National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 159, February 2008
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Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2007
Trainees and staff at the farewell party
Since FY2002, the National Diet Library (NDL) has jointly hosted the Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies with the Japan Foundation (JF), in cooperation with the International House of Japan (IHJ) and the National Institute of Informatics (NII).
For reports of the past programs, please see here.
Since FY 2005, a target region was reviewed and selected each year. This year’s program targeted Japanese information specialists from the Americas. The program was held from November 26 to December 11, 2007, mainly in the Tokyo Main Library of the NDL and the Kansai-kan of the NDL. Ten trainees joined from four countries: Argentine, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
The contents of the program were as follows:
| Date | Subject |
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| November26 | Orientation Courtesy call on the Librarian of the NDL Introduction of the curriculum Guided tour of the Tokyo Main Library |
| November 27 | Bibliographic database of the NDL: use of the NDL-OPAC Periodical indexes in Japan: focusing on the NDL Japanese Periodicals Index Japanese newspapers |
| November 28 | Rare books and old materials Observation tour (International Library of Children’s Literature) |
| November 29 | Independent research Pre-workshop (on request, at IHJ) Workshop: Present and future of Japanese Studies in the Americas (jointly hosted by the JF and the IHJ, co-hosted by the NDL) (at IHJ) Reception |
| November 30 | Japanese reference books 1 Japanese reference books 2 |
| December 1 | Travel to Kansai |
| December 2 | Observation tour (Kyoto International Manga Museum) (Optional) Independent research |
| December 3 | Courtesy call on the Director General of the Kansai-kan Orientation Observation tour of the Kansai-kan Digital library projects of the NDL How to use the information via websites in Japanese studies |
| December 4 | Observation tour (Tenri Central Library) Observation tour (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) |
| December 5 | Travel to Tokyo Observation tour (Japanese Overseas Migration Museum) (Optional) |
| December 6 | Statistics on Japan: statistics in English Japanese laws and regulations Japanese government publications |
| December 7 | Preservation and conservation Observation tour (Keio University Mita Media Center) |
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Independent Research |
| December 10 | Publishing industries in Japan Lecture on summary of services and databases provided by NII (at the NII) |
| December 11 | Observation tour (The Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo) (Optional) Documentation Delivery Service by the NDL Trainees’ evaluation meeting Farewell party |
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