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Services for Persons with Disabilities

The NDL provides services and support for persons with disabilities to use our materials and information.

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1. News

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2. Services via the internet

2.1 NDL Search (National Diet Library Search)

In addition to general materials, you can search braille, large print, audio cassette, and DAISY materials that were collected by the NDL through the legal deposit system or by donation. You can request photocopies of most printed materials, if you have registered as a NDL user.

2.2 Mina Search (NDL Materials Search for Persons with Disabilities)

We provide an integrated search of the following databases.

  • Data Transmission Service for Persons with Print Disabilities
    Search and download service for accessible content (accessible format copies of visual works mainly in Japanese) produced by the NDL, public libraries, and so on.
  • Union Catalog of Materials for Persons with Disabilities in Japan
    Bibliographies and holding information of accessible materials produced by public libraries and so on
  • Sapie (external website)
    Union catalog and data transmission service of braille libraries in Japan
  • Aozora Bunko(external website)
    Digital library providing literary works that copyright protection has expired before the change of the Copyright law in 2018
  • Materials for persons with disabilities available in NDL Search

etc.

2.3 Data Transmission Service for Persons with Print Disabilities

Persons with print disabilities can use (download) the following data via the internet.

  • DAISY (audio-only DAISY) of academic literature produced by the NDL
  • DAISY, braille data and text data produced by other libraries and collected by the NDL

For more detailed information, please see the following page.

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3. Visit

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4. International Exchange of Accessible Contents

For the details of an international program to exchange available works in accessible formats per Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (external website), please see the following pages.

For Individuals and Institutions Outside Japan

For Individuals and Libraries in Japan

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5. Contact information

Section of Library Support for Persons with Disabilities, Library Support Division, Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library, Japan
Fax: + 81-774-94-9117
E-mail address: syo-tkyat n d l dot g o dot j p

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