considering true library cooperation: comments on Co-operation: the triumph of hope over experience? by Maurice B. Line, by Sachiko Ogiwara
• Unique archives: Okinawa Prefectural Archives, by Masatoh Kodama
• Into the future of libraries: what can be seen beyond Z39.50, by Kimito Kurosawa

Vol. 49 no.6, June 1998

• Comments on Co-operation ll: the triumph of hope over experience? by Maurice B. Line, by Shunsaku Tamura
• Digital library services in smaller libraries, by Masahiko Fukutomi
• Tsukuba Annex of the National Archives to be opened in October 1998, by Tatsuo Ishido
• Ministry of Construction Library: surroundings of the Building Research Institute Library, by Fumiko Kobayashi

Vol. 49 no.7, July 1998

• Considering true library cooperation lll: comments on Co-operation: the triumph of hope over experience? by Maurice B. Line, by Ryuji Yonemura
• Five-year Okinawa Prefectural Archives project started: acquisition of materials of the USCAR, by Gosuke Miyagi
• Web site of the Japan Library Association, by Yukie Isobe
• How digital encyclopedias are used, by Hiromichi Hashizume

Vol. 49 no.8, August 1998

(This is the last isuue in book form. From October 1998, we distribute Biblos (text in Japanese) through the Internet on the National Diet Library Web site (http://www.ndl.go.jp/publish/biblos/index.html)) 

• A period to publication of biblos, by Mitsuharu Otake 
• Where will the forum for library cooperation go? On discontinuance of Biblos, by Izumi Koide 
• Branch Libraries, Biblos and me, by Toneo Aoki 
• Operation of the NDL Branch Libraries' network system started, by Nanae Otsuka 

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