No. 119, May 2001

New Publications from NDL
Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library: documents and records 

In May 2001, the NDL published "Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library: documents and record" in CD-ROM format. Expanding the "Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library" in book form published in March 1999, it includes a chronological table of the Library since its foundation, major statistics, changes of organization, and so on. 

In June 1998 the NDL celebrated its 50th anniversary and published an official history: "Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan gojunenshi honpen" (Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library) in commemoration. 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. The new CD-ROM includes the full text of the main chapter in PDF format. 

Texts are only in Japanese, and it requires either the Windows or Macintosh Japanese version. 

Contents of the CD-ROM

Chronological table, Documents

Laws and regulations, Publications
Organization, Staff, Statistics
'Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library' in PDF format

ISBN: 4-87582-568-4Available for 3,800 yen from: 

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