Back Numbers 2012

ISSN 1344-7238

Back Numbers 2012

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No. 186, December 2012

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Kintarō kurabirakie [PDF: 787KB]
• Events
  • Lecture by Ms. Amy E. Ryan, President, Boston Public Library
    "Fulfilling the Public Library’s 21st Century Potential: The Power of a Strategic Plan" [PDF: 222KB]
• Article by NDL staff
  • Newly designated Important Cultural Property―Shakushi ōrai (owned by the National Diet Library) [PDF: 323KB]
  • Fifty years of Oral History of Politics in Japan: interviews with political leaders [PDF: 869KB]
• News from NDL
  • Mission and Objectives 2012-2016 [PDF: 111KB]
  • Law No. 32 of 2012: Law for Partial Revision of the National Diet Library Law (Promulgated on June 22, 2012) [PDF: 105KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 234KB]

No. 185, October 2012

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Historical Recordings Collection [PDF: 295KB]
• Events
  • The 15th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea [PDF: 397KB]
• Article by NDL staff
  • The Construction Development at the National Diet Library [PDF: 887KB]
  • NDL budget for fiscal year (FY) 2012 [PDF: 201KB]
• News from NDL
  • Official gazette, old movable-type printing collection etc. available on the Internet: total number of digitized contents tops two million! [PDF: 312KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 183KB]

No. 184, August 2012

• Special Issue: Preservation Activities of the National Diet Library
  • -Preface- [PDF: 101KB]
  • Disaster preparedness for library materials [PDF: 169KB]
  • Support activities for salvaging materials damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake [PDF: 1131KB]
  • Recovery work in progress: a case of the Noda Village Library [PDF: 1683KB]
  • Lessons learned: training programs for post disaster recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake [PDF: 468KB]
  • Remote training program for preservation and conservation provided by NDL [PDF: 1114KB]
  • How to handle and preserve microfilms and photographs in libraries and archives: from the preservation and conservation training program of the National Diet Library [PDF: 307KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 174KB]

No. 183, June 2012

• Greetings from the new Librarian
  • Origins and Development of the National Diet Library: Inauguration [PDF: 152KB]
• Selections from NDL collections
  • Chunori sugoroku-kabuki actors flying in the air [PDF: 782KB]
• Events
  • Symposium "Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" [PDF: 230KB]
• Article by NDL staff
  • NDL website renewed: overview of the improvements [PDF: 2.65MB]
  • Books born out of the Great East Japan Earthquake [PDF: 471KB]
• News from NDL
  • Asian language materials are now available through the NDL-OPAC [PDF: 118KB]
  • New digitized contents of the NDL’s collections added to the NDL digital archive system in April/May 2012 [PDF: 130KB]
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin [PDF: 182KB]

No. 182, April 2012 [PDF: 1.33ＭB]

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Takeaki Enomoto and photographs: excellent observation skills
• Events
  • 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
• Article by NDL staff
  • Digitizing 78-rpm records: for use and preservation
  • Exhibition "Graphic Magazines in Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras"
• News from NDL
  • Redesigned NDL website now released
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

No. 181, February 2012 [PDF: 1.24MB]

• Selections from NDL collections

  • Future war novels in the past: which war did the humankind choose?

• Events

  • 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

• Article by NDL staff

  • New on-site user services from January 2012
  • NDL Search: NDL's new integrated search service

• Statistics

  • NDL Statistics FY2010－NDL in figures－excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL

• News from NDL

  • National Bibliography is now available through the NDL-OPAC
  • Digital exhibition “Children’s Books Going Overseas from Japan” (English version) now available

• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals

  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

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