No. 567, June 2008[PDF Format, 7.13 MB]

• Series commemorating the NDL’s 60th anniversary
  • “1998-2008” Topics during the last decade and future prospects (3) New service points – Kansai-kan and International Library of Children’s Literature
• Exhibition at the International Library of Children’s Literature
  • How “Door to the Czech Republic: The world of children’s books” was prepared
• People who use, people who maintain (6) Damage by use and countermeasures
• Preservation and use of newspapers in the digital era – efforts being made by the United States, New Zealand and Australia
• <Announcement>
  • Lectures related to the exhibition at the International Library of Children’s Literature
  • Summer event of the International Library of Children’s Literature: Fun with science “Wonder of light – enjoying making kaleidoscopes together”
  • Commemorative events of the NDL’s 60th anniversary related article
  • Book notice – publications from NDL

No. 566, May 2008[PDF Format, 2.08 MB]

• New series commemorating the NDL’s 60th anniversary
  • “1998-2008” Topics during the last decade and future prospects (2) Tracking the acquisition of materials related article
• How many domestic publications does the NDL hold? - from the results of a survey on the percentage of national publications acquired by NDL through the legal deposit system related article
• Current status of Japanese studies in the U.S. – at the University of Pittsburgh
• People who use, people who maintain (5) Audio materials
• Materials newly available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room
• <Announcement>
  • Training programs for librarians in FY2008
  • Search objects and functions newly added to PORTA
  • Picture Book Gallery “The American Picture Book: Prologue to the Golden Years” open to the public
  • Completion of microfiching of books formerly held in the Ueno Library, a valuable collection taken over from the former Imperial Library
  • Book notice – publications from NDL

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