No. 515, Febuary 2004

• Report of the 23rd mutual visit program with the National Library of China -Enhancement of the functions of national libraries-
  • Visiting libraries in China pt.1
  • Visiting libraries in China pt.2　related article
• Training program for information specialists for Japanese studies in FY 2003　related article
  • Report of the 4th conference on bibliographic control: Name authority control 
  • What's bibliographic control? (6) Living periodicals 

No. 514, January 2004

• New Year Greeting by Takao Kurosawa
• Report of the 11th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) and the 12th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)　related article(CDNLAO Newsletter)
• FY2003 meeting between NDL Librarian and directors of university libraries 
• Annual meeting between NDL Librarian and directors of branch libraries in the executive and judicial agencies in FY2003 
• Liaison meeting with staff of prefectural assembly libraries in FY 2003
• House of Commons Library: past, present and future  -  Invitation of Ms. Priscilla Baines, Librarian of the House of Commons
• Overview of materials added after 1995 to the Modern Japanese Political History Collection (6 final)

<Announcement> 

• "Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics" is now available on the  NDL website
• Special Exhibition: Southeast Asia, the people and their lives　related article

<Invitation>

• 16th forum on preservation: Disasters and information networks - building networks in Japan to share information on disaster-affected materials -
• Open lecture on Statutes, Parliamentary Documents and official publications 
• Products which changed our lives: stories of their early days (Enchanting world of books - Guide to regular exhibitions, 5)　 related webpage (Japanese only)