The National Diet Library (NDL) is holding a lecture, “National Libraries in the digital era―focusing on the strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands” on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at the Tokyo Main Library of the NDL.
The National Diet Library has renewed the National Diet Library Digital Collections on December 21, 2022.
<https://dl.ndl.go.jp/?lang=en>
The renewal will improve the content viewer and increase the number of digitized materials that can be full-text searched.
Please take advantage of the new National Diet Library Digital Collections.
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings again from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
We would like to introduce three updates regarding NDL services.
(1) Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion)
The NDL made approximately 500 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) available for streaming online as of Feb 25, 2022.
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December 14, 2021
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
Please see our recent poster which features our library’s services regarding Japanese studies, displayed on the following JSA-ASEAN 2021 Website.
From the British Library:
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
The NDL Digital Collections (https://dl.ndl.go.jp/?__lang=en) enables users to search and view a variety of resources collected and stored by the National Diet Library of Japan.
Now, a questionnaire for users of the NDL Digital Collections has started. Please help us improve the usability of this collection by answering this questionnaire.
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
Japan Search <https://jpsearch.go.jp> is a platform for digital resources about Japan from a wide variety of Japanese content makers, where users can search for publications, artwork, movies, and other cultural assets. It was developed and is being promoted by the Japanese Government.
The NDL is now accepting applications from overseas institutions for approval to receive the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries. Patrons at libraries subscribing to this service will be able to search and browse digitized versions of the more than two million books, periodicals, rare books and old materials that comprise the NDL Digital Collections, including about half a million materials which are also available on the website.
The National Diet Library, Japan, released two new e-learning courses with English subtitles.
- How to make good use of the NDL Digital Collections for Japanese Studies http://training.ndl.go.jp/course/under.html?id=58&lang=en
This course provides an introduction to the features of the NDL Digital Collections and how to search and use its contents from outside Japan.
The efforts to achieve an extended access to the NDL digital collections from abroad have reached a new stage. The draft to change the respective law/regulations has been issued. Currently the Japanese government collects public comments concerning the draft. Please find below Prof. Takeuchi’s email. Prof Takeuchi (Vice-President of Chiba University and NCC’s former Japan liaison) has arranged the meeting of Ms. Noguchi and Mr. Dunkel with the representatives of the Bunkachō last year.