National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 122, November 2001
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Partial suspension of reader service
This is an abridged translation of the article of the same title in the NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 487
In 2002, the International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) will be fully open and the Kansai-kan (tentative name) will also open. Library holdings will be devided among the Tokyo Main Library, the Kansai-kan and the ILCL for better services. The Tokyo Main Library and its special materials rooms will also be reorganized. As a result, the Library and some special materials rooms will be closed and some materials will be temporarily unavailable.
(1) Days closed
| March 27 (Wed.) | Special materials rooms* |
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| March 28 (Thu.) | Whole library |
| March 29 (Fri.) | Special materials rooms* |
* Asian Materials Room, Official Publications Room, Reference Books Room, Special Materials Room, Electronic Resources Room and Library Science Materials Room
(2) Unavailable materials
From April to September 2002, we will be moving materials from Tokyo to the Kansai-kan. The Kansai-kan will be open to the public on October 7, 2002.
| Materials unavailable from April 1 to October 6 |
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| Periodicals in western languages |
| Asian materials
(Books, periodicals and newspapers in Chinese, Korean and other Asian languages) * Some Asian materials such as basic reference books, periodicals and newspapers will continue to be available in the Tokyo Main Library |
| Materials unavailable from May 1 to October 6 |
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| Science and technology materials
(Some technical reports, papers of academic societies and associations, standards, foreign patents, foreign dissertations, conference proceedings in western languages) |
| Research reports for the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research |
| Recorded academic literature |
(3) Closure of the International Library of Children's Literature (ICLC) and unavailable materials
The ILCL will be fully open on May 5, 2002. For preparation of the opening, the ILCL will be closed from February 1 to May 4. Materials such as children's books, study books and picture-cards stocked in the Tokyo Main Library will be moved to the ILCL and will therefore be unavailable during this period.
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