No. 114, June 2000

New Publications from NDL
NDL CD-ROM Line 
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Shozo Chikuji Kankobutsu Mokuroku 
1999-Nenmatsu Genzai 
(National Diet Library Catalog of Serials 1999)

National Diet Library Catalog of Serials 1999 covers periodicals, newspapers, almanacs and annual reports in the NDL serial collection. 
As of the end of 1999, the number of the collection, including the Imperial Library archives, reached 156,549 titles, including 106,228 Japanese and foreign titles in Japanese, 3,299 Japanese titles in western languages, and 47,022 foreign titles in western languages. For serials in Chinese and Korean, refer to the "National Diet Library Catalog of Asian Language Serials" 

his is the first CD-ROM edition of the Catalog in the UNIMARC CD-ROM format and data search system developed by the NDL. The Library will publish the CD-ROM edition annually and the "JAPAN/MARC Catalog of Serials"in magnetic tape form semi-annually. The printed edition, "National Diet Library Catalog of Japanese Serials" and "National Diet Library Catalog of Foreign Serials" has ceased publication. 

The CD-ROM is equipped with two types of search system, for Windows (Japanese version) and for Windows (US version). If you want to use Windows for other languages, install the search system for Windows (US version) according to the US retrieval manual. 

The CD-ROM edition is produced by the NDL and distributed by Kinokuniya Co. Ltd. 
ISSN 1345-3742, ISBN 4-87582-559-5 
50,000 yen (domestic price) 

For further information 

Kinokuniya Company Ltd. International Business Division 
38-1 Sakuragaoka 5-chome, 
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8691, Japan 
Fax:+81-3-3439-0136 
E-mail: kj00@kinokuniya.co.jp