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2014-7-25: Street View Imagery of the Tokyo Main Library and the International Library of Children's Literature now available on Google Maps.
2014-7-23: NDL Search and related services has recovered. (Jul. 23 (Japan Time))
2014-7-23: NDL Search and related services are now unavailable. (Jul. 23 (Japan Time))
2014-7-4: Temporary stoppage of library service during transfer of materials from Tokyo Main Library to Kansai-kan
2014-6-25: Approximately 84,000 periodicals and 100 items of Science Film were added to the NDL Digital Collections.
2014-6-24: "Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2013 -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2013" will be held in the ILCL.

2014-6-24: Library tours for children during the summer vacation will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese)
2014-6-24: Small Digital Exhibitions "Kaleidoscope of Books" (In Japanese)
2014-6-20: NDL NEWSLETTER No.194, UPDATE
2014-6-20: On Jul. 23 (Wed.) & Jul. 30 (Wed.), National Diet Library career education Seminar for teens "Working in the National Diet Library" will be held. (Japanese)
2014-6-20: Digital Exhibition "A teenager's encyclopedia of the history of Japan during the late Edo and Meiji periods" now available.
2014-6-17: On Jul. 26 (Sat.) & 27 (Sun.), "Summer event at the International Library of Children's Literature：Fun with science 2014" will be held in the ILCL. (Japanese)

Spotlight

: The National Diet Library Database Forum (Japanese)
The NDL Database Forum will be held on September 17 at the Kansai-kan (Kyoto), and on October 30 at the Tokyo Main Library. At the forum, we will introduce useful online databases and contents of the NDL. Now you can apply for the forum to be held at the Kansai-kan.

: Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan "Dreams of Space, from the ancient view of the universe to the Hayabusa Project" (Japanese)
From July 17 to September 16, the Kansai-kan is holding a small exhibition entitled "Dreams of Space, from the ancient view of the universe to the Hayabusa Project". We introduce books about the ancient view of the universe, the first lunar landing, etc. Also, on August 9, we will hold a related lecture by Dr. Akiyama (Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University).

: Website User Survey – Jun. 23 to Sep.26, 2014
We are conducting on our website a user survey (Japanese) about our remote user services. User surveys for each online service are also being conducted. We welcome your comments to help improve our services.

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Kansai-kan of the NDL
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Coming Events

2014-7-17(Thu.) to 2014-9-16(Tue.): Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (16): "Dreams of Space, from the ancient view of the universe to the Hayabusa Project" * (Kansai-kan)
2014-7-26(Sat.) 2014-7-27(Sun.): Summer event at the International Library of Children's Literature：Fun with science 2014*(ILCL)
2014-7-29(Tue.) to 2014-8-24(Sun.): Barrier-free Picture Books from Around the World 2013 -IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2013(ILCL)
2014-7-30(Wed.): National Diet Library career education Seminar for teens "Working in the National Diet Library" (Tokyo Main Library)*(Tokyo Main Library)
2014-7-31(Thu.) 2014-8-7(Thu.), etc.: Library tours for children during the summer vacation *(ILCL)

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Tokyo ; Tokyo Main Library
Kansai ; Kansai-kan of the NDL
ILCL ; International Library of Children’s Literature