National Diet Library Newsletter

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • Vaiorin dokushu jizai: Sokusei kan'i―If only I could play the violin, that fascinating Western instrument
  • The Undying Swan―Program notes from Anna Pavlova's performances in Japan
• Events
  • Using Japan Search—Ideas for education, research, and community activities
  • Web event on the NDL Digital Collections and the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Digital contents of the National Diet Library (Part 2)
• News from NDL
  • National Diet Library Vision 2021-2025: the Digital Shift at the National Diet Library
  • Assignment of genre/form terms by the NDL
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 721/722, May/June 2021

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • I am afraid I cannot be transferred alone: Aoyama Nobuyuki and his wife's life in Edo
  • Minakata Kumagusu's letters to Shirai Mitsutaro
• Events
  • The 10th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Reporters and photographers at the National Diet of Japan—Reporting and recording what happens at the Diet (Part 3)
  • Digital contents of the National Diet Library (Part 1)
• News from NDL
  • Open dataset of books on Japan in foreign languages are available as part of the Free Data Service of the NDL
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 720, April 2021

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • Famous Places, People, and Social Customs on Paper—Sugoroku Board Games from the Edo Period (Part 3. Social Customs)
• Events
  • Report on the NDL Webinar Libraries in the New Normal
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: National Diet Library support for disaster-affected libraries
• News from NDL
  • The National Diet Library in Figures From the Annual Report of the National Diet Library FY 2019
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 719, March 2021

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • Shoni hitsuyo sodategusa―Parenting during the Edo Period
  • Famous Places, People, and Social Customs on Paper—Sugoroku Board Games from the Edo Period (Part 2. People)
  • The Personal Libraries of Well-Known People (1) Verner W. Clapp Collection
• News from NDL
  • Illustration Search Functionality in the Next Digital Library
  • A new English version of the Research Navi is released
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 718, February 2021

The title of each article is linked to a PDF version of the article.

• Selections from NDL collections
  • "Ryuge-ji Shokei" by SHIMAZAKI Gyokuen from the book Fugaku Shashin (Sketches of Mt. Fuji)
  • Narumikata―The beauty of ancient design
  • Materials newly available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (10)
• News from NDL
  • Exploring the new Kansai-kan Storage Annex
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 717, January 2021