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.
Job opening: German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
The German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo is recruiting a full-time librarian. Expected starting date: 1 April 2023. Application
deadline: 20 February 2023.
More information in English (PDF <https://dij.tokyo/libjob>) and in Japanese (PDF <https://dij.tokyo/shisho>) and on our website <https://www.dijtokyo.org/>.
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
(1) Bibliographic ID List updated
The open dataset of bibliographic information of NDL's digital collections and the open dataset of the list of identifiers (IDs) which collate bibliographic data in different databases have been updated.
https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/dlib/standards/opendataset/index.html
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.
(1) NDL User Satisfaction Survey of FY2022
From May 6 to October 31, 2022, we are now conducting a user satisfaction survey of FY2022. Your ideas and opinions are important to our library and will help us provide you with the best library services possible.
URL of the user satisfaction survey of FY2022
https://enquete.ndl.go.jp/632797/p/eajrs?lang=en
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.
Prof Tsuda Mayumi (Keio University) has organized an online symposium in conjunction with the next conference of the Japanese Early Modern Literature Asssociation. The theme might be of interest to some of you: デジタル時代の和本リテラシー古典文学研究と教育の未来.
Date: 2021年6月12日（土）13：30～15：40
Please find all information on the dedicated website: http://www.kinseibungakukai.com/2021haru_symposium/
The 16th Forum on the Collaborative Reference Database Project The CRD as a platform for reference services during a pandemic A Webinar from Japan to be held March 19, 2021
Professor Ogawa of Yokoyama University, will arrange interesting zoom-seminar March 6h on Japanese education history in various countries:
For more information:
The NDL will hold a web event introducing the NDL Digital Collections and the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries on March 4 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. JST.
Guest speakers from different libraries will talk about the use of the service at their libraries. A discussion of the service will follow.
This event will be held in Japanese and broadcast via Cisco Webex events.
To register, please send an email to digi-soshin@ndl.go.jp no later than noontime JST on February 26.
Japan Search is a national platform for aggregating metadata from digital resources on a wide variety of subjects.
Operated by the NDL, Japan Search incorporates functionality to promote the use of digital content.
The NDL will hold a web event introducing the use of this functionality on March 3 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. JST.
Following an explanation of the functionality by an NDL employee, guest speakers will discuss how to use Japan Search in education, research, and community activities.