No. 110, August1999
New Publication from the NDL
Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library
The National Diet Library celebrated its 50th anniversary in June 1998.
In commemoration, the library published an official history: "Kokuritu
Kokkai Tosyokan gozyunensi honpen" (Fifty Years' History of the National
Diet Library) with a text in Japanese in March 1999.
It describes the history of the library from its foundation in 1948
up to June 1998, especially the time after 1978 when "Thirty Years' History"
was published.
Table of contents
| Introduction |
Foundation of the National Diet Library and its development |
| Chapter 1 |
Outline of the past 20 years |
| Chapter 2 |
Services for the Diet |
| Chapter 3 |
The branch library system and services for administrative and judicial
branch |
| Chapter 4 |
Services for the public |
| Chapter 5 |
Library cooperation and international cooperation |
| Chapter 6 |
Collection building |
| Chapter 7 |
Organization of materials and dissemination of bibliographic information |
| Chapter 8 |
From automation to informatization |
| Chapter 9 |
Management of organization |
| Conclusion |
Continuity and change - into the 21st century |
Available for 8,000 yen from:
Nihon Toshokan Kyokai (Japan Library Association)
1-11-14 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0033 JAPAN;
Tel: +81-3-3523-0812
Other NDL publications on its history
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"Thirty Years' History of the National Diet Library" (text in Japanese),
1979, 528 p.
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"Thirty Years' History of the National Diet Library: Documents and Records"
(text in Japanese), 1980, 661 p.
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"National Diet Library in pictures: 50 years" (an omnibus of the
Library's 50 years since its foundation, with a text in English and Japanese),
93 p., 1998, ISBN: 4-87582-529-3, available for 4,800 yen from Nihon Toshokan
Kyokai.
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"Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library; Documents and Records"
(text in Japanese) *Due to be published in FY1999
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