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No.104, September 2024

• Special topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and national libraries
  • [China] Current Status and Prospects of AI Application in Chinese Public Libraries
  • [Korea] National Library for Children and Young Adults, Korea Prepares for a New Innovation in Children's Reading Activities
  • [Singapore] From Page to Prototype: Generative AI and the National Library Board of Singapore
• News
  • [Japan] KURATA Keiko, newly-appointed Director General of the National Diet Library, Japan
  • [Korea] Professor Heesop KIM Appointed as Chief Executive of the National Library of Korea
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [United Arab Emirates] Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15-17 November 2024
• Information from the editorial office
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No.103, February 2024

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Qatar] A Taste of Arabia for the CDNLAO 2023 in Doha
  • [Japan] Participating in the 29th CDNLAO Meeting
• News
  • [Japan] The new NDL Search has launched
• Information from the editorial office
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No.102, September 2023

• Special topic: Education and training
  • [Japan] Specialist training programs offered by the National Diet Library
  • [Korea] Introduction to the Overseas Korean Studies Librarian Workshop at the National Library of Korea
  • [Malaysia] Media and Information Literacy Mega Program
  • [Malaysia] Reading Nation Program 2021
  • [Singapore] Telling Stories of Singapore Through Food
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Qatar] Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Meeting in Qatar, 1-2 November 2023
• News
  • [Japan] Integration of the NDL Online and NDL Search web services
  • [Nepal] Sixty-Sixth Nepal National Library Day Celebrated
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.101, March 2023

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] The National Library of Indonesia Hosts the 28th CDNLAO General Conference
  • [China] Innovative Library Services in the New Era
  • [Singapore] The NLB Singapore's ‘Blueprint’ approach to a VUCA landscape
• News
  • [Japan] Termination of the CDNLAO Discussion Forum
• Information from the editorial office
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No.100, September 2022

• Commemorating the 100th issue of the CDNLAO Newsletter
  • [Japan] Preface to commemorate the 100th issue of the CDNLAO Newsletter
  • [Japan] Brief history of the CDNLAO Newsletter
• Special topic: Role of the national libraries in the Asia and Oceania region
  • [China] The Roles and Functions of the National Library of China
  • [New Zealand] What is the role of IFLA’s Regional Division Committee for Asia-Oceania?
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Information from the editorial office
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No.99, February 2022

• Special topic: Library services for children and young adults
  • [Japan] International Library of Children's Literature: Recent activities for children and teenagers
  • [New Zealand] AnyQuestions – a chat reference service for New Zealand school students
  • [Singapore] The Little Book Box
• News
  • [China] Mr. Xiong Yuanming, newly-appointed Director of the National Library of China
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.98, August 2021

• Special topic: Legal deposit system
  • [Australia] National edeposit – collecting, preserving and providing access to Australian electronic publications
  • [Indonesia] Six Strategies to Boost the Implementation of Legal Deposit in Indonesia
  • [Indonesia] Implementation of Legal Deposit in Indonesia: Synergy of the Role of the National Library of Indonesia and Provincial Libraries in Collecting Digital Works
  • [Indonesia] SRIKANDI: Sistem Repositori Karya Anak Indonesia (Indonesian Nation's Works Repository System)
  • [Japan] An Overview of Japan's Legal Deposit System
  • [Singapore] Deposit Portal: Collecting, preserving and accessing Singapore's published heritage in the digital era
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] The 2021 CDNLAO meeting has been canceled
• News
  • [Korea] East Asia Digital Library (EADL)—Integrated Search and Convenient Access to East Asia's Digital Academic · Cultural Resources—
  • [Vietnam] Gone but never forgotten...
• Information from the editorial office
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No.97, February 2021

• Special topic: Library services during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • [China] Actions Taken by the National Library of China under the Pandemic
  • [Indonesia] Online Library Services: Smart Solution from National Library of Indonesia to Face Pandemic Issue
  • [Japan] Offering user services and information from the National Diet Library to the public under the spread of COVID-19
  • [Papua New Guinea] 2020 National Book Week Activity Report
  • [Singapore] Documenting COVID-19 in Singapore
• Information from the editorial office
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No.96, August 2020

• Special topic: Library services for persons with disabilities
  • [China] Services for Persons with Disabilities in the National Library of China
  • [Japan] Services for persons with disabilities at the National Diet Library
  • [New Zealand] The National Library of New Zealand – supporting the Print Disabled since 1980
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] The 28th CDNLAO Annual Meeting (2020) has been canceled
• News
  • [Japan] YOSHINAGA Motonobu, newly-appointed Director General of the National Diet Library, Japan
  • [Singapore] Mr. Ng Cher Pong Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of National Library Board, Singapore
• Information from the editorial office
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No.95, February 2020

• Special topic: Research in library and information service
  • [China] Research Activities at the National Library of China: An Introduction
  • [Japan] NDL Research Report
  • [Singapore] Research in Information Service and Client Research Services at the National Library, Singapore
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Meeting in Bali, Indonesia
• News
  • [Bhutan] Yonten Dargye, Director, National Library and Archives of Bhutan
  • [Korea] Professor Suh Hye Ran Appointed as National Library of Korea Chief Executive
• Information from the editorial office
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No.94, July 2019

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Singapore] 27th CDNLAO Meeting, 21 February 2019, Singapore
  • [Japan] Participating in the 27th CDNLAO Meeting
• News
  • [Australia] Massive Time Capsule Captures Australia's Modern History
• Information from the editorial office
  • From the Responses to the Questionnaire
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.93, February 2019

• News
  • [Singapore] Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Meeting in Singapore, 21 February 2019
  • [China] Mr. Rao Quan, newly-appointed Director of the National Library of China
• Information from the editorial office
  • Announcing a survey on topics of interest for readers of the CDNLAO Newsletter to be conducted in February and March 2019!
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.92, August 2018

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Myanmar] 26th CDNLAO Meeting, 2 May 2018, Naypyitaw, Myanmar
  • [China] Cultural Heritage Preservation and Conservation in the National Library of China
  • [Japan] Participating in the 26th CDNLAO and the 17th CONSAL
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.91, March 2018

• Special topic: Education and training
  • [Australia] Moving to Digital: Virtual Customer Engagement at the National Library of Australia
  • [Indonesia] Fostering Librarian Competence through Education & Training Programs
• News
  • [Japan] The National Diet Library's New Online Search and Request Service
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.90, December 2017

• Special topic: Digitization and digital services
  • [Australia] Digitisation and Digital Activities at the National Library of Australia
  • [Japan] Progress on Digital Archives at the National Diet Library, Japan
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Myanmar] Hosting the 26th CDNLAO in Myanmar
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.89, August 2017

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [China] Hosting the 25th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
  • [Japan] Participating in the 25th CDNLAO Meeting
• News
  • [Australia] Introducing Dr Marie-Louise Ayres
• Information from the editorial office
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No.88, April 2017

• Special topic: Collaboration with other institutions
  • [Australia] National Library of Australia - Collaborative partnerships and activities
  • [Indonesia] Indonesia OneSearch – National Collaboration for Access to Knowledge
  • [Japan] Collaborative Activities Related to the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU)
  • [Singapore] ASEAN Digital Library
• News
  • [Korea] Mr. Joo-Hwan Park, newly-appointed Chief Executive of the National Library of Korea
  • [New Zealand] CDNL-AO and South Pacific national libraries
  • [Taiwan] "Research Begins with Curiosity:" National Central Library's Young Scholars' Cultivation Workshop
  • Recent changes in personnel
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.87, December 2016

• Special topic: Services for children and young adults
  • [Australia] National Library of Australia Digital Classroom
  • [Japan] New services of the International Library of Children’s Literature
  • [IFLA] Measuring the effects of collaboration between schools and public libraries
• CDNLAO meeting
  • [China] The 25th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) 2017
• Information from the editorial office
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No.86, May 2016

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [New Zealand] Hosting the 24th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)
  • [Japan] Participating in the 24th CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Singapore] IFLA Regional Office (Asia & Oceania) – International Collaboration in the Region and How to Contribute
• News
  • [Bhutan] Mr. Dasho Dorji Norbu, newly-appointed Director General of the National Library and Archives of Bhutan
  • [Japan] Sawako Hanyu Ph.D., newly-appointed Librarian of the National Diet Library, Japan
• Information from the editorial office
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No.85, February 2016

• Special topic: Preservation and Conservation of library materials
  From IFLA PAC Centres in Asia and Oceania region
  • [Australia] Broadening Parameters at the National Library of Australia
  • [Japan] National Diet Library’s Preservation and Conservation Activities and the IFLA/PAC Regional Centre for Asia
  • [Korea] Preservation Activities of IFLA PAC Korea Center
  • [Sri Lanka] Activities of IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre Sri Lanka, National Library and Documentation Services Board
  • [China] The Inheritance and Initiative of the Culture of Ancient Chinese Books
  • [Turkey*] Evaluation of Mass Deacidification Processes for Conserving Library Materials in the National Library of Turkey
    *Contribution from a CDNL member
  • [IFLA] For tomorrow and the future - Libraries safeguarding documentary cultural heritage
• News
  • [Singapore] Legal Deposit Catalogue launched at the National Library, Singapore
• Information from the editorial office
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No.84, December 2015

• Special topic: Reader Services
  • [Australia] Reader Services at the National Library of Australia
  • [China] The NLC Walks into the Subway Station
  • [Japan] Reader Services at the NDL: Taking Tokyo Main Library as an example
  • [Korea] Policy Information Service for Administrative Support
  • [Laos] Library Services in the 21st Century
  • [News Zealand] A new approach to on-site collection access in the Alexander Turnbull Library Reading Rooms, National Library of New Zealand
• News
  • [Australia] Update on New Legal Deposit Legislation for Australia
  • [India] Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, given additional charge of Director General of the National Library of India
  • [Nepal] The Eighth Library Day Celebration and Post-Disaster Situation in Nepal National Library
  • [Philippines] Obituary: Mr. Antonio Santos - Director, National Library of Philippines
• Information from the editorial office
  • Past issues of the CDNLAO Newsletter redirected to the archived pages from December 2015
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.83, August 2015

• Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Thailand] Hosting the 23rd Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)
  • [Japan] Participating in the 23rd Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) and the 16th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)
  • [New Zealand] The 24th Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) 2016
• News
  • [Australia] Updated Legal Deposit Legislation in Australia
  • [Myanmar] ASEAN-Japan Library Development Forum (2015)
  • [Philippines] National Library of the Philippines implements the INELI-ASEAN Project
  • [Vietnam] Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga, newly-appointed Director of the National Library of Vietnam
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.82, May 2015

• Special topic: Public relations activities
  • Preface: Collection of links to the websites/SNS of the CDNLAO community
  • [Australia] Using social media to build our election ephemera collection
  • [Japan] The Cultural / Public Relations Activities of the NDL
  • [New Zealand] Public Programmes customer-facing activities at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
• News
  • [China] Cooperation between the National Library of China and its counterparts in East Asia and ASEAN Countries: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.81, December 2014

• Special topic: How to enhance acquisition activities in your library
  • [Australia] Using ONIX data for MARC record creation at the National Library of Australia
  • [China] Acquisition activities in the National Library of China
  • [China] Construction and Service Strategy of Electronic Resources in the National library of China
  • [Japan] E-legal Deposit of Online Publications in Japan
• CDNLAO meeting
  • [Thailand] The 23rd Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) 2015
• News
  • [Malaysia] Ms. Nafisah Ahmad, newly-appointed Director General of the National Library of Malaysia
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.80, July 2014

• Special topic: Services for the handicapped
  • [China] Services for the Handicapped:A Case study on China Digital Library for Visual Impairment
  • [Japan] Services for handicapped people at the National Diet Library: Implementation Plan for Library Service for the Visually Disabled and Print Handicapped Users 2014 - 2016
  • [Korea] Service of the National Library for individuals with disabilities
• CDNLAO meeting
  • [Australia] Hosting the 22nd Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
• News
  • [China] Greetings from Dr. Han Yongjin, Director of the National Library of China
  • [Philippines] National Library of Philippines ventures into Philippine Library Education
  • [Singapore] National Libraries Asia-Pacific
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.79, February/March 2014

• Special topic: Historical Documents II
  • [Australia] To read in the libraries of dreams
  • [New Zealand] Documenting unexpected events
  • [Philippines] NLP Leaves Its Mark: The Official Repository of the Written Cultural Heritage of the Philippines

• News
  • [Korea] National Library of Korea, Sejong, newly opened!
  • [Sri Lanka] Invention of traditional herbal oil for the preservation of palm leaf manuscripts by the National Library & Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka
  • [Japan] Loan Service of the Exhibition "World Through Picture Books - Librarians’ favourite books from their country"

• Information from the editorial office
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No.78, November 2013

• Special topic: Historical Documents
  • [China] The Historical Documents at the National Library of China
  • [Myanmar] Rare Book Collection of National Library, Myanmar
  • [Singapore] "Roots": An Exhibition for Family Histories and the Collections of the National Library of Singapore
  • [Thailand] Manuscript Collections in The National Library of Thailand

• CDNLAO meeting
  • [Australia] CDNLAO 2014 meeting
  • [Malaysia] Hosting the Conference Of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28 March 2013
  • [Japan] Participating in the 21st CDNLAO meeting and the seminar on media and information literacy

• News
  • [Sri Lanka] Three news from Sri Lanka: Appointment of the New DG, Sri Lanka National Bibliography 50th Anniversary and National Reading Month
  • [Vanuatu] Vanuatu National Library & Archives Opens!

• Information from the editorial office
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No.77, July 2013

• Special topic: Reading Promotion
  • [Brunei] The Brunei National Conference on Empowering Reading Culture 13-14 March 2013
  • [China] Library and Reading for All: An analysis on the Result of the National Reading Survey
  • [Korea] Reading Promotion for Children and Young Adults in Korea
  • [Singapore] Time of Your Life Initiative: Library Services for the 50plus

• News
  • [Japan] Full-scale operation of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive "HINAGIKU" started
  • [Korea] Greetings from Dr. Lim Won-sun, Chief Executive of the National Library of Korea
  • [Singapore] First ASEAN Caucus

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.76, March 2013

• Special topic: Collection Management and Cataloguing
  • [Australia] RDA Implementation at the National Library of Australia
  • [Bhutan] National Library of Bhutan: Collection Management and Cataloguing of materials
  • [Japan] Bibliographic format renewal

• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Malaysia] CDNLAO 2013 meeting

• News
  • [Singapore] Reorganization of National Library Board of Singapore and library@chinatown is now open!
  • [New Zealand] Adapting old to new – the refurbishment of New Zealand’s National Library

• Information from the editorial office
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No.75, November 2012

• Special topic: Education and Training
  • [China] Education and Training in the National Library of China
  • [Japan] e-Learning programs of the National Diet Library
  • [Korea] Library Management Training for Military Camp and Prison Libraries
  • [Korea] NLK’s Librarian Online Training System
  • [Laos] Education Strategic Plan
  • [Malaysia] Training of Trainers Workshop on Media and Information Literacy

• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Indonesia] Hosting the 20th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania

• News
  • [Japan] NDL Newsletter No. 184 features preservation activities of the National Diet Library

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.74, July 2012

• Special topic: Collaboration with other institutions
  • [Austraria] Collaboration with other Institutions – National Library of Australia
  • [Japan] Cooperation and support activities by the NDL for Public libraries across Japan
  • [Japan] The Cooperative Relationship between the NDL and University Libraries
  • [Singapore] Collaboration with Other Institutions on the National Information Literacy Programme

• News
  • [Korea] Greetings from Mr. Jangsup Shim, new Chief Executive of the National Library of Korea

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.73, March/April 2012

• Special topic: Audiovisual collection
  • [Japan] Audio Materials Collection and Historical Recordings Collection in the NDL

• CDNLAO Meeting
  • CDNL-AO 2012 Meeting

• News
  • [Japan] Greetings from Noritada Otaki, new Librarian of the National Diet Library
  • [Singapore] A Visual Memoir of Singapore: PictureSG

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.72, November 2011

• Special topic: Natural disaster and reconstruction
  • [China] The Great Sichuan Earthquake and library reconstruction
  • [Japan] Libraries in Japan affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake

• News
  • [Australia] National Library of Australia opens new Treasures Gallery
  • [Indonesia] Inauguration of First Librarian: Librarian is Demanded to be more Professional
  • [Korea] 2011 Reading Events for People with Disabilities, Hosted by the National Library of Korea

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.71, July 2011

• Special topic: Reference Services
  • [Japan] Collaborative Reference Database – try of cooperation
  • [Malaysia] Reference Services
  • [New Zealand] Refreshing Our Research Services
  • [Singapore] Tracking Reference Services and Processes at the National Library Singapore

• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Korea] Hosting the 19th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania

• News
  • [New Zealand] Message from William (Bill) Macnaught, National Librarian, National Library of New Zealand

• Information from the editorial office
  • About CDNLAO Discussion Forum
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.70, March 2011

• Special topic: Reading Promotion
  • [Australia] Australia's National Year of Reading 2012
  • [Japan] The National Year of Reading in 2010 and related reading promotion activities of the National Diet Library
  • [Maldives] Reading for Social Development @ National Library of Maldives Reading Campaign 2011–2012

• CDNLAO Meeting
  • CDNL-AO 2011 Meeting

• News
  • [Bangladesh] The National Library of Bangladesh (NLB)
  • [Mongolia] "Messenger for the people" Mobile Library—New Service at the National Library of Mongolia
  • [Taiwan] Beiguan Music Resounds in NCL's Arts and Audiovisual Center

• Information from the editorial office
  • About the Tohoku–Pacific Ocean Earthquake on March 11, 2011
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.69, November/December 2010

• Special topic: Services for people with disabilities
  • [Australia] Disability Services at the National Library of Australia
  • [Japan] National Diet Library's efforts to improve services for people with disabilities
  • [New Zealand] How the National Library Supports Print Disabled New Zealanders

• News
  • [Japan] Symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age -Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access-"
  • [Taiwan] Matteo Ricci Quatercentenary: NCL Opens Matteo Ricci & Pacific Studies Reading Room

• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.68, July 2010

• Special topic: Preservation of library materials
  • [Japan] Countermeasures against pest and mold damage based on IPM by the NDL
  • [Singapore] Future-Proofing the Preservation Programme in National Library Singapore: a Case Study
  • [Vietnam] Preserving the Collection of the National Library of Vietnam
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Pakistan] 18th Conference of Directors of National Libraries In Asia And Oceania (CDNL-AO)
  • [Singapore] Report on the 18th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNL-AO) Meeting held in Singapore, April 13, 2010
• News
  • [Singapore] When Nations Remember- An International Conference on Memory
  • [Taiwan] East Asian Librarian Training Program at the National Central Library
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.67, March 2010

• Special topic: Services for children and Young Adults
  • [Japan] International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) – its roles and recent activities
  • [Korea] Children and Young adult Services in the National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCY)
  • [Taiwan] Taiwan Reading Garden Opens in Mongolia
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • CDNLAO 2010 Meeting
• News
  • [Japan] Launch of the CDNLAO Discussion Forum website
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.66, November 2009

• Special topic: Web archiving
  • [Japan] Web Archiving in the National Diet Library
  • [Korea] OASIS: Web Archiving System in the National Library of Korea
  • [New Zealand] Web Archiving at the National Library of New Zealand
  • [Singapore] Web Archiving Programme at National Library Singapore
• News
  • [Taiwan] Formulation of the National Central Library Strategic Plan 2009-2012
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.65, July 2009

• Special topic: Newspaper collection
  • [Australia] Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project
  • [Japan] The Newspaper collection of the National Diet Library (NDL)
  • [Korea] The Newspaper collection of the National Library of Korea
  • [Singapore] Newspaper Collection and Services at the National Library of Singapore
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • [Vietnam] CDNLAO 2009 Meeting
• Information from IFLA
  • Pre-conference of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress: "The present becomes the past: harvesting, archiving and presenting today´s digitally produced newspapers"
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.64, March 2009

• Special topic: Human resource development
  • [Japan] Training programs to respond to the globalized operations in the National Diet Library
  • [Philippines] Human Resource Development in the National Library of the Philippines
  • [Singapore] Professional Development Programme for Librarians
  • [Thailand] National Library of Thailand and Human Resource Development During 2007- 2008
• Information from the CDNL secretariat
  • 2009 meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.63, November 2008

• Special topic: CDNLAO2008
  • [Japan] CDNLAO 2008 meeting
  • [Japan] Open Seminar "Asia and Oceania NOW! - Libraries in the Changing Information Environment - "
  • [Japan] CDNLAO participant list and the questionnaire results
• News from member libraries
  • [Indonesia] Seminar on Folklore and Mobile Library Services in Southeast Asia
  • [Nepal] Basic Library Management Training organized
  • [Philippine] Library and Information Services Month
  • [Singapore] Working with the Public: Flickr SNAP (Singapore National Album of Pictures)
  • [Singapore] Improving Access to Singapore Content through the Web
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.62, July 2008

• Special topic: Collaboration with other institutions (e.g. other libraries, archives, research institutions, private sectors, neighboring area cooperation, etc.)
  • [Japan] Collaboration among institutions through the NDL Digital Archive Portal (PORTA)
  • [Japan] Collaboration of the International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL) through exhibitions and events
  • [Singapore] Collaborative On-line Reference Service (CORS), a Collaborative Effort between the Shanghai Library and National Library, Singapore
  • [Singapore] National Essay Competition and "Singapore: The First Ten Years of Independence"Guide: a Collaborative Effort between the National Library, National Archives and History Association of Singapore
• News from member libraries
  • [Nepal] Youth Information Centres in Nepal
• Information from the CDNL secretariat
  • Annual meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.61, March 2008

• Special topic: Metadata
  • Japan: Metadata: To what extent has Japan′s response to challenge advanced?
  • Singapore: Dublin Core Usage at the National and Public Libraries in Singapore
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • Japan: CDNLAO meeting 2008 schedule
• News from member libraries
  • New Zealand: Some digital library developments in New Zealand
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.60, November 2007

• Special topic: Research in library and information science
  • Japan: Research in library and information science in Japan
  • Korea: Korea Research Institute for Library and Information
  • Singapore: Cooperation with Research Organisations in Terrorism Research and Information Dissemination: National Library Board, Singapore in Cooperation with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • Japan: CDNLAO meeting 2008 will be held in Tokyo!
• News from member libraries
  • Nepal: Library and Information Service Policy in Nepal
  • Philippines: Digitization of Filipiniana Materials at the National Library of the Philippines
  • Singapore: IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2008--1-3 April 2008, National Library of Singapore
• Information from the editorial office
  • CDNL 2007--the minutes are now available
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.59, July 2007

• Special topic: Reference Services
  • Australia: Reference Services at the National Library of Australia
  • Japan: Reference services of the National Diet Library (NDL): from “passive” toward “active” services
  • Singapore: Innovative Reference Services @ National Library, Singapore
• CDNLAO Meeting
  • Indonesia: Conference of the Directors of National Libraries - Asia Oceania (CDNL-AO) 2007
  • Japan: CDNLAO meeting 2008 will be held in Tokyo!
• News from member libraries
  • Singapore: 10th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) International Conference
  • Taiwan: National Central Library Launches “Taiwan Humanities Indexes” Service
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.58, March 2007

• Special topic: Archiving and Preservation of Online Publications
  • Australia: Web Archiving at the National Library of Australia
  • Japan: National Diet Library's Projects of Collecting, Preserving and Providing Internet Information Resources
  • Korea: A Web Archiving System of the National Library of Korea: OASIS
  • New Zealand: Web Curator Tool : A joint open-source project by the National Library of New Zealand and British Library
  • Singapore: Archiving and Preserving Online Publications @ the National Library, Singapore
• CDNLAO meeting
  • Indonesia: Conference of Directors of National Libraries - Asia Oceania (CDNL-AO) Meeting
• News
  • Singapore: 10th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply International Conference
  • Taiwan: NCL Opens "EU i" : European Union Information Center

No.57, November 2006

• Special topic: Rare Books and Their Management
  • Result of Questionnaire Survey on Rare Book Collections
    • Australia
    • Japan
    • Mongolia
    • Philippines
    • Taiwan
  • Japan: Rare Book Collection and its Storage in the National Diet Library
• News from member libraries
  • Singapore: 10th IFLA International Interlending & Document Supply (ILDS) Conference 2007, SINGAPORE
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.56, July 2006

• Special topic: Legal Deposit System
  • Australia: Legal Deposit in Australia
  • Bangladesh: Legal Deposit System: Perspective Bangladesh
  • Japan: Legal Deposit System of the National Diet Library: History and Overview
  • Singapore: The Legal Deposit in Singapore
• News from member libraries
  • Philippines: CDNLAO Report: Fourteenth Meeting of CDNLAO 
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.55, March 2006

• Special topic: Features in the library building / facility
  • Australia: National Library of Australia
  • Bangladesh: The National Library Building of Bangladesh: its feature and facilities
  • Japan: Architecture of the International Library of Children's Literature: Preservation and Renovation of an Old Brick Building from the 1900's
  • Singapore: New Knowledge Icon is an Oasis of Green
• News from member libraries
  • Australia: News from Australia
  • Japan: Open Seminar on the damage caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Meeting of Directors of the PAC Regional Centres in Asia and others
  • Mongolia: Initiatives implemented in the library field of Mongolia between 2000-2005
  • Nepal: Nepal National Library observed its Golden Jubilee
  • Singapore: Singapore Literary Pioneers Gallery
• Information from the editorial office
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.54, November 2005

• Invitation to the CDNLAO meeting 2006 and the CONSAL XIII
• Special Topic: Copyright issues in library services
  • Australia: Copyright in Australia
  • Japan: Copying service in the National Diet Library and the copyright law of Japan
• News from the National Library of Philippines : Philippine eLibrary Project 
• News from the National Library of Japan: Asian Contens on the National Diet Library Website
• Information from the Editorial Office :
  • From the Responses to the Questionnaire 
  • Special Topic of the Next Issue

No.53, July 2005

• CDNLAO 2005 Brief Report:Thirteenth Meeting of CDNLAO
• Special Topic: Collection development
  • Australia :Collection Development at the National Library of Australia
  • China :Collection Development Policy of the National Library of China
  • Japan :Collection Development of the National Diet Library
• News from the National Library of Mongolia :A New Monument is Set Up
• News from the National Library of Singapore :
  • National Library of Singapore Conference 2005 -- Celebrating Knowledge
    
  • National Library of Singapore Reopens in July with new Lee Kong Chian Reference Library
• Information from the Editorial Office : Special Topic of the Next Issue

No.52, March 2005

• The Earthquake off Sumatra and the Tsunami Disaster in the Indian Ocean - News from the CDNLAO countries -
• Special Topic: Exhibitions for library public relations
  • Australia: National Library of Australia exhibitions
  • Japan : Regular exhibitions at the National Diet Library
  • New Zealand : National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa  -- Returning to the traditional home of knowledge
• News from the National Library of Australia :Libraries of the Asia Pacific Directory
• News from the National Library of Nepal : Library Management Training at Local Level
• News from the National Library of Singapore :
  
  • The Asian Children'a Festival Celebrates Success Once Again
  • Preparing for a New Decade of Knowledge and Learning
• Information from the Editorial Office : Special topic of the next issue

No.51, November 2004

• Special Topic: Strategic planning in the management process
  • News from the National Library of Japan : NDL Vision 2004 and introduction of the activity evaluation
  • News from the National Library of Malaysia : National Library of Malaysia Strategic Plan 2004-2005
• 12th CDNLAO Meeting in China : CDNLAO 2004 Brief Report
• News from the National Library of Japan : Training programs for the staff of the Nepal National Library
• News from the National library of Singapore :
  • Asian Children's Festival 2004
  • Commemorating the Closing Chapter of the National Library at Stamford Road
• Information from the Editorial Office : Special topic of the next issue

No.50, July 2004

• Special Topic: Training programs for librarians
  • News from the National Library of Australia : Training for Librarianship in Australia
  • News from the National Library of Japan : National Diet Library Training Programs
  • News from the National Library of Korea : Education Program for Librarians of the National Library of Korea
• News from the National Library of Malaysia : Universal Service Provision Programme for Rural Libraries in Malaysia
• News from the National Library of Thailand : The National Library of Thailand
• Information from the Editorial Office :
  • 12th CDNLAO in Beijing, September 4-5, 2004
  • To commemorate the 50th issue of the CDNLAO Newsletter, the cumulative index (no.1-no.50) is now available!
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.49, March  2004

• Special Topic: Networking among Libraries
  • News from the National Library of Australia : The National Library of Australia and Library Networking
  • News from the National Library of Japan: The Collaborative Reference Database Project of the National Diet Library of Japan
  • News from the National Library of New Zealand : Cooperative programmes at the National Library of New Zealand
• News from the National Library of Vietnam : Overview on activities of the National Library of Vietnam in 2003
• News from the National Library of Mongolia : Book Palace for Children
• Information from the Editorial Office :
  • National Archives and the National Library of Bangladesh website available
    
  • From the Responses to the Questionnaire <final report>
    
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.48, November  2003

• Special Topic: Reading Promotion
  • News from the National Library of Bangladesh : Reading Promotion - Perspective Bangladesh
  • News from the National Library of Japan: Reading Promotion at the International Library of Children's Literature
  • News from the National Library of the Maldives : How Reading is Promoted in Maldives
  • News from the National Library of the Philippines : The Library and the Promotion of Reading
• News from the National Library of Mongolia : Training Session for bibliographers in Mongolia
• 11th CDNLAO Meeting in Brunei : CDNLAO 2003 Brief Report
• Information from the Editorial Office :
  • From the Responses to the Questionnaire <interim report>
  • Special topic of the next issue

No.47, July  2003

• Information from the Editorial Office :11th CDNLAO at  Burnei Darrussalam, October 19, 2003 / Paper form of the CDNLAO Newsletter ceased publication / Special topic of the next issue
• ===Special Topic: Digitization===
  • News from the National Library of Australia : Digitisation at the National Library of Australia
  • News from the National Library of China : A Summary: Digital Resources Creation and Services of National Cultural  Resources Sharing Project
  • News from the National Library of India : Digitization of Manuscripts of the National Library of India
  • News from the National Library of Japan : Electronic Library of the National Diet Library and its collection
• News from the National Library of Maldives :LIBRARY PROFILE 2003: ISKANDHAR SCHOOL MALE'
• News from the LAP Directory Administration :New LAP website is now available

No.46, March  2003

• Information from the Editorial Office : Paper form of the CDNLAO Newsletter to cease publication / Special topic of the next issue
• Special Topic: Preservation
  • News from the National Library of Korea : The report of study tour (China and Japan)
  • News from the National Library of Japan : IFLA/PAC Regional Centre for Asia: Its activities
• News from the National Library of Malaysia : Raja Kita (Our King): A Portal on the institution of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• News from the National Library of Maldives : National Library: A Profile

No.45, November  2002

• News from the National Library of New Zealand : National Library of New Zealand Exhibition Showcases Historic Mäori Portraits
• News from the National Library of Japan : Opening of Asian Resources Room, Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
• News from the National Library of the Philippines : The National Library and the Public Library System in the Philippines
• Information from the Editorial Office : From the Responses to the Questionnaire

No.44, July  2002

• News from the National Library of Mongolia : 80 Years of  Excellence of the State Central Library of Mongolia
• News from the National Library of Indonesia : Visit by the Australian Ambassador to the National Library of Indonesia
• News from the National Library of Singapore:
  • NLB Hosts Successful SPL IFLA Meeting
  • Remaking Libraries for the Global Knowledge Renaissance
  • Singapore Library Festival 2002 Opens Up Unusual Doors to the Public
• 10th CDNLAO Meeting in Singapore : CDNLAO 2002 Report

No.43, March  2002

• News from the National Library of Brunei :Current Development of Brunei Libraries
• News from the National Library of China : NLC Holding Treasure Exhibition of Ancient National Documents
• News from the National Library of Sri Lanka : Recent events and others

No.42, December 2001

• News from the National Library of China : Academic Annual Meeting 2001 of China Society for Library Science
• News from the National Library of Australia : Report on recent developments in Asian Collections
• News from the National Library of Indonesia : Exhibition and One Day Symposium of Johannes Rach's Drawing 2001
• News from the National Library of Australia : Facing the challenge of digital information

No.41, August 2001

• News from the National Library of Japan : Participating in the 9th meeting of the CDNLAO and the e-tlas conference 2001
• News from the National Library of Singapore : Asia's First Think-Tank Conference for Information Professionals: Emerging Trends  in Library and Archival Services: e-tlas conference 2001
• News from the National Library of Indonesia : Exhibition and one day seminar of the centenary of Bung Karno and the laying of the cornerstone of the Bung Karno Library as embryo to the establishment of the Indonesian Presidential Libraries
• News from the National Library of Australia : Preserving Our Heritage

No.40, February 2001

• News from the National Library of Nepal : Nepal National Library: The Bridge to Knowledge and Learning
• News from the National Library of Singapore : Singapore Hosts the Asian Children's Festival
• News from the National Library of Malaysia : Prof. Carlo Federici visit the National Library of Malaysia

No.39, September 2000

• News from the National Library of Philippines : Library for the Blind: A Guiding Light in the Dark
• News from the National Library of China : Union Catalogue of Mongolian Ancient Materials of China
• News from the National Library of Australia : PictureAustralia at your fingertips: www.pictureaustralia.org
• News from the International Institute for Asian Studies : Platform Asian Collections

No.38, June 2000

• News from the National Library of Malaysia:
  • Memory of the World: UNESCO Regional Workshop on the Creation of Southeast Asia Web
  • International Conference and Workshop on Multimedia Digital Library: Global Access and National Identity, 16-18 August 1999, Grand Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• News from the National Library of Sri Lanka: The National Library of Sri Lanka

No.37, March 2000

• News from the National Library of Singapore: Congress of Southeast Asian Libraries comes to town!
• News from the National Library of Japan : Passing the Cultural Heritage
• News from the National Library of Singapore : The NLB Building - Designed You in Mind
• News from the National Library of Solomon Islands : National Library Acquired New Furniture

No. 36, December 1999

• News from the National Library of Indonesia : Cooperation between the National Library of Indonesia and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• News from the National Library of Solomon Islands : 
  • Draft Education Plan, 1999-2010 Completed
  • Solomon Islands Collection (SIC) News
  • Medical Library Rehabilitated
• News from the National Library of Singapore: The Healthy National Library Board

No.35, September 1999

• News from the National Library of Singapore:
  • Visit by the First Lady of Botswana to the National Library of Singapore
  • Launch of the National Libraries Group - Southeast Asia at the National Library of Singapore
  • Study trip to Russia and Great Britain
  • Arts activities at the National Library of Singapore

No.34, March 1999

• News from the National Library of Australia : A New Resource for the Asia-Pacific Region
• News from the National Diet Library of Japan : Attending the 7th CDNLAO Meeting
• News from the National Library of Malaysia : The Connected Learning Community Model in Malaysia
• News from the National Library of Maldives : News from the National Library of Maldives

No.33, November 1998

• News from the National Library of Australia : Kinetica
• News from the National Library of Malaysia : Regional Conference on Public Libraries
• News from the National Library Board of Singapore :
  • The Yishun Community Library
  • The Reference Point, National Library Board, Singapore
  • Xpressions @ the Courtyard

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