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The fiscal 2007 budget bill passed the National Diet on March 26, 2007.
The total amount of the initial budget appropriated for the NDL is
22,958,101,000 yen for FY2007 (April 2007 - March 2008), a decrease of
some 210 million yen compared with the previous year's budget, caused
by the decrease in the amount for development of information systems
and other reasons.
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The composition of the total budget is:
- Personnel
expenses: 43.9% (42.5% in FY2006)
- Acquisition
of library materials:11.0% (10.5% in FY2006)
- Development
of information systems:
17.1% (17.9% in FY2006)
- Office
expenses: 20.4% (20.9% in FY2006
- Buildings
and facilities: 7.6% (8.2% in FY2006)
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Major expenditures of the 2007 budget are as follows:
1.
Enhancement of the services for the Diet
(1)
Expansion of Provision of Digital Information for the Diet
To enhance the core
computer system to provide digital information for the Diet, about 230
million yen was approved.
(2)
Construction of the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
For inputting the data
into the above database, about 40 million yen was approved.
2.
Building the Electronic Library Service Infrastructure
(1)
Construction of the Digital Archives
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 try to
collect and preserve them, a digital archives system that collects,
preserves and offers digital information has been under construction
since FY2005. For FY 2007, as expenses for system design and
development, about 800 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 2007, about 90 million yen was allocated for the
digitization of Japanese books published in the Taisho era (1912-1926),
and other projects.
(3)
Provision of electronic journals
In order to provide even
more comprehensive services on science and technology information,
about 360 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 1,120 million yen
was approved for the renovation of building, electric facilities and
mechanical equipment (phase 1) which has been undertaken since FY 2006.
(2)
Renovation
of the Tokyo Main Library and other
As expenses for other renovation work, the following were budgeted:
About 190 million yen for
the construction of the entrance/exit checking system of the stacks of
the Tokyo Main Library; about 120 million yen for the renovation of the
fire protection shutters of its Main Building; about 40 million yen for
the renovation of the light fixtures of its Main Building; about 30
million yen for the quake-resistant and conservation research of its
Main Building; about 70 million yen for the renovation of the staff
lodgings in Yoyogi-Uehara.
(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 60 million yen was allocated.
(Accounts Division,
Administrative Department)
Amounts
of NationalDiet
Library's FY2006 Expenditure Budget
(1,000 yen)
| (Item) National Diet Library |
21,205,703
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| Personnel costs |
10,079,987
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| Regular office expenses |
251,680
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| Tokyo Main Library operations |
2,016,734
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| Development of information systems |
3,922,336
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| Legislative research |
473,580
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| International Library of Children's
Literature
operation |
505,800
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| Kansai-kan operation |
1,879,498
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| Acquisition of materials |
932,890
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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 |
75,903
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| Acquisition of science and technology
materials |
1,067,295
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| (Item) Expenses for facilities |
1,752,398
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| Renovation of the Annex of the Tokyo Main
Library |
1,123,311
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| Renovation of the staff lodgings in
Yoyogi-Uehara |
66,017
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| Construction of the Entrance/Exit Checking
System
of the stacks of the Tokyo Main Library |
188,822
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| Renovation of the light fixture of the Main
Building |
39,101
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| Renovation of the fire protection shutters
of the
Main Building |
124,613
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| Quake-resistant and conservation research
of the
Main Building |
28,251
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| Land acquisition cost for the Kansai-kan |
60,100
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| Expenses for the Tokyo Main Library
facilities |
122,183
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| Total |
22,958,101
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Amounts of National Diet Library's FY2007 Expenditure Budget
*The Kansai-kan was completed in FY2002
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