In April 2008, the Acquisitions and Bibliography Department was established by the integration of the Acquisitions Department and the Bibliography Department in the National Diet Library (NDL).

In April 2002, the NDL changed its focus in reorganization from its collection types to its functions. As a result, the Acquisitions Department, the Bibliography Department, and the Public Services Department were born by reorganizing departments such as the Book Department and the Serials Department.

Six years have passed since the 2002 reorganization and a new department was built uniting the NDL production line of acquisition, cataloging, and provision of bibliographic data.

Thinking back over the NDL history, at one time it had an Acquisitions and Cataloging Department. But in the department, acquisition and cataloging were done in different divisions. In this reorganization we aim at rational work operation from acquisition to organization in a consistent manner by building three divisions which handle domestic materials, periodicals & non-book materials, and foreign materials. The Bibliographic Control Division of the Bibliography Department, which had been responsible for administration of cataloging and bibliographic control, was combined with the Acquisition Administration Division of the Acquisitions Department and became the Acquisitions Administration and Bibliographic Control Division.

• NDL organization chart (as of April 2008)

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