National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

*PDF files are stored in the NDL Digital Collections.

• Selections from NDL collection
  • Kagami-mochi tells ― From the records of a count's family [PDF: 2.58MB]
  • From the "Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji" [PDF: 736KB]
  • Materials available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (4) [PDF: 1.98KB]
• Events
  • The 18th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea [PDF: 1.13MB]
  • Inauguration ceremony held at the International Library of Children's Literature [PDF: 1.07MB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Japanese paper in action!! : Conservation treatments using "Washi" (1) [PDF: 2.2MB]
  • Lessons learned from twelve years' operation of the Web ARchiving Project (WARP) (Paper presented at IFLA/WLIC 2015, Session 90 - Ten years of development to collect, preserve and access Web-Sites: Ready to go for everyone!? - Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Information Technology Section) [PDF: 664KB]
  • Making information from the Diet available to the public: The history and development as well as current issues in enhancing access to parliamentary documentation
    (Paper presented at IFLA/WLIC 2015, Session 220 - Parliamentary Libraries – Evolving to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century - Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section) [PDF: 938KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No.655, November 2015 / No. 656, December 2015 [PDF: 486KB]

• Selections from NDL collection
  • Special Exhibition "1945: The things we read and wrote before and after the war ended." [PDF: 1.85MB]
  • Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (18) A collection of living creatures from all times and places: real, virtual and extinct creatures [PDF: 2.76MB]
  • Materials available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (3) [PDF: 1.49MB]
  • Material recently designated as a semi-rare book: Yama no sachi [PDF: 1.03MB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Utilizing the Internet to search for manuscripts of early Japanese books: Using documents relating to Yama no Sachi as an example [PDF: 3.83MB]
  • NDL participated in IFLA/WLIC 2015 [PDF: 525KB]
  • Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries in Japan (Paper presented at IFLA/WLIC 2015, Session 102 - Technology facilitating access to information: libraries for development - Information Technology Section, Public Libraries Section, Asia and Oceania Section joint with Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section) [PDF: 716KB]
  • Getting ready for the next generation:
    Renewal of the International Library of Children's Literature [PDF: 3.22MB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No.652/653, August/September 2015 / No. 654, October 2015 [PDF: 550KB]

• Selections from NDL collection
  • A collection of prize-winning designs for theater drop curtains: A trinity of practicality, craftsmanship, and advertising [PDF: 1.41MB]
  • Materials available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (2) [PDF: 1.4MB]
• Events
  • Lecture by Mr. Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library: "Living Knowledge: The British Library's Future Vision" [PDF: 1.32MB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Guide to finding an author's year of death [PDF: 899KB]
• Budget
  • NDL budget for fiscal year (FY) 2015 [PDF: 503KB]
• News from NDL
  • Training for Japanese Studies Librarians Outside of Japan: Library services practicum at the Kansai-kan of the NDL from January 13 to 22, 2016 [PDF: 469KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 650, June 2015 / No. 651, July 2015 [PDF: 511KB]

• Selections from NDL collection
  • Edo shiseki (lit. Historic sites of Edo): Tokyo guide by Edokko Hatamoto [PDF: 1.69MB]
  • Materials available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (1) [PDF: 1.21MB]
• Events
  • NDL participation in the Public Forum Event in the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai: Exhibition on disaster risk reduction and reconstruction: "National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)" [PDF: 1.05MB]
  • Ideathon "Let's make maximum use of the NDL's web page": NDL Open Data workshop [PDF: 1.05MB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • The new issue of Reference Service and Bibliography: Catalog of Soke Monjo owned by the National Diet Library [PDF: 1021KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 649, April/May 2015 [PDF: 527KB]

• Selections from NDL collection
  • Odori hitorigeiko: Textbook of dance drawn by Hokusai [PDF: 3.3MB]
• Events
  • Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (17) "Tomorrow's dinner will be a full-course meal: Find the recipe you want to cook" [PDF: 942KB]
  • International Symposium: Past and Present of Japanese-French Exchanges - from the Collection of National Diet Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France [PDF: 1.93MB]
  • International Symposium: Toward creating an information infrastructure for digital cultural resources - Europeana and NDL Search [PDF: 780KB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Collecting and transmitting data for persons with print disability [PDF: 612KB]
• News from NDL
  • The 4th China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative (CJKDLI) meeting [PDF: 722KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 587KB]

• Selections from NDL collection
  • Japan's image transmitted abroad: Picture books by Hasegawa Takejiro [PDF: 2.38MB]
• Events
  • The 33rd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China [PDF: 1.25MB]
  • The 5th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea, and the National Assembly Research Service [PDF: 795KB]
• Articles by NDL staff
  • TV and radio scripts at the National Diet Library – focusing on acquiring and preserving TV and radio scripts [PDF: 1.41MB]
  • Conservation work on local documents damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake finished [PDF: 1.07MB]
• News from NDL
  • Public Forum Event in the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai Exhibition on disaster risk reduction and reconstruction"National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)" [PDF: 528KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 517KB]