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Top > Publications > NDL Newsletter > Back Numbers 2003 > No. 132, August 2003

National Diet Library Newsletter

No. 132, August 2003
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Appendix: Library holdings as of October 2002

(round numbers)
Materials
Tokyo Main Library
 
Kansai-kan
 
Japanese Books  
5,000,000 volumes
Books
340,000 volumes
      Microfilms of Japanese books printed in the Meiji era
170,000 volumeworth
Japanese Periodicals  
108,000 titles
 
 24,000titles
Japanese Newspapers  
7,040 titles
 
50 titles
Books in Western Languages   
2,000,000 volumes
 
8,000 volumes
Western Periodicals  
10,000 titles
 
41,000 titles
Western Newspapers  
1,560 titles
Asian related
26 titles
Statutes and Parliamentary Documents  
1,120,000 items
 
10,000 items
Foreign Official Publications  
1,420,000 items
   
Scientific and Technical Materials Written Application for Approval of Power Reactor Installation
1,500 items
Foreign technical reports
2,444,000 items
  Design Drawings for Nuclear Equipment
1,100 items
Foreign doctoral dissertations 
434,400 items
  Archives for the History of Quantum Physics
300 items
Foreign papers of academic societies and associations
143,400 items
  Data Books / Data Files
1,500 items
Conference proceedings in Western languages
50,500 items
      Japanese & foreign standards
89,600 items
  Subtotal of  Scientific and Technical Materials
4,400 items
Subtotal of  Scientific and Technical Materials
3,169,900 items
Scientific research reports under grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology       
102,000 items
Japanese Doctoral  Dissertation  Abstracts
6,000 volumes
 
390,000 titles
Materials in Asian languages Chinese old books up to the Ch'ing Dynasty and books in Asian languages (received by NDL before 1986)
220,000 volumes
Books in Asian languages (received by NDL after 1986)
66,000 volumes
      Periodicals & newspapers in Asian languages
7,000 titles
Maps  
470,000 items
(as of Dec. 2002)
   
Modern Japanese Political Documents  
1,170,000 items
   
Rare Books and Old Materials  
300,000 items
(as of Mar. 2003)
   
Electronic Resources Offline electronic publications
30,900 items
   3,000 items
  Electronic journals
1,400 titles
(as of Jan. 2003)
 
1,400 titles
(as of Jan. 2003)
Audiovisual Materials Phonographic records, CD-ROMs
487,000 items
   
  Video tapes
10,000 items
   
 
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