National Diet Library

National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

Back Numbers 2007

No. 158, December 2007

• News from NDL
  • NDL Digital Archive Portal "PORTA" started full scale operation
  • NDL Statistics FY2006 (part1/2)
• Articles
  • Kansai-kan’s step forward - a leap from the first stage to a period of growth (part 2/2)
  • Restructuring the international exchange of publications (part 2/2)
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Kabuki juhachiban no uchi Kanjincho (The Subscription List from the Eighteen Great Plays of Kabuki )
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 157, October 2007

• Announcement
  • Linkage between NDL-OPAC and Digital Library from the Meiji Era started
• News from NDL
  • Librarians from University of Maryland invited to the NDL
  • Electronic Exhibition the Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs -From photographs in publications held by the National Diet Library- Tokyo in Photographs now available
  • NDL metadata standards open to public and call for comments
• Articles
  • Kansai-kan’s step forward - a leap from the first stage to a period of growth (part 1/2)
  • Restructuring the international exchange of publications (part 1/2)
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MD. (1719-41) by Michael Maittaire
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 156, August 2007

• News from NDL
  • The 11th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
  • NDL budget for fiscal 2007
  • NDL Bibliographic Data Newsletter released
  • Books printed in the Taisho era newly added to “Digital Library from the Meiji Era”
  • New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database"
  • Ms. Patricia Aldana, President of IBBY, gave a lecture at the ILCL
• Article
  • The Role of NDL in Promoting STI
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Extract of Annual Report of the Tokyo Library, Japan, 1891
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 155, June 2007

• News from NDL
  • Greetings from the new Librarian - Knowledge is a source of enrichment -
  • 128 portraits added to the "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures"
  • New exhibit added to the “Picture Book Gallery” of the International Library of Children’s Literature
  • Bibliographic data in Japanese Periodicals Index (Science and Technology) retrospectively added to the NDL-OPAC
• Announcement
  • Cessation of publication in printed form of Japanese National Bibliography
• Article
  • Preservation and Mass Conservation at the National Diet Library
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Nishiki-e depicting Iki-ningyo
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 154, April 2007

• News from NDL
  • The 26th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
  • The 4th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
  • Recent NDL lecture programs by leaders from abroad
• Article
  • National Diet Library's network with libraries in the executive and judicial agencies: Branch Library System (part 2/2)
  • "Being the Brains for the Legisrative Branch, as well as the MPs' Information Center" - The Latest Service Developments after Confirming Both Functions by Hisae Umeda
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Fascination of the Winnington-Ingram Collection of Children's Books
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 153, February 2007

• News from NDL
  • Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2006
• Article
  • Provision of bibliographic data in the NDL - With development of the electronic library plan -
  • National Diet Library's network with libraries in the executive and judicial agencies: Branch Library System (part 1/2)
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Documents relating to Inoue Kaoru (Inoue Kaoru Kankei Monjo)
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin