The fiscal 2006 budget bill passed the National Diet on March 27, 2006.
The total amount of the initial budget appropriated for the NDL is 23,166,112,000
yen for FY2006 (April 2006 - March 2007), a decrease of some 0.78 billion
yen compared with the previous year's budget, the majority of this being
due to full completion of the redemption of 'NTT interest-free loans' (B-type)
in FY2005.
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The composition of the total budget is:
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Personnel expenses: 42.5% (41.4%
in FY2005)
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Acquisition of library materials:
10.5% (9.8% in FY2005)
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Development of information systems:
17.9% (17.6% in FY2005)
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Office expenses: 20.9% (21.1%
in FY2005)
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Buildings and facilities: 8.2%
(8.2% in FY2005)
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Redemption of ‘NTT interest-free
loans・(B-type): none (1.9% in FY2005)
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Major expenditures of the 2006 budget are as follows:
1. Creation of the
Digital Archives
(1) Construction
of the Digital Archives System
In order to secure wide access to the digital materials as well as
to prevent online information resources from being scattered and lost,
and instead trying to collect and preserve them, a digital archives system
that collects, preserves and offers digital information has been under
construction since FY2005. For FY 2006, as expenses for research and system
design, about 730 million yen was approved.
(2) Construction
of digital contents
Since FY 2000 the NDL has been gradually increasing the digital content
for the Digital Library Services. For FY 2006, about 260 million yen was
allocated for completion of the digitization of Japanese books published
in the Meiji era (1868-1912), those of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and
other projects.
2. Building the
Electronic Library Service Infrastructure
(1) Management,
update and improvement of the Electronic Library Infrastructure
System
In order to enable the Tokyo Main Library, the Kansai-kan and the International
Library of Children's Literature to operate and provide services in an
integrated way, in FY 2006 about 2.33 billion yen was approved for the
management, update and improvement of the Electronic Library Infrastructure
System.
(2) Construction
of the full-text database for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
For inputting the data into the above database, about 40 million yen
was approved.
(3) Provision of
electronic journals
In order to provide even more comprehensive services on science and
technology information, about 250 million yen was approved to enlarge the
electronic journal collections of the Tokyo Main Library and the Kansai-kan.
3. Buildings and
facilities
(1) Renovation of
the Annex of the Tokyo Main Library
About 240 million yen was approved for the renovation of building,
electric facilities and mechanical equipment (phase 1) in addition to the
replacement of book conveyers (270 million yen), the replacement of connecting
walkways to the Annex (210 million yen) and the replacement of sanitary
facilities and elevators (170 million yen).
(2) Renovation
of the other facilities
As expenses for other renovation work, the following were budgeted:
About 700 million yen for the renovation of the disaster prevention
system of the Tokyo Main Library; about 120 million yen for the repair
of the outside wall of the Tokyo Main Library; about 60 million yen for
the construction of the kitchen drain facility; about 50 million yen for
the quake-resistance and conservation research of the Tokyo Main Library;
about 10 million yen for the renovation of the staff lodgings in Yoyogi-Uehara;
and about 10 million yen for a site and building research of the International
Library of Children's Literature.
(3) Land acquisition
cost for Phase 2 construction of the Kansai-kan
For the land acquisition stated above, which has been undertaken since
FY2002, about 20 million yen was allocated.
(Accounts Division, Administrative Department)
Amounts
of National Diet
Library's FY2006 Expenditure Budget
(1,000 yen) |
| (Item) National Diet Library |
21,261,880
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9,832,611
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|
297,172
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Tokyo Main Library operations
|
2,138,488
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4,146,412
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|
|
333,515
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International Library of Children's Literature operation
|
610,474
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Editing and printing of basic bibliographies
|
13,598
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1,916,833
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Preservation of library materials
|
91,312
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|
|
888,516
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| of which recompense for deposit of publication |
390,249
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Administration of Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet
|
85,204
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Acquisition of science and technology materials
|
1,012,655
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| (Item) Expenses for facilities |
1,904,232
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Renovation of the disaster prevention system
|
700,522
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Renovation of the Annex of the Tokyo Main Library (Replacement of book
conveyers)
|
272,796
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Renovation of the Annex of the Tokyo Main Library (Replacement of building,
electric facilities and mechanical equipment (phase 1))
|
240,234
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Renovation of the Annex of the Tokyo Main Library (Replacement of connecting
walkways to the Annex)
|
209,584
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Renovation of the Annex of the Tokyo Main Library (Replacement of sanitary
facilities and elevators)
|
171,416
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Repair of the outside wall of the Tokyo Main Library
|
117,149
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Construction of the kitchen drain facility
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56,402
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Quake-resistant and conservation research of the Tokyo Main Library
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53,344
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Renovation of the staff lodgings in Yoyogi-Uehara
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13,692
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Site and building research for the International Library of Children's
Literature
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9,266
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Land acquisition cost for the Kansai-kan
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22,029
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Expenses for the Tokyo Main Library facilities
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37,825 |
| Total |
23,166,112
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National Diet Library's Budget
(billion yen)
*The Kansai-kan was completed in FY2002
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