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Beginning of a New Era for the National Diet Library : Opening of the Kansai-kan and New Services. Mr. Noritada Otaki Deputy Librarian National Diet Library, Japan. August 6, 2003 CDNL, Berlin. The year 2002 marked the beginning of a new era.
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Beginning of a New Era for the National Diet Library : Opening of the Kansai-kan and New Services Mr. Noritada Otaki Deputy Librarian National Diet Library, Japan August 6, 2003 CDNL, Berlin
The year 2002 marked the beginning of a new era Full opening of the International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL) Kansai-kan, a new facility of the NDL, opened in October Overall revision of its website in October and started providing new online services
International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL) The original building dates from 1906.
International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL) [ Total floor area ] 6,700 square meters [ Storage capacity ] 400,000 volumes ILCL partially opened to the public on May, 2000 and started full services on May 5, 2002.
[ Total floor area ] 59,000square meters [ Stack capacity ] 6 million volumes [ Two large reading rooms ] GeneralCollections Room AsianResources Room Facilities of Kansai-kan of the NDL
Collectionsof Kansai-kan of NDL Materials transferred from the Tokyo Main Library Foreign periodicals Science and technology materials Japanese doctoral dissertations Materials in Asian languages Reference works from Japan and abroad, frequently used Japanese periodicals
Main Functions of Kansai-kan of NDL Document supply services using all the NDL holdings Library cooperation projects Digital library projects Asian information services
Enhanced Services via the NDL Website NDL-OPAC and Document Supply Services Collections of the Electronic Library NDL Gallery
Our Challenge Continues to... Offer high quality services to the Diet members and their staff members Develop the National Collection of Japan regardless of the diversity of media Improve the accessibility of the collection, taking advantage of new technologies