Back Numbers

2023.10.27
Brochure of the NDL Preservation (PDF: 873KB) (Oct, 2023)
2023.8.3
Updates: Reports on Activities
2023.3.3
Updates: Conservation of paper materials: Minor repair
2022.9.30
Updates: Disaster preparedness, Manuals, Link for Preservation
2022.3.1
Updates: The NDL as the IFLA PAC Regional Centre for Asia, Reports on Activities, Event: Lectures, Forums, Meetings, Link for Preservation
2021.4.7
Updates: Collection care, Paper, Microfilm, Disaster preparedness, Manuals
2021.2.9
Updates: The NDL as the IFLA PAC Regional Centre for Asia, Reports on Activities, Event: Lectures, Forums, Meetings, Link for Preservation
2019.4.3
Conservation of paper materials: Minor repair
2019.3.25
Conservators from Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries visit the NDL for training and exchange of expertise (Mar, 2019)
2018.11.13
Japanese bookbinding and how to handle Japanese-style library materials
Brochure of the NDL Preservation (PDF: 727KB) (Oct, 2018)
2018.6.18
Workshop for experts from the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Syria (May, 2018)
2017.6.8
How to reattach a cover to a text block (PDF: 345KB)
2017.5.18
Dry Cleaning with Powder Eraser (PDF: 161KB)
Cleaning Mold-Damaged Materials (PDF: 194KB)
Simple Folding Case (PDF: 342KB)
2017.4.19
Dry Cleaning with Brushes (PDF: 186KB)
2017.3.30
E-Learning "Conservation of Paper Materials: Minor Repair" (YouTube)
2017.3.22
The 27th forum on Preservation (2016.12.7)
2016.9.26
Preservation of the National Diet Library's Collections (Revised on February 22, 2013)
2016.8.17
Restoration of damaged materials at the Joso Municipal Library (June 28, 2016)
2016.7.27
National Diet Library Disaster Preparedness Guideline (Formulated on February 3, 2010)
2016.3.18
Chief Librarian of Nepal National Library and Government Official of Nepal Invited to the NDL (February, 2016)

News before 2016

Now available: Special Issue of IFLA Journal: Cultural Heritage (Link to IFLA page) (2015.9.29)
Briefing on Nepal Earthquake and Damages on Nepalese Libraries (2015.8.10)
On July 2, 2015, PAC Asia held a briefing on the Nepal Earthquake and the damage to Nepalese libraries. Mr. Takao Murayama, professor at Seitoku University, and Ms. Nobue Yamada, lecturer at Shiga Bunkyo Junior College, gave presentations.
Change of IFLA structure (2015.1)
The PAC International Centre implements global strategy and Regional Centres manage activities in their specific regions. The International Centre had been hosted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France for more than twenty years, but since January 2014, it has been hosted by IFLA Headquarters. This change was reported formally at the PAC business meeting during WLIC 2014 in Lyon. IFLA Headquarters also announced that new strategic directions would be decided based on a review survey, which would be sent to regional centres during October 2014.
New link on Disaster Preparedness: "Recommendations for cleaning and restoring damaged photos and albums" (2015.1)
After the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011, Fujifilm carried out a photo rescue project. They cleaned photos that had been damaged by the tsunami and returned those photos to the original owners. The method for treating damaged photos is shown on their website. You will find manuals on issues such as cleaning water-damaged photos and albums, photos stuck together, and water-damaged negatives. This information is invaluable in the aftermath of a water disaster.
New link on Storage Environment: "Toward Sustainable Environmental Control: Temperature and Humidity Control at the National Diet Library of Japan" (December 2014)

* Please see the Web Archiving Project (WARP) for news before 2013.