What's New
List of What's New
- October 14, 2021Other
The open dataset of books on Japan in foreign languages has been updated.
- October 1, 2021News
Easing of restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library starting Monday, October 4
- October 1, 2021News
Ending TLS 1.0/TLS 1.1 support
- September 15, 2021News
The Kansai-kan will be closed on November 15 and November 16
- September 3, 2021News
Last day of service in 2021 at the Tokyo Main Library to be Saturday, December 25
- September 1, 2021News
Revised Copying Fees
- August 26, 2021Other
English translations of Kaleidoscope of Books digital exhibitions are now available.
- August 23, 2021Publications
CDNLAO Newsletter No. 98, UPDATE
- August 18, 2021Events
"Japan Search Event : the Role of Japan Search in Cooperation with Museums"*will be held on Friday, September 24.
- August 17, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 240, UPDATE
- August 3, 2021Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE August 3 (Japanese)
- August 2, 2021News
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan.
- July 27, 2021Other
Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature 2021-2025 formulated.
- July 27, 2021News
27,700 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections
- July 2, 2021Other
The open dataset of bibliographic information of NDL's digital collections and the open dataset of the list of identifiers (IDs) which collate bibliographic data in different databases have been updated.
- June 22, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 239, UPDATE
- June 22, 2021Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE June 22 (Japanese)
- May 31, 2021News
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index (Online Periodicals), UPDATE May 31 (Japanese)
- May 31, 2021News
Restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library to be eased starting Tuesday, June 1
- May 28, 2021News
Former NDL Director General Dr. NAGAO Makoto Has Passed Away.
- May 10, 2021News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization
- May 6, 2021Other
User satisfaction survey of FY2021 has started
- April 26, 2021News
Relocation of periodicals
- April 22, 2021Other
The list of online journals etc. published in Japan with ISSN, UPDATE April 8 (Japanese)
- April 19, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 238, UPDATE
- April 19, 2021Publications
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau
- April 15, 2021Other
The open dataset of books on Japan in foreign languages has been updated.
- April 1, 2021News
National Diet Library Vision 2021–2025: The Digital Shift at the National Diet Library
- April 1, 2021Events
Picture books and music for children "Five Nice Mice" to be held online from March 31, 2021. (Japanese)
- April 1, 2021Other
Greetings from the Director General have been updated
- March 31, 2021Publications
Selected Articles from Current Awareness, Current Awareness-E
- March 31, 2021News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Trends and Issues of Social Media in the Era of Coronavirus," "Genome-Editing Technology and Its Impact," and "Technologies to Assist Older People and Related Social Issues"
- March 23, 2021Other
"20th Anniversary Commemorative Project―SDGs and Children's Books: What Libraries Can Do" is released.
- March 22, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 237, UPDATE
- March 18, 2021Other
The open dataset of bibliographic information for items included in the Historical Recordings Collections, bibliographic data of Japanese publications in 2020, list of identifiers (IDs) which collate bibliographic data in different databases, and the beta version of International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations (ISIL) LOD have been updated.
- March 16, 2021News
7,600 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections
- March 10, 2021News
Termination of the National Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan Database
- March 9, 2021Events
From March 9, 2021 (Tue.) to June 13, 2021 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Sports and Children's Books."
- February 25, 2021Publications
CDNLAO Newsletter No. 97, UPDATE
- February 24, 2021Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE February 24 (Japanese)
- February 19, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 236, UPDATE
- February 10, 2021News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization
- February 2, 2021Events
"Using Japan Search—Ideas for education, research, and community activities"* will be held on Wednesday, March 3.
- January 28, 2021News
A new English version of the Research Navi is released
- January 27, 2021News
Webinar: "Libraries in the New Normal" will be held on February 26
- January 27, 2021News
Approximately 600 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online.
- January 26, 2021News
ILCL exhibition "Sports and Children's Books" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature）
- January 22, 2021Other
The latest "List of books on Japan published in Asia" is now available on the Research Navi
- January 21, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 235, UPDATE
- July 2, 2020Service Stoppage
Technical difficulties with the search engines on the websites of the National Diet Library and International Library of the Children's Literature
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