National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 176, December 2010/February 2011
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The 13th Mutual Visit Program
between the National Diet Library
and the National Library of Korea
A National Library of Korea (NLK) delegation visited Japan from October 12 to 19, 2010, on the 13th mutual visit program between the National Diet Library (NDL) and the NLK. Since it started in 1997, the program has alternately taken place in Japan and in Korea every year.
NLK delegation and NDL executive members (from left: Dr. Nagao (Librarian), Ms. Hwang,
Ms. Cho, Mr. Park, Mr. Jang, Mr. Yoshinaga (Deputy Librarian) and Mr. Taya (Director
General of the Administrative Department))
Headed by Ms. Hwang Myun, Director of the Digital Library Service Division, this year's delegation consisted of the following other three members: Ms. Cho Jae-hak, Librarian, Library Service Division, National Library for Children & Young Adults; Mr. Park Jin-ho, Senior Researcher, National Digital Library of Korea; and Mr. Jang Bo-seong, Librarian, National Library Support Center for the Disabled.
The Opening Session was held in the Tokyo Main Library of the NDL. Staff at the Kansai-kan of the NDL also participated using the TV conference system.
October 13, 2010: Tokyo Main Library
| Opening Session (Keynote speech) |
Theme: Current Status and Challenges of Two Libraries (1) “Current Status and Challenges of NLK”
(2)“Current status and Challenges of NDL”
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At the Opening Session, Ms. Hwang reviewed the first year of the National Digital Library. She also reported NLK’s current challenges such as expansion of digital contents and network-building with international and internal libraries. Mr. Muto reported recent developments of the NDL especially those to cope with the digital era.
Opening Session
In the Session I and II, experts from both libraries reported on their recent activities and progress on each theme.
October 14, 2010: Tokyo Main Library
| Session I | Theme: Library services for people with disabilities using digital resources (1) “Library Service for people with disabilities using digital resources at the National Library of Korea”
(2) “Background of amendment of the Copyright Act to provide information for people with disabilities and measures taken by libraries in Japan”
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| Session II | Theme: Current status and challenges in automatic translation between Japanese and Korean (1) “Current status and challenges in automatic translation between Korean and Japanese ―ensuring interoperability of MDR-based metadata―”
(2) “Current status and challenges of NDL Search and automatic translation between Japanese and Korean”
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Concurrently, there was also a session between the representatives from the children’s service branches of the respective libraries.
October 14, 2010: International Library of Children's Literature
| Session of Children’s library | Theme: Progress of the past year: focused on services providing information for children (1) “Progress of the National Library for Children & Young Adults in the past year”
(2) “Progress of the past year”
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After these session meetings, all of the delegation visited the National Diet (Japanese Parliament) including the Detached Library in the Diet building, and the International Library of Children’s Literature. Three of the delegation also visited the Keio University Library and the Japan Braille Library. Ms. Cho, delegate from the National Library for Children & Young Adults visited Tokyo Children’s Library and Shinjuku Children’s library.
In the latter part of the program, the delegation visited the Kansai-kan of the NDL, and had a practical meeting titled “Information sharing on the acquisition, preservation and provision of e-books.” The whole program concluded with a Closing Session and the two libraries agreed to proceed with future cooperation.
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