National Diet Library
Coordinates: 35°40′42″N 139°44′39″E / 35.67833°N 139.74417°E
| National Diet Library | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1948 |
| Preceding agency | Parliamentary Library |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Japan |
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| http://www.ndl.go.jp | |
The National Diet Library (国立国会図書館 Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan) is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948.[1]
The purpose of the library is to assist members of the Diet of Japan (国会 Kokkai). The library is similar in purpose and scope to the U.S. Library of Congress.
The National Diet Library has two main facilities. One is in Tokyo and the other is in Kyoto. There are also several branch libraries in Japan.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Pincus, Leslie. (2006). "Revolution in the Archives of Memory: The Founding of the National Diet Library in Occupied Japan" in Francis X. Blouin and William G. Rosenberg, eds. Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory: Essays from the Sawyer Seminar, p. 382.
Other websites[change | change source]
- NDL Japanese website
- NDL English website
- NDL Digital Archive Portal (English)
- Kansai-kan of the NDL (English)
- Digital Library from the Meiji Era (English summary only)
- Digital Library from the Meiji Era (Japanese)
- Rare Books Image Database (Japanese)
- NDL image viewer.
- NDL-OPAC Japanese Index
- NDL-OPAC English Index
- Database of National Diet Minutes (Japanese)
- Database of Imperial Diet Minutes (Japanese)
- NDL Interlibrary Loan Application Procedures
- NDL Photoreproduction Service
- NDL Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
