National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

*PDF files are stored in the NDL Digital Collections.

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Shosai no gakujin - a book bound with bagworms published by Tenbo sha
• Events
  • Lecture and Discussion by Ms. Barbara Lison "Libraries and Reading in Germany and Europe"
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Japanese Pre-war Documents in the Library of Congress
• News from NDL
  • "Web NDLSH", web version of the National Diet Library Subject Headings, is now available
  • Lecture by leading figure
  • Symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age - Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access - "
  • Cooperative agreement for digitization between the National Diet Library and the Library of Congress
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Obiya Ocho Sanze Monogatari: the Ghost Story of the Edo Period
• Events
  • Events related to the National Year of Reading in 2010
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Marking the 10th anniversary: International Library of Children's Literature- its history and future
  • You can find resources on Asia through the Internet –Information service by Asian Resources Room in the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
• News from NDL
  • Lecture by leading figure
  • Providing JAPAN/MARC (Japanese bibliographic records from the NDL) internationally in cooperation with OCLC
  • Conclusion of "China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative Agreement"
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Shin Tankikai Kiroku – a pictorial record of antiquarianism
• Events
  • Lecture meeting commemorating the launch of the roundtable on digital information resources in MLA collaboration: "Connecting intellectual properties - Initiatives in Europe"
  • Lecture by Dean Patricia Steele of University of Maryland Libraries "Academic Libraries: Getting to the Future in the Google World"
  • Lecture by Ms. Naomi Yabe Magnussen "Japanese studies support by academic library in Norway and Nordic countries - exploring of Nordic and European library network"
• Articles by NDL staff
  • NDL budget for fiscal year 2010
• News from NDL
  • Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills renewed
  • Addition to "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" of the Picture Book Gallery
  • The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has started an e-mail magazine
  • Call for Participants:Japan Specialist Workshop: Access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan 2011
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Oranda gunsozu (Dutch Military Costumes and Equipments Illustrated)
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Digital Exhibition “Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period” Relations between Japan and the Netherlands
  • Digitization of collections –preserving and utilizing the materials
  • Stacks of the NDL – Rare Book Stack
• News from NDL
  • Tagalog materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin

• Events
  • Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Ismail Serageldin "From Papyrus to PDF: The Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina"
  • The 12th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea held in November 2009
  • The 1st Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
• Articles by NDL staff
  • NDL Statistics FY2008-NDL in figures- excerpts from the Annual Report of the NDL
• Selections from NDL collections
  • Yapon mohbiri – the sole magazine introducing Japan to Muslim countries of the world
• News from NDL
  • About 300 titles added to the Digital Library of Children's Literature
  • Turkish materials are now searchable by NDL Asian Language Materials OPAC
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin