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National Diet Library Newsletter

No. 171, Feb. 2010

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The 12th Mutual Visit Program between
the National Diet Library and
the National Library of Korea
held in November 2009

The 12th mutual visit program of the National Diet Library (NDL) and the National Library of Korea (NLK) was held in Seoul from November 2 to 9, 2009. Headed by Mr. Takehiko Sato, Director of the Digital Library Division, Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library, the delegation consisted of the following other members: Mr. Akihiro Kawanishi, Assistant Director, Digital Information Planning Office, Administrative Department, Ms. Atsuko Ito, Assistant Director, Book Service Division, Public Services Department, and Ms. Yoshimi Amino, Resources and Information Division, International Library of Children's Literature.

Seminar I
Seminar I

The main theme of this year's program was “Contents and Services of Digital Libraries.” Seminar I with keynote speeches and Seminar II under the main theme were held at the NLK’s national digital library (dibrary) which was opened in May 2009. In addition, an exchange program on both libraries’ services for children and other related activities was held at the National Library for Children and Young Adults and Ms. Amino attended.

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Seminar I :
Keynote speeches

November 3, 2009

  • “Digital Age and the National Library of Korea in Transformation” by Mr. Si-Young Moon, Director, Library Management and Cooperation Division, NLK

  • “Digital Library Projects of the National Diet Library and Development of New Services” by Mr. Takehiko Sato, NDL

Seminar II-1 :
Reports on the Main Theme

November 4, 2009

  • “Expanding Digital Contents and Managing a Portal” by Mr. Shin Ho Lee, Deputy Director, Digital Library Planning Division, NLK

  • “Digitization of the National Diet Library” by Mr. Akihiro Kawanishi, NDL

Seminar II-2 :
Reports on the Main Theme

November 5, 2009

  • “Digital Library Information Services of the National Library of Korea” by Ms. Kyung Ae Lee, Deputy Chief, Digital Library Service Division, NLK

  • “User Services in Digital Age” by Ms. Atsuko Ito, NDL

Seminar at the
National Library for Children and Young Adults

November 4, 2009

  • “Main Operations of the National Library for Children and Young Adults” by Ms. Cha Gyeong-lye, Planning and Cooperation Division, National Library for Children and Young Adults, NLK (read by Ms. Jung-Hee Kim, Planning and Cooperation Division of the same library)

  • “Overviews on the International Library of Children’s Literature” by Ms. Yoshimi Amino, NDL

The delegation also visited the National Library for Children and Young Adults of NLK,
as well as the National Assembly Library and other related institutions.

NDL delegation
NDL delegation in front of the NLK building

The details of digital library services in Korea reported in this mutual visit program will be published in the NDL Bulletin no. 588, March 2010 (in Japanese).

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