Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries at the National Diet Library

KOSAKU OSHIMA

National Diet Library, Japan

EAJRS 2019

Digitized Contents Transmission Servicefor Libraries

(1,500,000 items)

Available online

540,000 items (20%)

Available online + at partner libraries

2,040,000 items (75%)

The NDL Digital Collections consists of 2,700,000 items in total.

Contents for TransmissionCopyrighted content that is out-of-print or

otherwise difficult to obtain.

• 560,000 books that were acquired before 1969

• 790,000 periodicals that were published between the Meiji era and 2000.

• 120,000 doctoral dissertations acquired between 1991 and 2000.

• 20,000 rare books & old materials published during or after the Meiji era

How to search for contents for transmission

Example: 源氏物語/ The Tale of Genji

How to search for contents for transmission

Example: 『海舟全集』第3巻/ Kaishu Zenshu, Vol. 3 (Kaizosha 1928)

http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1361655

http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1361855

http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1287963

For Japanese studies

Available onlineDigitized Contents Transmission

Service for Libraries

Three benefits• Patrons at partner libraries are able to search and

browse more than two million digitized materials in

the NDL Digital Collections, including many that are

not available via the Internet.

• Includes many periodicals and old books that are not

available via the Interlibrary Loan service.

•Copying services can be ordered directly via the

browser, so patrons do not need to order the actual

materials via Interlibrary Loan service.

Contact here

Home Page

• https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/library/dcts/index.html

Email

• digi-soshin@ndl.go.jp

Thank you for your attention.