National Diet Library

National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

Back Numbers 2009

No. 170 ,December 2009

• News from NDL
  • Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney "Internet et la culture: une chance ou un péril?" (The Internet and culture: opportunity or danger?)
  • The 28th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
  • More than 150,000 volumes are now available on the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"
• Article
  • Stacks of the NDL - Kansai-kan and International Library of Children’s Literature
  • Exploring Modern Japanese Political Documents - acquisition of modern Japanese political history materials "Documents relating to Yoshio Matsushita" as an example
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Tenjin-ki
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 169 ,Ooctober 2009

• Article
  • E-books in Japan: Distribution, Use and Preservation
• News from NDL
  • National Diet Library Law Amended: the NDL authorized to archive websites of government-related institutions
  • Activity Performance Evaluation of the NDL: Improving Our Service and Management
  • PORTA has been renewed
  • Renewal of the agreement between the NDL and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Japan-Netherlands online exhibitions
  • Lectures by leading figures
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Designs on the dances of Vaslav Nijinsky -Collection of illustrations of Ballets Russes-
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 168 ,August 2009

• Article
  • Stacks of the NDL – Tokyo Main Library
  • Development of the academic literature recording service – production of library materials for users with disabilities and expansion of the service
• News from NDL
  • Minutes from 1911 to 1947 now available in the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Materials recently designated as rare books -From 43rd committee on designation of rare books
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 167 ,June 2009

• Article
  • Developing of Library Support Project – focusing on the training programs for librarians
  • Situation of collection on Japan–focusing on books newly published in the 2000s
• News from NDL
  • Lecture and Discussion by the President of the IFLA: Libraries in the knowledge society– visions for the future
  • NDL contributes to the World Digital Library
  • RESEARCH NAVI launched – Navigator to information–
  • Results of NDL User Survey FY2008
  • NDL budget for fiscal 2009
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • Kodomo Manga Shimbun – a children’s newspaper published in the early postwar years
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 166, April 2009

• News from NDL
  • Lecture and Discussion “National Library of Sweden – challenges in the digital age”
  • Lecture on services developed by the British Library to support entrepreneurs and small business development
  • Electronic Exhibition “100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil (100 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil)” now available
  • Bibliographic Data now downloadable via the NDL-OPAC
  • NDL Statistics FY2007
  • Events commemorating the NDL’s 60th anniversary
• Selections from NDL Collections
  • The Children’s Japan by Mrs. W. H. Smith (1892)
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 165, February 2009

• Article
  • Bibliographic data in the digital age - ten years of catalogs-
  • Online Gallery of the National Diet Library
• News from NDL
  • Events commemorating the NDL’s 60th anniversary
  • The 6th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
• Selected List of Articles from NDL Periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin