Help : Applying to read materials

Tokyo Main Library

It takes about 20–30 minutes for books or periodicals to arrive at the each counter. (It may takelonger, depending on circumstances.)
You will be able to see that your material has arrived via a user terminal or the order status terminal. Afterconfirming the correct counter, please bring your user card to that counter in order to receive your materials.

Kansai-kan Library

It takes about 15-20 minutes for books or periodicals to arrive at the counter. (It may takelonger, depending on circumstances.)
You will be able to see that your material has arrived via a userterminal or the order status terminal. After confirming the correct counter, please bring your user card to thecounter in order to receive your materials.

You can check the status of your applications using NDL Search's "Request status" function.

Either from NDL Search's "Request status" function or by setting your card using the order status terminal, you can confirm whether your materials have arrived or whether your copies are ready to pick up.

Tokyo Main Library

Requested books arrive at the Book Counter and periodicals arrive at the Periodicals Counter in20-30 minutes. (It may take longer, depending on circumstances.)

• Using library materials in closed stacks

Kansai-kan Library

Your books or periodicals will be ready in about 15–20 minutes. (It may take longer, depending oncircumstances.)

Tokyo Main Library & Kansai-kan Library

You cannot leave the Library if you have borrowed materials or if you have made an application atthe print-out counter, but if you are simply waiting on materials you have applied for, you may leave the Library.

It is not possible to cancel materials you have applied for. Upon receiving these materials at thecounter, we ask that you commence the return procedures.

When applying, in order to receive your materials you must first fill out the material title andmaterial request number on the Materials Request Form available in the Audiovisual Materials Room, then fill outyour name, contact information, and research objectives/research themes etc. on the Viewing Approval Form. Thematerials will be available for viewing/listening at the designated seat in the Audiovisual Materials Room.

The National Diet Library plays a role in the proper management of materials collected primarily bythe legal deposit system, and in preserving these materials for posterity as cultural assets of the Japanesepeople.
Additionally, care must be taken in handling audiovisual materials, as these more vulnerable than paper documents.These materials are generally more difficult to repair and there is a real risk that any deterioration or damagemay cause an inability to play back these materials.
For this reason, Article 27 of the National DietLibrary Rules Concerning the Use of Library Materials (Materials requiring the Viewing Approval) permits theviewing of audiovisual materials only for the purposes of study or research.

Tokyo Main Library

You cannot reserve materials. We ask that you make an application after entering the Library.

Kansai-kan Library

You may pre-book materials from the Kansai-kan Library's collection, which may be used on asame-day basis without submitting a request.
For more information, please refer to "Reservation for readingon-site" on "Services for registered users."