National Diet Library Newsletter
ISSN 1344-7238
Subject Index
Acquisitions, APLAP, Articles by NDL staff
Bibliographies, Budget,
Cataloging, Catalogs, Collections (Selection from the NDL collections),
Digital library & Digital publications, Events, Greetings from the new Librarian
International cooperation, International Library of Children's Literature, International services,
Japanese characters on the web,
Kansai-kan,
NDL web site, News,
Preservation, Publications other than catalogs and bibliographies,
Service for the National Diet, Statistics, Tokyo
Main Library
Acquisitions
- To collect online publications Report of the Legal Deposit System Council "Concept of the acquisition system for online publication"
- Exploring Modern Japanese Political Documents - acquisition of modern Japanese political history materials "Documents relating to Yoshio Matsushita" as an example
- National Diet Library Law Amended: the NDL authorized to archive websites of government-related institutions
- Situation of collection on Japan – focusing on books newly published in the 2000s
- Tracking the acquisition of materials – during the last decade
- How many domestic publications does the NDL hold? -from the results of a survey on the percentage of national publications acquired by the NDL
- The NDL set out to collect books of the Gordon W. Prange Collection
- Report of the Legal Deposit System Council -- Optimal Acquisition System for "Networked" Electronic Publications -- Background and Overview of the Report
- Acquisition of school textbooks started
- The amended legal deposit system
- Amendment of the National Diet Library Law concerning legal deposit system of electronic publications
- Electronic Publications and the Legal Deposit System in Japan
- USCAR Project at Archives II
- Report from the Digital Publications Committee of the Council on the Legal Deposit System
- Start of the Investigation Committee on the Legal Deposit System and the outline of its first meeting
APLAP (Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific)
- "Being the Brains for the Legisrative Branch, as well as the MPs' Information Center" - The Latest Service Developments after Confiming Both Functions by Hisae Umeda
- Development of Programs for Enhancement of Research and Reference Services to Diet Members by Keiji Tsuchiya
- APLAP Conference held in Tokyo
- Summary of the keynote speech for the APLAP Conference by Prof. Takami Katsutoshi
- Democracy Links: Parliamentary Information Services (Patricio Aranda Torres)
Articles by NDL staff
- The English version of the Digital Library from the Meiji Era and the NDL Digitized Contents are released
- Acquisition of Doctoral Dissertations in Japan
- Exhibition "Japan and the West―Intersection of Images"
- The Construction Development at the National Diet Library
- Great East Japan Earthquake and Libraries: Clearing up and Providing Support
- Japanese books in NDL
- Periodicals in NDL
- Recent developments in services for the Diet (Parliament): Comparison with 2001 by SWOT analysis
- World of early Japanese books
- To collect online publications Report of the Legal Deposit System Council "Concept of the acquisition system for online publication"
- Japanese Pre-war Documents in the Library of Congress
- Marking the 10th anniversary: International Library of Children's Literature- its history and future
- 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
- E-books in Japan: Distribution, Use and Preservation
- 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
- Developing of Library Support Project – focusing on the training programs for librarians
- Online Gallery of the National Diet Library
- Kansai-kan’s step forward - a leap from the first stage to a period of growth (part 1/2) (part 2/2)
- Restructuring the international exchange of publications (part 1/2) (part 2/2)
- The Role of NDL in Promoting STI
- Preservation and Mass Conservation at the National Diet Library
- "Being the Brains for the Legisrative Branch, as well as the MPs' Information Center" - The Latest Service Developments after Confiming Both Functions by Hisae Umeda
- 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) (part 2)
- Bibliographic Services and Bibliographic Control of the National Diet Library by Yukio Yokoyama
- Modern Japanese Political History Materials - Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room of the National Diet Library by Hiroo Horiuchi
- Services for children in the International Library of Children's Literature: Sharing the pleasure of reading with children by Naoko Sato (part 1) (part 2)
- Development of Programs for Enhancement of Research and Reference Services to Diet Members by Keiji Tsuchiya
- Global sharing and contribution from Japan : the wide range of NDL's international cooperation by Chiyo Kitayama (part 1)(part 2)
- Preservation and conservation policy of the National Diet Library and future direction
- To Protect Irreplaceable Documentary Heritage at the Foot of the Himalayas: Report of Visit to Nepal
- Copyright research of Japanese books printed in the Meiji era: Behind the scenes of digitization (part 1)(part 2)
- Past and present of the Card Catalog in retrospect by Junko Yokoyama
- Great move in the 21st Century: Overview of the rearrangement of stack materials in conjunction with the Kansai-kan opening
- Thinking back over the thirty year history of the NDL host computer (part 1)(part 2)
- New bibliographic services: Japanese National Bibliography, OPAC and bibliographic control (part 1)(part 2)
- Purposes of the reorganization of the special materials rooms in the Tokyo Main Library
- Overview of the facilities of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
- International Conference on the Enhancement of Information Availability for Scholarly Resources in Japanese Studies
- Cooperative use of library resources: Union Catalog of the National Diet Library
- Electronic Publications and National Bibliography in Japan
- Full-Text Database of the Minutes of the Diet
- Passing on Cultural Heritage: Preservation of Original Texts and Microform
- A Total System for Research and Information Service
- The National Diet Library in the world: providing information about Japan in the network era
Bibliographies
- National Bibliography is now available through the NDL-OPAC
- Providing JAPAN/MARC (Japanese bibliographic records from the NDL) internationally in cooperation with OCLC
- Minutes from 1911 to 1947 now available in the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
- Bibliographic data in the digital age - ten years of catalogs-
- NDL Bibliographic Data Newsletter released
- Cessation of publication in book form and donation of Japanese National Bibliography
- Bibliographic Services and Bibliographic Control of the National Diet Library by Yukio Yokoyama
- Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet available on the NDL website
- "Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics" is now available on the NDL website!
- "Books on Japan" on the web will soon be released!
- Announcement: "Books on Japan" will discontinue publication
- Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (Japanese Periodicals Index)
- The Minutes of the Diet of Japan are now available through the Internet
- Full-Text Database of the Minutes of the Diet
- Books on Japan
- "Bibliography of English-translated Texts of Japanese Laws and Regulations"
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Shozo Kindai Nihon Seiji Kankei Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku 1985-1997 (National Diet Library Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics)
Budget
- NDL budget for fiscal year (FY) 2013
- NDL budget for fiscal year (FY) 2012
- NDL budget for fiscal 2011
- NDL budget for fiscal 2010
- NDL budget for fiscal 2009
- NDL budget for fiscal 2008
- NDL budget for fiscal 2007
- NDL budget for fiscal 2006
- NDL budget for fiscal 2005
- NDL budget for fiscal 2004
- NDL budget for fiscal 2003
- National Diet Library's FY2002 Budget
- National Diet Library's FY2001 Budget
- National Diet Library's FY1999 Budget
- NDL Budget of FY 97
Cataloging
- "Web NDLSH", web version of the National Diet Library Subject Headings, is now available
- Providing JAPAN/MARC (Japanese bibliographic records from the NDL) internationally in cooperation with OCLC
- Bibliographic data in the digital age - ten years of catalogs-
- Experimental provision of text data of the National Diet Library List of Subject Headings (NDLSH) now starts
- Bibliographic Services and Bibliographic Control of the National Diet Library by Yukio Yokoyama
- National Diet Library List of Subject Headings (FY2004 edition) available on the website
- Past and present of the Card Catalog in retrospect by Junko Yokoyama
- Sample version of the Japanese National Bibliography Weekly List on the web is now available
- Cooperative use of library resources: Union Catalog of the National Diet Library
- National Union Catalog Network Project of the NDL: progress toward the practical phase
Catalogs
- National Bibliography is now available through the NDL-OPAC
- Tagalog materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Turkish materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Bibliographic Data now downloadable via the NDL-OPAC
- Linkage between NDL-OPAC and Digital Library from the Meiji Era started
- Bibliographic data in Japanese Periodicals Index (Science and Technology) retrospectively added to the NDL-OPAC
- Provision of bibliographic data in the NDL - With development of the electronic library plan -
- Bibliographic data of newspapers in the Gordon W.Prange Collection added to National Union Catalog of Newspapers
- NDL Website: additions of contents and data to the digital collections and the Asian Language Materials OPAC
- 2.5 million data added to the NDL-OPAC
- The NDL website has become more substantial: National Union Catalog of Braille and Recorded Books and National Union Catalog of Newspapers are now available
- National Diet Library Authorities of Authors' Names 2000, NDL CD-ROM Line
- NDL Catalog of Serials 2000 (2001), NDL CD-ROM Line
- NDL Catalog of Japanese Books
- National Diet Library Authorities of Authors' Names 2000
- NDL Catalog of Serials 2000
- New Web-OPAC started in March 2000
- The NDL Catalog 1924 - March 1949
- NDL Catalog of Serials 1999
- "The National Diet Library Inventory of Photographic Collections 1936-1945"
- The NDL Catalog 1924 - March 1949 (1998)
- NDL Catalog of Serials 1999 (2000), NDL CD-ROM Line
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Tokubetsu Shiryoshitu Shozo Imin Kankei Shiryo Mokuroku = Catalog of Materials Related to Japanese Immigrants Collected by the Special Materials Room of the National Diet Library
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Zosho Mokuroku Heisei 3nen-7nen = National Diet Library Catalog 1991-1995
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozo Kagaku Gijutsu kankei Obun Kaigiroku Mokuroku Dai 8 kan: 1994-1996 = Catalog of Conference
- Proceedings in Science and Technology collected by the National Diet Library, Vol. 8: 1994-1996
- Discontinuance of publication of monthly Accession List - Foreign Language Publications
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Shozo Hakushi Ronbun Mokuroku, Heisei 5-6 =National Diet Library Catalog of Doctoral Dissertations, 1993-1994
Collections (Selection from the NDL collections)
<Rare books and old materials>
- Speech manuscripts of Ishibashi Tanzan: His political belief when he became the 55th Prime Minister of Japan
- Kintarō kurabirakie
- Newly designated Important Cultural Property―Shakushi ōrai (owned by the National Diet Library)
- Chunori sugoroku-kabuki actors flying in the air
- Yuya-colored pictorial manuscript featuring yokyoku (a Noh song) titled"Yuya," derived from an episode of the "Tale of the Heike"
- Yume no tamakura: Kibyoshi (Japanese yellow-backed-cover picture book) retouched by Dr. Mitsutaro Shirai
- World of early Japanese books
- Sanjuroku-ban tsuzuki yakusha juni-tsuki - Shogatsu Nichomachi nenrei no zu (New Year’s Greetings in Nichomachi, from the Twelve Months of Kabuki actors series)
- Obiya Ocho Sanze Monogatari: the Ghost Story of the Edo Period
- Shin Tankikai Kiroku – a pictorial record of antiquarianism
- Yapon mohbiri –the sole magazine introducing Japan to Muslim countries of the world
- Tenjin-ki
- Designs on the dances of Vaslav Nijinsky -Collection of illustrations of Ballets Russes-
- Materials recently designated as rare books -From 43rd committee on designation of rare books
- Ueno Sanmai-bashi no zu (The Sanmai-bashi bridges in Ueno)
- Materials recently designated as rare books
- Bakumatsu-goro shomin fuzoku gashu (Book of genre paintings of people in the end of the Edo period)
- Material recently designated as national important cultural property - Soke monjo 宗家文書 (Tsushima Soke Wakan kankei shiryo対馬宗家倭館関係資料)
- Kabuki juhachiban no uchi Kanjincho (The Subscription List from the Eighteen Great Plays of Kabuki )
- Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MD. (1719-41) by Michael Maittaire
- Nishiki-e depicting Iki-ningyo
- Junitsuki no uchi moshun odori hajime: First dancing practice of the New Year in the twelve-month calendar
- Akogi / Akoki
- Kinka gyofu with a penciled note by P. F. von Siebold
- Ino Maps
- Junigatsu asobi
- Tsukishima
- Taishokuwan
- NDL Collection designated as important cultural properties
- Addition of contents to the Rare Books Image Database
- Gakiku
- Chohoshu
- Ryuko usagi shukkai zue (Rabbit show exhibition list)
- Ise Monogatari
- Seiro Bijin Awase
- Oka-fu, A Sketch Book of Sakura (cherry blossoms)
- Okada Kenshu Collection: A Collection of Shogi (Japanese Chess) Books
- Tokaido Gojusantsugi (Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido)
- Sumo nishiki-e
- Terakoya Kakizome (New Year's first writing at an elementary school of the Edo period) by Toyokuni I
- "Nakamuraza Naigai no Zu" (Inside and Outside of the Nakamuraza), colored block prints by Toyokuni III
- "Mimeguri no kei" (View of the Mimeguri Shrine), first etching in Japan
- Edo kinko hakkei no uchi (Eight scenes around Edo", colored block prints by Hiroshige
- Tendaisan ki, only copy of Chinese geographical decription "Tian Tai Shan ji"
- Koziki-den, Noirinaga's manuscript
- Shiohi no Tsuto, colored picture book of Kyoka (satirical pems) by Utamaro
- Selection from the Exhibition "Rare Books of the National Diet Library", Daietsu, picture scroll of otogi-zoshi,Mansai Jugo Nikki, diary of Shiguns political adviser, Odori no zu, colored picture scroll of Japanese folk dance, Dainihon enkaiyochi zenzu, maps by Ino Tadataka, Saishiki mitsu no asa, block prints by Kiyonaga
- Bankoku koho
- Acta Eruditorum
- Monumenta cartographica Africae et Aegypti
<Others>
- Haetori-de : the time Kodomo no Kuni reflects
- Genshi Bukkyō no Jissen Tetsugaku―Doctoral dissertation of Tetsuro Watsuji (an example of the collection of the Kansai-kan)
- Fifty years of Oral History of Politics in Japan: interviews with political leaders
- Historical Recordings Collection
- Books born out of the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Takeaki Enomoto and photographs: excellent observation skills
- Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras"
- Future war novels in the past: which war did the humankind choose?
- Oyakoguma – a children's book published at the end of the War: from the Gordon W. Prange Children's Book Collection
- Aesthetics of Kabuki-za viewed through architectural designs - Okada Shinichiro, Shogoro kenchiku sekkei genzu shusei
- Shosai no gakujin – a book bound with bagworms published by Tenbo sha
- Oranda gunsozu (Dutch Military Costumes and Equipments Illustrated)
- Kodomo Manga Shimbun – a children' s newspaper published in the early postwar years
- The Children' s Japan by Mrs. W. H. Smith (1892)
- Extract of Annual Report of the Tokyo Library, Japan, 1891
- Fascination of the Winnington-Ingram Collection of Children's Book
- Documents relating to Inoue Kaoru (Inoue Kaoru Kankei Monjo)
- Political First-person Recordings
- Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey held by the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room
- Archives for the History of Quantum Physics (AHQP)
- Schramm, Albert "Der Bilderschmuck der Fruhdrucke" (Decorative illustrations in the early days of prints)
- Collection of materials on modern Japanese emigration acquired by NDL from Central, South and North American countries, Hawaii etc.
- Animals in children's books II: the Chinese zodiac as keyword
- Clapp Collection
- Special Exhibition: Southeast Asia, the people and their lives - From the exhibition held in the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
- Chirimen- bon: books made of Chirimen Paper (crepe paper)
- Venture into the Unknown - Various adventures described in children's literature - From the exhibition of the International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL)
- Microform materials of the Prange Collection
- Analog phonographic records
- "Friends in wonderland" - from folktale to story- From the exhibition of the International Library of Children's Literature
- Takahashi Collection
- Documents relating to Ito Hirobumi
- Ashihara Collection - on performing arts
- Tsurumi Yusuke Monjo (Yusuke Tsurumi Papers)
- Momotaro, Japanese nursery tale
Digital library & Digital publications
- Official gazette, old movable-type printing collection etc. available on the Internet: total number of digitized contents tops two million!
- Symposium “Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive”
- New digitized contents of the NDL’s collections added to the NDL digital archive system in April/May 2012
- Digitizing 78-rpm records: for use and preservation
- Digital exhibition “Children’s Books Going Overseas from Japan” (English version) now available
- NDL Search: NDL’s new integrated search service
- New online service providing digitized contents launched
- New pictures now searchable in the Picture Book Gallery
- World of early Japanese books
- Digital exhibition "Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited" now available in English
- To collect online publications Report of the Legal Deposit System Council "Concept of the acquisition system for online publication"
- Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills renewed
- Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery
- The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has started an e-mail magazine
- Digital Exhibition “Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period” Relations between Japan and the Netherlands
- Digitization of collections –preserving and utilizing the materials
- Tagalog materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- About 300 titles added to the Digital Library of Children's Literature
- Turkish materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- More than 150,000 volumes are now available on the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"
- E-books in Japan: Distribution, Use and Preservation
- PORTA has been renewed
- NDL contributes to the World Digital Library
- Electronic Exhibition "100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil (100 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil)” now available
- Online Gallery of the National Diet Library
- Digital Library Services
- NDL Digital Archive Portal "PORTA" started full scale operation
- Linkage between NDL-OPAC and Digital Library from the Meiji Era started
- 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
- New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database"
- Books printed in the Taisho era newly added to “Digital Library from the Meiji Era/en/publication/ndl_newsletter/”
- New exhibit added to the “Picture Book Gallery” of the International Library of Children’s Literature
- 128 portraits added to the "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures"
- Provision of bibliographic data in the NDL - With development of the electronic library plan -
- A new electronic exhibition "Modern Japan in Archives" launched
- Two new exhibits added to the Picture Book Gallery of the International Library of Children's Literature
- Recent NDL events with experts from abroad
- 67,000 volumes added to the Digital Library from the Meiji Era
- Survey report on long-term digital preservation and access published
- NDL Website: additions of contents and data to the digital collections and the Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Electronic exhibitions of the NDL's collections "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" and "Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing" upgraded
- Report of the Legal Deposit System Council -- Optimal Acquisition System for "Networked" Electronic Publications -- Background and Overview of the Report
- Masterpieces in the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era": more added in October 2004
- NDL Vision 2004 and the Digital Library Medium Term Plan
- Electronic exhibitions "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" and "Incunabula -Dawn of Western Printing-" launched
- Complete version of the "Birth of the Constitution of Japan" launched
- Digital Preservation Specialists from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek's visit to the NDL
- Addition of contents to the Rare Books Image Database
- Copyright research of Japanese books printed in the Meiji era: Behind the scenes of digitization (part 1)(part 2)
- Development of Electronic Library Infrastructure System in NDL
- Electronic Exhibition "Japanese Ex-libris Stamps" is now available
- Digital Library of Children's Literature now available
- Electronic exhibition "Birth of the Constitution of Japan" launched
- Electronic Library National Liaison Conference FY2003
- Report: Web Resources as Cultural Heritage: International Symposium on Web Archiving
- Mr. Koch gave a presentation on Subject Gateway
- Result of the survey of electronic information resources on the Internet
- Offline electronic publications now available to the public
- The amended legal deposit system
- Amendment of the National Diet Library Law concerning legal deposit system of electronic publications
- Electronic Publications and National Bibliography in Japan
- Electronic Publications and the Legal Deposit System in Japan
- Third anniversary of BBCC: Multimedia remote multiple symposium
Events
- Symposium commemorating official launch of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive
- The 16th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The Japan Specialist Workshop 2013 Symposium “Why support for overseas Japanese Studies now?”
- Lecture by Ms. Cornelia Diebel from the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, "Acquiring Digital Information and Metadata concerning E-legal Deposit”
- Lecture and discussion by Mr. John Wilkin, Executive Director of HathiTrust, "HathiTrust: Strategies and challenges in consolidating the digitized published record"
- Lecture by Ms. Amy E. Ryan, President, Boston Public Library
"Fulfilling the Public Library’s 21st Century Potential: The Power of a Strategic Plan" - The 15th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- Symposium “Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive”
- International Policy Seminar "Global Economy and Growth Strategy of Japan: Policy Implications after the Earthquake"
- Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2012
- Ina, a unique institution for preservation, access, research, production and training in the audiovisual domain
- 22nd forum on preservation “Disaster preparedness in China, Korea, Australia and Japan: reports from National Libraries”
- The 3rd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
- Lectures on recovery of library materials from emergencies and disasters by Mr. Andrew Robb
- Lecture and discussion by Mr. Daniel Terrugi "Ina, a unique institution for preservation, access, research, production and training in the audiovisual domain"
- The 14th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea held in October 2011
- The 30th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- Debriefing Session "Supporting Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake: Needs for Libraries"
- Lecture and discussion by Mr. Brewster Kahle "Universal Access to All Knowledge"
- Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2011
- Lecture on preservation and conservation by Ms. Deborah Novotny
- International Symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age - Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access -"
- Exhibition on parliamentary government: commemorating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Diet
- The 13th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The 29th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 2nd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library and the National Assembly Research Service of Korea
- Lecture and Discussion by Ms. Barbara Lison "Libraries and Reading in Germany and Europe"
- Events related to the National Year of Reading in 2010
- Lecture meeting commemorating the launch of the roundtable on digital information resources in MLA collaboration: "Connecting intellectual properties - Initiatives in Europe"
- Lecture by Dean Patricia Steele of University of Maryland Libraries "Academic Libraries: Getting to the Future in the Google World"
- Lecture by Ms. Naomi Yabe Magnussen "Japanese studies support by academic library in Norway and Nordic countries - exploring of Nordic and European library network"
- Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Ismail Serageldin "From Papyrus to PDF: The Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina"
- The 12th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea held in November 2009
- The 1st Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
- The 28th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney "Internet et la culture: une chance ou un péril?" (The Internet and culture: opportunity or danger?)
- 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
- Events commemorating the NDL’s 60th anniversary
- China-Korea-Japan Meeting: Trilateral Cooperation in a Digital Archiving Project between NLC, NLK and NDL
- Lecture and Discussion "Looking Toward Legislation for Internet Archiving"
- KOREA -CHINA-JAPAN International Conference on Preservation
- 60th Anniversary of the National Diet Library - Invitation to the commemorative events in autumn –
- Lecture meeting and discussion "Present and future prospects of web archiving – for international partnerships"
- Lecture meetings at NDL by overseas library experts: From the National Library of South Africa, the Library of Congress and the National Library Board, Singapore
- Japan specialist Dr. Steinhoff gave a lecture at NDL - "Japanese Studies in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future"
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2007
- The 27th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China, and NLC Forum of World Library Directors
- The 5th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- Librarians from University of Maryland invited to the NDL
- Ms. Patricia Aldana, President of IBBY, gave a lecture at the ILCL
- Recent NDL lecture programs by leaders from abroad
- Participating in the 72nd IFLA General Conference
Greetings from the new Librarian
- Origins and Development of the National Diet Library: Inauguration
- Knowledge is a source of enrichment
- Greetings from the new Librarian by Takao Kurosawa
International cooperation
- The 31st Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 30th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 29th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- Conclusion of "China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative Agreement"
- The 28th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- Lecture and Discussion by the President of the IFLA: Libraries in the knowledge society – visions for the future
- China-Korea-Japan Meeting: Trilateral Cooperation in a Digital Archiving Project between NLC, NLK and NDL
- KOREA -CHINA-JAPAN International Conference on Preservation
- The 27th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China, and NLC Forum of World Library Directors
- The 26th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 25th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 24th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 23rd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 22nd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 21st Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- 20th Mutual Visit Program between NDL and NLC (2000)
- 19th Mutual Visit Program between NDL and NLC (1999)
- The 18th Mutual Visit Program between the NLC and the NDL
- The 17th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
- The 4th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
- The 15th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The 3rd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
- The 14th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea held in October 2011
- The 13th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The 2nd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library and the National Assembly Research Service of Korea
- Conclusion of "China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative Agreement"
- The 12th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea held in November 2009
- The 1st Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
- The 6th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- China-Korea-Japan Meeting: Trilateral Cooperation in a Digital Archiving Project between NLC, NLK and NDL
- KOREA -CHINA-JAPAN International Conference on Preservation
- The 5th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- The 11th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The 4th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- The 10th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea September 2006
- Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- The 9th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- The 2nd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- The 8th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea October 2004
- Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea
- The 7th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
- Japanese and Korean national library services in the new century: From the 6th mutual visit program with the National Library of Korea
- Mutual staff training program between the National Diet Library and the National Assembly Library of Korea completed
- The 5th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea(2001)
- Cooperation with Republic of Korea libraries
- The 4th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea (1999)
- The 3rd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea (1999)
- National Library of Korea delegation visits Japan for the first mutual visit program
<Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies>
- Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2012
- Call for Participants: Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2012
- Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2011
- Call for Participants:Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2011
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2007
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2006
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2005
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2004
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies in FY 2003
- Training Program for Information Specialists for Japanese Studies (2002)
- Fifth JF-NDL Training Program for Japanese Studies Librarians (2001)
- Forth JF-NDL Training Program for Japanese Studies Librarians (2000)
- Training Program for Senior Japanese Studies Librarian
<Others>
- Ina, a unique institution for preservation, access, research, production and training in the audiovisual domain
- 22nd forum on preservation “Disaster preparedness in China, Korea, Australia and Japan: reports from National Libraries”
- Lectures on recovery of library materials from emergencies and disasters by Mr. Andrew Robb
- Lecture and discussion by Mr. Daniel Terrugi "Ina, a unique institution for preservation, access, research, production and training in the audiovisual domain"
- Lecture and discussion by Mr. Brewster Kahle "Universal Access to All Knowledge"
- Lecture on preservation and conservation by Ms. Deborah Novotny
- Lecture and Discussion by Ms. Barbara Lison "Libraries and Reading in Germany and Europe"
- Japanese Pre-war Documents in the Library of Congress
- Cooperative agreement for digitization between the National Diet Library and the Library of Congress
- Lecture by leading figure
- Providing JAPAN/MARC (Japanese bibliographic records from the NDL) internationally in cooperation with OCLC
- Lecture meeting commemorating the launch of the roundtable on digital information resources in MLA collaboration: "Connecting intellectual properties - Initiatives in Europe"
- Lecture by Dean Patricia Steele of University of Maryland Libraries "Academic Libraries: Getting to the Future in the Google World"
- Lecture by Ms. Naomi Yabe Magnussen "Japanese studies support by academic library in Norway and Nordic countries - exploring of Nordic and European library network"
- Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Ismail Serageldin "From Papyrus to PDF: The Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina"
- Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney "Internet et la culture: une chance ou un péril?" (The Internet and culture: opportunity or danger?)
- Renewal of the agreement between the NDL and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Japan-Netherlands online exhibitions
- Lectures by leading figures
- 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
- CDNLAO 2008: The 16th meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
- Lecture and Discussion “Looking Toward Legislation for Internet Archiving"
- Lecture meeting and discussion "Present and future prospects of web archiving – for international partnerships"
- Lecture meetings at NDL by overseas library experts: From the National Library of South Africa, the Library of Congress and the National Library Board, Singapore
- Japan specialist Dr. Steinhoff gave a lecture at NDL - "Japanese Studies in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future"
- Librarians from University of Maryland invited to the NDL
- Restructuring the international exchange of publications (part 1/2) (part 2/2)
- Ms. Patricia Aldana, President of IBBY, gave a lecture at the ILCL
- Participating in the 72nd IFLA General Conference
- Associate Librarian of the Library of Congress, United States, invited to the NDL
- Activities of the National Diet Library in IFLA 2006 Seoul
- Pre-conference of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress at the National Diet Library: Preservation and conservation in Asia
- Recent NDL events with experts from abroad
- Open seminar on the documentary heritage damaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the meeting of Directors of the IFLA/PAC Regional Centres in Asia and others
- (Announcement) Open seminar on the documentary heritage damaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami
- World leaders from national libraries invited to give lectures at the NDL
- Global sharing and contribution from Japan: the wide range of NDL's international cooperation by Chiyo Kitayama (part 1) (part 2)
- Two renowned librarians from overseas gave lectures at the NDL (Mr. Ramachandran and Ms. Domier)
- Digital Preservation Specialists from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek's visit to the NDL
- 65th IFLACouncil and General Conference and 26th CDNL Meeting in Bangkok (1999)
- 10th Annual Symposium on Preservation "Networks in Asia: Preservation Cooperation Hereafter" (1999)
- The 8th Japan-Russia Mutual Visit Program between the national libraries (1999)
- Symposium "Dissemination and Management of Government Information" (1998)
- The Seventh Japan-Russia Bilateral Seminar and Open Lecture Meeting
International Library of Children's Literature
- New on-site user services from January 2012
- Digital exhibition “Children’s Books Going Overseas from Japan” (English version) now available
- Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature
- New pictures now searchable in the Picture Book Gallery
- Marking the 10th anniversary: International Library of Children's Literature- its history and future
- Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery
- The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has started an e-mail magazine
- About 300 titles added to the Digital Library of Children's Literature
- Stacks of the NDL - Kansai-kan and International Library of Children´s Literature
- Ms. Patricia Aldana, President of IBBY, gave a lecture at the ILCL
- New exhibit added to the “Picture Book Gallery” of the International Library of Children’s Literature
- Fascination of the Winnington-Ingram Collection of Children's Book
- Centennial commemorative event of the former Imperial Library building
- Two new exhibits added to the Picture Book Gallery of the International Library of Children's Literature
- NDL Website: additions of contents and data to the digital collections and the Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Services for children in the International Library of Children's Literature: Sharing the pleasure of reading with children by Naoko Sato (part 1) (part 2)
- New Directions for the ILCL Proposed -- Report of the Board of Inquiry on Expansion of Library Services of the ILCL submitted to the Librarian of the NDL -- Background and Summary of the Report
- ILCL website completely renewed with the latest services
- Animals in children's books II: the Chinese zodiac as keyword
- Venture into the Unknown - Various adventures described in children's literature - From the exhibition of the International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL)
- Digital Library of Children's Literature now available
- "Friends in wonderland" - from folktale to story- From the exhibition of the International Library of Children's Literature
- Commemorative Symposium of the International Library of Children's Literature has been held
- Full opening of the International Library of Children's Literature
- International Library of Children's Literature opened on May 5, 2000
- International Library of Children's Literature to open in the year 2000
International services (for updated details of services, please see here)
- NDL-OPAC renewal
- International interlibrary loan service of the NDL
- International photoduplication service of the NDL (as from Nov. 1st,1999)
- Rules and application forms
- International reference service of the NDL
- NDL International Services
Japanese characters on the web
Kansai-kan
- Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Kansai-kan
- Genshi Bukkyō no Jissen Tetsugaku―Doctoral dissertation of Tetsuro Watsuji (an example of the collection of the Kansai-kan)
- New on-site user services from January 2012
- You can find resources on Asia through the Internet –Information service by Asian Resources Room in the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
- Tagalog materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Turkish materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Stacks of the NDL - Kansai-kan and International Library of Children´s Literature
- Kansai-kan’s step forward - a leap from the first stage to a period of growth (part 1/2) (part 2/2)
- Special Exhibition: Southeast Asia, the people and their lives - from the exhibition held in the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
- Opening Ceremony of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library: Speeches by the Librarian of the National Diet Library and the Director General of the National Library of Korea
- Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library opened on October 7
- Overview of the facilities of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library by Keiya Utsumi
- Construction of the Kansai-kan Started
NDL web site
- Symposium “Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive”
- NDL website renewed: overview of the improvements
- Asian language materials are now available through the NDL-OPAC
- Digitizing 78-rpm records: for use and preservation
- Redesigned NDL website now released
- NDL Search: NDL’s new integrated search service
- Digital exhibition “Children’s Books Going Overseas from Japan” (English version) now available
- NDL-OPAC renewal
- Small digital exhibition: Kaleidoscope of Books (7) "Japanese learned and were amazed at German Culture and Technology in modern times" now released
- New online service providing digitized contents launched
- New pictures now searchable in the Picture Book Gallery
- Digital exhibition "Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited" now available in English
- Exhibition on parliamentary government: commemorating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Diet
- You can find resources on Asia through the Internet –Information service by Asian Resources Room in the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
- Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills renewed
- Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery
- The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has started an e-mail magazine
- About 300 titles added to the Digital Library of Children's Literature
- More than 150,000 volumes are now available on the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"
- PORTA has been renewed
- RESEARCH NAVI launched – Navigator to information –
- New Contents of NDL Website in English - PORTA and Asian Resources Room
- NDL Digital Archive Portal "PORTA" started full scale operation
- Linkage between NDL-OPAC and Digital Library from the Meiji Era started
- 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
- New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database"
- Books printed in the Taisho era newly added to “Digital Library from the Meiji Era”
- NDL Bibliographic Data Newsletter released
- New exhibit added to the “Picture Book Gallery” of the International Library of Children’s Literature
- 128 portraits added to the "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures"
- A new electronic exhibition "Modern Japan in Archives" launched
- Two new exhibits added to the Picture Book Gallery of the International Library of Children's Literature
- 67,000 volumes added to the Digital Library from the Meiji Era
- Bibliographic data of newspapers in the Gordon W.Prange Collection added to National Union Catalog of Newspapers
- First activity evaluation report available on the website
- NDL Website: additions of contents and data to the digital collections and the Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet available on the NDL website
- Electronic exhibitions of the NDL's collections "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" and "Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing" upgraded
- National Diet Library List of Subject Headings (FY2004 edition) available on the website
- ILCL website completely renewed with the latest services
- "Directory of Institutions for Asian Studies in Japan" available on the website (in Japanese)
- "Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan" available on the NDL website
- Masterpieces in the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era": more added in October 2004
- Research and Legislative Reference Bureau resources available on the website
- NDL Monthly Bulletin and Annual Report now available on the web
- "Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics" is now available on the NDL website
- The NDL website has become more substantial: National Union Catalog of Braille and Recorded Books and National Union Catalog of Newspapers are now available
- E-mail magazine "Current Awareness-E" launched
- Revision of the National Diet Library website--October 2002, aiming at a "useful web site"
- "Books on Japan" on the web will soon be released!
- "Review of reference books" and "Directory of Japanese Scientific Periodicals Database" now available on the NDL web site
- New version of Nippon in the World (Japan in the World)
- Sample version of the Japanese National Bibliography Weekly List on the web is now available
- Addition of functions and contents to the Rare Books Image Database
- How to view and input Japanese characters on the web, keeping your non-Japanese OS
- Digital Exhibition "Nippon in the World" started on August 2, 2000
- New Web-OPAC started in March 2000
News
- Mission and Objectives 2012-2016 and Strategic Goals
- The NDL will participate in the exhibition in IFLA 2013 Singapore
- Results of the user questionnaire survey FY2012 now available on the NDL website
- Full-scale operation of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive "HINAGIKU" started
- Revised Copyright Act regarding the Transmission of NDL Digitized Contents to Libraries Comes into Effect
- 252 persons’ portrait photographs added to the digital exhibition “Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures”
- Online Gallery “Children’s Books in the Victorian Era: from the Winnington-Ingram Collection” now available
- Conservation work begins on local documents damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Mission and Objectives 2012-2016
- Law No. 32 of 2012: Law for Partial Revision of the National Diet Library Law (Promulgated on June 22, 2012
- Official gazette, old movable-type printing collection etc. available on the Internet: total number of digitized contents tops two million!
- Asian language materials are now available through the NDL-OPAC
- New digitized contents of the NDL’s collections added to the NDL digital archive system in April/May 2012
- Redesigned NDL website now released
- National Bibliography is now available through the NDL-OPAC
- Digital exhibition “Children’s Books Going Overseas from Japan” (English version) now available
- Organizational Restructuring enacted in the National Diet Library
- NDL-OPAC renewal
- Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature
- Agreement to secure the passing on of valuable cultural materials to the next generation
- Small digital exhibition: Kaleidoscope of Books (7) "Japanese learned and were amazed at German Culture and Technology in modern times" now released
- Call for Participants: Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2012
- New online service providing digitized contents launched
- New pictures now searchable in the Picture Book Gallery
- Third basic plan for the development of science and technology information formulated
- Supporting afflicted people and libraries of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
- Digital exhibition "Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited" now available in English
- "Web NDLSH", web version of the National Diet Library Subject Headings, is now available
- Lecture by leading figure
- Symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age - Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access - "
- Cooperative agreement for digitization between the National Diet Library and the Library of Congress
- Lecture by leading figure
- Providing JAPAN/MARC (Japanese bibliographic records from the NDL) internationally in cooperation with OCLC
- Conclusion of "China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative Agreement"
- Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills renewed
- Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery
- The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has started an e-mail magazine
- Call for Participants:Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2011
- Tagalog materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- About 300 titles added to the Digital Library of Children's Literature
- Turkish materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
- More than 150,000 volumes are now available on the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era"
- 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
- Results of NDL User Survey FY2008
- 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
- CDNLAO 2008: The 16th meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
- How many domestic publications does the NDL hold? -from the results of a survey on the percentage of national publications acquired by the NDL
- Website User Survey FY2008 - We would like to hear from you!
- Acquisitions and Bibliography Department launched
- New Contents of NDL English Website - PORTA and Asian Resources Room
- New goals for the NDL’s 60th anniversary
- NDL Digital Archive Portal "PORTA" started full scale operation
- Linkage between NDL-OPAC and Digital Library from the Meiji Era started
- 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
- New titles added to "Rare Books Image Database"
- Books printed in the Taisho era newly added to “Digital Library from the Meiji Era”
- NDL Bibliographic Data Newsletter released
- Greetings from the new Librarian Makoto Nagao - Knowledge is a source of enrichment -
- Extension of operational hours of the NDL-OPAC on the Internet
- How do the on-site users view the NDL? : Report of user questionnaire survey of FY2005 (part 2/2)
- Centennial commemorative event of the former Imperial Library building
- Experimental provision of text data of the National Diet Library List of Subject Headings (NDLSH) now starts
- A new electronic exhibition "Modern Japan in Archives" launched
- How do the on-site users view the NDL? : Report of user questionnaire survey of FY2005 (part 1/2)
- Two new exhibits added to the Picture Book Gallery of the International Library of Children's Literature
- Special Exhibition on the Iwakura Mission
- Activities of the National Diet Library in IFLA 2006 Seoul
- Pre-conference of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress at the National Diet Library: Preservation and conservation in Asia
- 67,000 volumes added to the Digital Library from the Meiji Era
- (Announcement) Open seminar on the documentary heritage damaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami
- First activity evaluation report available on the website
- NDL Website: additions of contents and data to the digital collections and the Asian Language Materials OPAC
- Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet available on the NDL website
- Electronic exhibitions of the NDL's collections "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures" and "Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing" upgraded
- National Diet Library List of Subject Headings (FY2004 edition) available on the website
- The NDL set out to collect books of the Gordon W. Prange Collection
- ILCL website completely renewed with the latest services
- "Directory of Institutions for Asian Studies in Japan" available on the website (in Japanese)
- "Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan" available on the NDL website
- Masterpieces in the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era": more added in October 2004
- New service procedures for on-site users at the Tokyo Main Library after the completion of its remodeling in October 2004
- NDL Vision 2004 and the Digital Library Medium Term Plan
- NDL Monthly Bulletin and Annual Report now available on the web
- Use of the NDL services and user satisfaction & needs: report of user questionnaire survey of FY 2003
- Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Room opened!
- Payment by credit card has become possible
- Greetings from the new Librarian
- Purposes of the reorganization of the special materials rooms in the Tokyo Main Library
- Reorganization of the NDL in FY2002
- National Diet Library Reorganized
- Telephone & Fax Information Service Started
- Announcement: Contact address of the International Services to be changed
- Announcement: "Books on Japan" will discontinue publication
- Services for general users of the National Diet Library in and after FY 2002
- Partial suspension of reader service
- 50th Anniversary of the NDL
- New Librarian of the NDL
- Exhibition: 50th anniversary of the Constitution of Japan: history of the new constitution in materials of the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room
- Symposium: Current status and future of bibliographic information in Southeast Asian countries
- Changes to the Japanese National Bibliography
- Mineo Miyawaki appointed Deputy Librarian
Preservation
- Conservation work begins on local documents damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Special Issue: Preservation Activities of the National Diet Library -Preface-
- Disaster preparedness for library materials
- Support to the areas stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Recovery work in progress: a case of the Noda Village Library
- Lessons learned: training programs for post disaster recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Remote training program for preservation and conservation provided by NDL
- How to handle and preserve microfilms and photographs in libraries and archives: from the preservation and conservation training program of the National Diet Library
- 22nd forum on preservation “Disaster preparedness in China, Korea, Australia and Japan: reports from National Libraries”
- Lecture on preservation and conservation by Ms. Deborah Novotny
- KOREA -CHINA-JAPAN International Conference on Preservation
- Preservation and Mass Conservation at the National Diet Library
- Use of acid-free paper established -Result of the 18th survey on use rate of acid-free paper on newly-acquired materials-
- Open seminar on the documentary heritage damaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the meeting of Directors of the IFLA/PAC Regional Centres in Asia and others
- (Announcement) Open seminar on the documentary heritage damaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami
- Survey report on long-term digital preservation and access published
- Preservation and conservation policy of the National Diet Library and future direction
- To Protect Irreplaceable Documentary Heritage at the Foot of the Himalayas: Report of Visit to Nepal
- Training program for preservation staff in the NDL
- The Regional Training Workshop on the Preservation of and Access to Documentary Heritage in Asia and the Pacific
- Passing on Cultural Heritage: Preservation of Original Texts and Microform
- 10th Annual Symposium on Preservation "Networks in Asia: Preservation Cooperation Hereafter" (1999)
Publications other than catalogs and bibliographies
- Publications from NDL
- Publications from NDL
- Publications from NDL in fiscal 2003
- J-BISC DVD version
- Hito to zosho to zosho-in (People, collections and ex-libris ownership stamps)
- Denshi joho jidai no zenkoku shoshi sabisu: dai ikkai shoshi chosei renraku kaigi kirokushu (National bibliographic services in the electronic information age : The 1st conference on bibliographic control)
- Networks in Asia: Preservation Cooperation Hereafter: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Symposium on Preservation
- Fifty Years' History of the National Diet Library (1999)
- International Symposium on Current Status and Future of Bibliographic Information in Southeast Asian Countries (1999)
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan no shigoto =The Work of the National Diet Library
- Kokkai Kaigiroku Sosakuin 132 kai Kokkai, 133 kai Kokkai, 134 kai Kokkai, 135 kai Kokkai = General Index to the Debates 132nd Diet, 133rd Diet, 134th Diet, 135th Diet
Service for the National Diet
- International Policy Seminar "Global Economy and Growth Strategy of Japan: Policy Implications after the Earthquake"
- Minutes from 1911 to 1947 now available in the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
- Services for the National Diet - providing legislative support
- Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet available on the NDL website
- Development of Programs for Enhancement of Research and Reference Services to Diet Members by Keiji Tsuchiya
- Research and Legislative Reference Bureau resources available on the website
- New Services and future challenges of the Detached Library in the Diet: Guidance on library services for "Diet People"
- APLAP Conference held in Tokyo
- Summary of the keynote speech for the APLAP Conference by Prof. Takami Katsutoshi
- The Minutes of the Diet of Japan are now available through the Internet
- A Total System for Research and Information Service
- Full-Text Database of the Minutes of the Diet: A vast source of information on Japan to be available on the Net
Statistics
- NDL Statistics FY2011 - NDL in figures - excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL
- NDL Statistics FY2010 - NDL in figures - excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL
- NDL Statistics FY2009 - NDL in figures - excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL
- NDL Statistics FY2008 - NDL in figures - excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL
- NDL Statistics FY2007
- NDL Statistics FY2006 (part1/2) (part2/2)
- NDL Statistics FY2005
- NDL Statistics FY2004
- NDL Statistics FY2003
- NDL Statistics FY2002
Tokyo Main Library
- New on-site user services from January 2012
- Stacks of the NDL – Rare Book Stack
- Stacks of the NDL – Tokyo Main Library
- Public services in the last decade
- Modern Japanese Political History Materials - Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room of the National Diet Library - by Hiroo Horiuchi
- New service procedures for on-site users at the Tokyo Main Library after the completion of its remodeling in October 2004
- Remodeling of the Tokyo Main Library
- Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Room opened!
- Remodeling of the Tokyo Main Library and its new services for library users
