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Here we answer your frequently asked questions to the National Diet Library.

Particularly frequent questions

By category

Services

• Services
• Visiting the Library
• Bringing items inside the Library
• Site facilities
• Tours
• Certification
• Lost and Found
• Using services without visiting the Library
• Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals

User Registration, Registered-user card

• User Registration
• Application Procedure, Update and Deregistration
• Registered-user card
• Password
• User Registration for Institutions

Searching, Reading for materials, Researching

• Searching for materials
• Applying to read materials
• Reading materials
• Ordering materials
• Researching, Consulting (Reference)
• About databases

Copy, Reproduction, Exhibition, Broadcasting etc.

• Photocopy fee and scope of photoduplication service
• On-site copying
• Copying without visiting the Library (Remote)
• Utilizing content from the National Diet Library website

Legal Deposit, Donation, Collections

• Legal Deposit System
• Donation
• Collections
• Deposits of online publications
• Doctoral dissertations

Preservation and Digitization of materials

• Preservation of materials
• Preservation of digital information
• Digitization of materials

Bibliographic data

• Use of bibliographic data & API
• Content and rules of bibliographic data
• ISSN

Please refer to pages below.

• For Librarians: Frequently asked questions
• FAQ (International Library of Children's Literature)

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