What's New - Fiscal Year 2020
List of What's New of Fiscal Year 2020
- March 31, 2021Publications
Selected Articles from Current Awareness, Current Awareness-E
- March 31, 2021News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Trends and Issues of Social Media in the Era of Coronavirus," "Genome-Editing Technology and Its Impact," and "Technologies to Assist Older People and Related Social Issues"
- March 23, 2021Other
"20th Anniversary Commemorative Project―SDGs and Children's Books: What Libraries Can Do" is released.
- March 22, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 237, UPDATE
- March 18, 2021Other
The open dataset of bibliographic information for items included in the Historical Recordings Collections, bibliographic data of Japanese publications in 2020, list of identifiers (IDs) which collate bibliographic data in different databases, and the beta version of International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations (ISIL) LOD have been updated.
- March 16, 2021News
7,600 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections
- March 10, 2021News
Termination of the National Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan Database
- March 9, 2021Events
From March 9, 2021 (Tue.) to June 13, 2021 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Sports and Children's Books."
- February 25, 2021Publications
CDNLAO Newsletter No. 97, UPDATE
- February 24, 2021Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE February 24 (Japanese)
- February 19, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 236, UPDATE
- February 10, 2021News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization
- February 2, 2021Events
"Using Japan Search—Ideas for education, research, and community activities"* will be held on Wednesday, March 3.
- January 28, 2021News
A new English version of the Research Navi is released
- January 27, 2021News
Webinar: "Libraries in the New Normal" will be held on February 26
- January 27, 2021News
Approximately 600 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online.
- January 26, 2021News
ILCL exhibition "Sports and Children's Books" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature）
- January 22, 2021Other
The latest "List of books on Japan published in Asia" is now available on the Research Navi
- January 21, 2021Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 235, UPDATE
- January 20, 2021Other
The open dataset of books on Japan in foreign languages has been updated.
- January 15, 2021Other
The open dataset of bibliographic information of NDL's digital collections has been updated.
- January 12, 2021Events
From January 12 (Tue.) to February 28 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Books for healthy growth of children 2020: Cultural Materials (publications) of Child Welfare Recommended by Social Security Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare."
- January 4, 2021News
New Year's Greetings
- December 25, 2020Publications
Books on Japan Oct.- Dec. 2020, UPDATE
- December 21, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 234, UPDATE
- December 17, 2020News
Launch of the East Asia Digital Library
- December 15, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Books for healthy growth of children 2020"
- December 7, 2020News
Revised Copying Fees
- December 1, 2020Other
Attention: There will be a delay in the services of the Japanese National Centre for ISSN from December 18, 2020
- November 30, 2020Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index (Online Periodicals), UPDATE November 30 (Japanese)
- November 27, 2020News
Library services at the year-end and New Year
- November 27, 2020Service Stoppage
Temporary Unavailability of Some Online Services and Delays to Providing Materials
- November 26, 2020News
483 items from the collections of personal papers of political figures (Ishiguro Tadanori Papers, etc.) were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections.
- November 17, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 233, UPDATE
- November 12, 2020News
Ten Years Past and Ten Years Future—the FY2020 Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium to be held online on January 11, 2021.
- October 28, 2020News
Restrictions on admission to the Tokyo Main Library will be eased starting Wednesday, November 4
- October 28, 2020Events
November 15, 2020 (Sun.), Special event for children in Autumn* will be held at the ILCL.
- October 27, 2020Publications
Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2020, UPDATE
- October 23, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 232, UPDATE
- October 19, 2020Other
The list of online journals etc. published in Japan with ISSN, UPDATE October 19(Japanese)
- October 19, 2020Other
The latest "List of books on Japan published in Asia" is now available on the Research Navi
- October 16, 2020Publications
Selected Articles from Current Awareness-E
- October 15, 2020News
6th floor cafeteria at the Tokyo Main building to close on October 20, 2020
- October 6, 2020Events
On Nov. 29 (Sun.), Lecture: Hopes for Picture Books—Picture Book Authors, Editors and Readers in the Heisei Era (1989-2019) will be held. (Japanese)
- October 2, 2020Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE October 02 (Japanese)
- September 29, 2020Events
From September 29, 2020 (Tue.) to December 27, 2020 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition “Japanese Picture Book Authors of the Heisei Era (1989–2019).”
- September 4, 2020News
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan
- August 25, 2020News
The Launch of Japan Search
- August 25, 2020News
15,700 items newly added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections
- August 24, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Japanese Picture Book Authors of the Heisei Era (1989–2019)" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature）
- August 24, 2020Other
Results of the user survey of FY2019 now available
- August 18, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 231, UPDATE
- August 17, 2020Publications
CDNLAO Newsletter No. 96, UPDATE
- August 13, 2020Other
The open dataset of the list of identifiers (IDs) which collate bibliographic data in different databases and the bibliographic data of the former collection of the Shanghai Xinhua Bookstore have been updated
- August 6, 2020Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE August 06 (Japanese)
- July 31, 2020News
January 2021 changes to availability of NDL bibliographic data
- July 28, 2020Events
From July 28, 2020 (Tue.) to August 30, 2020 (Sun.), ILCL is holding an exhibition "Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2019 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities."
- July 28, 2020Publications
Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2020, UPDATE
- July 20, 2020Other
The latest "List of books on Japan published in Asia" is now available on the Research Navi
- July 15, 2020Other
The open dataset of bibliographic information of the National Diet Library Digital Collections has been updated.
- July 8, 2020News
Attention!: Fake websites pretending to be the National Diet Library and the International Library of the Children's Literature
- July 2, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable during retrospective cataloging of bibliographic data
- July 2, 2020Service Stoppage
Technical difficulties with the search engines on the websites of the National Diet Library and International Library of the Children's Literature
- July 1, 2020News
ILCL exhibition "Barrier-free Children's Books from Around the World - 2019 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities" will be held.（International Library of Children's Literature）
- July 1, 2020News
Attention! Notice to Visitors
- July 1, 2020News
Full reopening of the ILCL with restricted admission by numbered entrance tickets
- July 1, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization
- June 24, 2020News
Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau
- June 23, 2020Publications
Publication of a Report on Library Facilities and Their Functions as Hubs for Community Development
- June 23, 2020News
Dreamy library—a virtual tour of the ILCL in Ueno, Tokyo (3D View & VR Video) has been released
- June 18, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 230, UPDATE
- June 11, 2020Other
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE June 11 (Japanese)
- June 10, 2020News
Some materials will be unavailable while undergoing digitization
- June 1, 2020News
Admission reservations to the Tokyo Main Library to be allocated by lottery
- May 28, 2020Other
Attention: The Japanese National Centre for ISSN resumes accepting telephone inquiries from May 28, 2020.
- May 27, 2020News
Reopening of National Diet Library Facilities
- May 22, 2020News
Greetings from the Director General
- May 18, 2020News
Extension of temporary closure and resumption of remote photoduplication services
- April 28, 2020Publications
Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2020, Jan.-Dec. 2019, UPDATE
- April 21, 2020News
Attention! Notice of temporary suspension of remote photoduplication services
- April 21, 2020Publications
NDL NEWSLETTER No. 229, UPDATE
- April 20, 2020Other
The latest "List of books on Japan published in Asia" is now available on the Research Navi
- April 20, 2020Other
Attention: The Japanese National Centre for ISSN will partially suspend its services from April 20, 2020
- April 13, 2020Other
The list of online journals etc. published in Japan with ISSN, UPDATE April 13 (Japanese)
- April 10, 2020News
Attention! Notice of temporary suspension of remote photoduplication services
- April 10, 2020News
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, May 20, 2020
- April 2, 2020News
Science and Technology Research Project reports released: "Fostering Future Researchers in Support of the Science-and-Technology-Oriented-Nation Concept," "Trends and Issues of Social Media," and "Science, Technology and Innovation Policy beyond 2020"
- April 1, 2020Publications
Selected Articles from Current Awareness, Current Awareness-E
- April 1, 2020News
YOSHINAGA Motonobu appointed new Director General of the National Diet Library
- April 1, 2020News
Smoking is prohibited on the premises.
List of What's New of each year
To the head of this page
