Guide for Visitors

■ Age limit /18 years or older in principle ■ Library hours ＊If you are under 18, please ask for an individual consultation. For details, please refer to the NDL website. Opening hours 9:30-18:00 ■ Use of materials only in the library (no materials may be taken out) Reading hours 9:30-18:00

Reading Request for closed stack materials 10:00-17:15 service (registered users only)

Inter-site request service (registered users only) 9:30-17:30

Same-day photoduplication 9:30-17:00

Printouts of electronic materials Copying (including microform collections) 9:30-17:00 service Self-service photoduplication 9:30-17:30

Later date photoduplication (registered users only) 10:00-17:45

Reference service 9:30-18:00

User registration 9:30-18:00

■ Library holidays: Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year’s holidays, 3rd Wednesday of each month (for stocktaking) Please be aware that National Diet Library facilities are subject to close without prior notice during natural disasters or other public emergencies. Announcements are posted on the NDL website and our official Twitter account.

Access Map

JR Gakkentoshi line ●By car to Seika gakken I.C. (Keinawa Expressway) Kyoto Route 24, JR Hosono station and Kintetsu Shin-Hosono station Osaka Kyoto line Kintetsu JR Nara line

APITA

Kyobashi Shokusai Plaza Kansai-kan of toward JR Osaka Osaka Metro the National Keihanna Plaza Loop line JR Kintetsu Midosuji line Diet Library Hosono Seika main street Shin-Hosono

Front Parking lot Kizu entrance entrance Osaka Metro Nagata Bus stop Honmachi Chuo line of Kokuritsu Gakken Nara Tomigaoka Bus stop of Kokkai Morinomiya Hikaridai Toshokan Kintetsu West Kansai-kan of the 1-chome Keihanna line entrance National Diet Library Osaka- Kintetsu Kansai-kan of Namba Nara Toward Route 163, Hanna Toll road Yamato- Tsuruhashi and Kintetsu Gakuenmae station Ikoma Saidaiji Kintetsu Nara line JR Nara the National Diet Library

Keinawa Expresswayto Kyoto to Kyoto

Kintetsu Shin-Hosono VIERRA TOWN JR Hosono station ■ Access by Public Transport

Kintetsu Kyoto line Kizu River

JR Gakkentoshi line ● From “Shin-Hosono Station” on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line or Bus stop of Seika Gakken Hikaridai 1-chome IC Keihanna “Hosono Station” on the JR Gakkentoshi Line, Plaza APITA Keihannna Commemorative Park take Nara Kotsu Bus 36 (Hikaridai Loop), 56, 58, or 59

Front Yawata Kizu Road Seika main street Bus stop of entrance (bound for “Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station”) , Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Keihanna Open Kizugawadai Advanced Telecommunications Innovation or 46 (bound for “Hikaridai-3-chome”) or 47 (bound for “ATR”) and Research Institute International Center (KICK) station (ATR) get off at the “Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan” stop. International Research Institute Kansai-kan of the Institute of of Innovative ● From “Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station” on the Kintetsu-Keihanna Line, Advanced Technology for National Diet Library Studies (IIAS) the Earth (RITE) Yamadagawa take Nara Kotsu Bus 56 or 59 (bound for “Hosono Station”)

Nara Seika line station

Suntory World and get off at the “Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan” stop. to Osaka Research Center(SWR) Yamadagawa ■ Free parking available for about 200 vehicles. IC

Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library 8-1-3 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0287 0774-98-1200 (automated voice information service) ■ https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/kansai/index.html

Published in March 2020 A modern library with offering large-scale storage and advanced library services. The Purpose of the Kansai-kan Cafeteria

The Kansai-kan of the NDL was established in April 2002 and opened in October of the same year. Roof Garden It is designed to secure storage space for the long term, to meet the demands for library materials and information in the advanced information society, and to serve as a large-scale research library in the Kansai region. It is located in Kansai Science City (Keihanna Science City), a research complex straddling the borders of Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara Prefectures. Cafeteria Bento, curry rice, and other

Key Roles of the Kansai-kan The Kansai-kan of the NDL is tasked with three following key roles. Atrium Japanese luncheon fare are offered. Open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

General Collections Room

Entrance General information books, reference Main Stairway books, dictionaries, and statistics are

Entrance Counter organized by subject matter and Auditorium available for use. Providing materials Library Cooperation Programs Digital Library Programs Entrance Gate Asian Resources Room Reference books, magazines, and other materials in Asian languages Courtyard Courtyard are available for use. Information desk, Guidance on Asian resources Reading Room

General Asian Collections Resouces Room Room

Information desk Guidance on Asian resources

Public Space Offices Storage Annex

Cafeteria 4F Entrance cube 3F Stacks 2F Public entrance About the National Diet Library 1F Offices 1F Reading rooms Atrium The National Diet Library (NDL) is the parliamentary library of the National Diet of B1F Courtyard Japan and was founded in 1948 by the National Diet Library Law, in accordance with B2F B3F Stacks Article 130 of the Diet Law, which states in part that “The National Diet Library shall Automatic stacks be established in the Diet by a separate law, in order to assist Diet Members in their B4F study and research.”

Mission Role Stacks at the Kansai-kan ①Main building B2F-B4F ②Storage annex “The NDL is hereby established as a result of “The National Diet Library shall collect books Approximately the firm conviction that truth makes us free and other library materials for the purpose of Number of materials and with the object of contributing to assisting the members of the National Diet in 14,000,000items international peace and the democratization the performance of their duties and also for Ambient environment Temperature of about 22℃ of Japan as promised in our Constitution.” the roles of providing certain library services as Humidity of about 55% (From the Preamble of the National Diet Library Law) hereinafter specified for the executive and judicial agencies of the national government and for the people of Japan.” (From Article 2 of the National Diet Library Law) Network Main Collections Support to the Diet Branch libraries ●Foreign periodicals, frequently used Japanese periodicals, in the executive and Main Collections in the Tokyo Main Library judicial branches science and technology materials, Japanese doctoral Tokyo of the government ●Books, periodicals and digital publications published in Japan collected Main Acquisition and preservation of dissertations, scientific research reports under grants from Library materials and information the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and under the legal deposit system Technology and recorded academic literature ●Foreign books and periodicals ●Special collections: Kansai-kan International ●Major reference books, basic books, bibliographies, of the Library of Providing the public with Laws and parliamentary documents, Japanese government and National Children’s Literature access to information resources catalogs and government publications published in Japan Diet Library international agency documents, old books, modern Japanese political and overseas history materials, Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan, maps, ●Asian-language and Asia-related materials audiovisual materials

２ 3 Library Cooperation Providing materials Programs

Providing materials Library Cooperation Programs

The Tokyo Main Library, the Kansai-kan and the International Library of Children’s Literature share the library cooperation activities of the NDL. The Tokyo Main Library is responsible for setting policy in this 1 On-site Services area, and for administering collaboration with foreign libraries (other than the delivery of resources). The Kansai-kan carries out support operations for other libraries (with respect to the National Union Catalog ●Access to printed materials from open shelves and Network, the Collaborative Reference Database Project, study on library and information science, About About digital materials training and exchanges, Cooperation with libraries providing services for persons with disabilities and 100 m ●Copying of library materials assigning and managing ISIL (the International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related 360 ●Using Study Rooms and Group Study Rooms Organizations)) and serves as the access point for the sharing of NDL resources. The International by 45 m reading Library of Children’s Literature offers support services to school libraries and other institutions involved in size ●Reference services desks in juvenile services. The NDL's three facilities are united to further improve activities in support of library Guidance on research methodology, the use of bibliographies and cooperation. Asian Resources Room General Collections Room catalogs, and information on related research facilities 30,000items 90,000items Services for registered users 1 Cooperative Network Activities

◎Request for the materials in the closed stacks The Kansai-kan handles the planning and administration of the ◎Some of the materials that are held in the Tokyo Main projects for the NDL National Union Catalog Network and the Library and/or the International Library of Children's Collaborative Reference Database System available via the Information desk Literature are available for the inter-site request Internet to promote library cooperation. The databases are Reading room Guidance on Asian resources also made available to the public. Patrons at the Kansai-kan must be 18 years of age or older to use library services. Identification is required Receiving materials for user registration. Collaborative Reference Database System

Requests for browsing

2 Study on Library and Information Science 14,000,000 items Stacks The Kansai-kan stays abreast of trends in library operation and library and information science, and keeps other libraries informed through publications. In addition to the digital Main Building versions of our publications, e-mail newsletters and blogs are provided on our website through the “Current Awareness 2nd to 4th Storage Annex Portal.” basement floors ＋

Current Awareness Portal

3 Training and Cooperation 2 Remote Services The Kansai-kan carries out training programs for librarians from Japan and other countries, such as group trainings held at NDL premises, training programs by dispatched NDL staff and remote training programs Part of the mission of the Kansai-kan is to provide the provided via the Internet. Cooperation between related institutions is also promoted through these NDL public across Japan with access to materials held in the training sessions. National Diet Library. Interlibrary loan service for NDL materials is available through a nearby library and requested items can be read inside the library. Copies of 4 Cooperation with libraries providing services for persons with disabilities NDL materials can be requested and obtained through a nearby library. Users can directly request copies of library The Kansai-kan compiles and provides public access to the National Union Catalog of Braille and materials via the NDL website. Recorded Books in Japan. It creates and lends out recordings of academic literature, and also Telephone reference services are mainly available at the collects data created by other libraries and institutions for persons with print disabilities. This data Kansai-kan. together with data made by the NDL for libraries is available to libraries and individuals via a data transmission service. It also provides reference services concerning library services for persons with print disabilities. 4 5 Digital Library Programs Statistics NDL in figures (as of FY2018)

Digital Library Programs Collections Number of materials newly acquired in FY2018

Total ･･･････････････････････････44,187,016 items Total ･･････････････････････････････777,196 items Books ････････････････････････11,354,294 items Books ･･････････････････････････ 201,118 items The NDL's plans for digital information services via the Internet are formulated at the Periodicals and newspapers ･･18,545,031 items Periodicals and newspapers ･････502,024 items Tokyo Main Library. The Digital Library Division of the Kansai-kan is responsible for the development, operation and review of information systems, and the collection, Microforms ････････････････････ 9,137,645 items Microforms ･･･････････････････････ 13,780 items development and delivery of digital library contents. The NDL has used information Recorded materials ･･････････････762,661 items Recorded materials ･･････････････ ･16,053 items technology effectively for a variety of digital information services. Machine-readable materials(CDs, DVDs, etc.)･･･ Machine-readable materials(CDs, DVDs, etc.)･･･ 157,533 items 6,654 items Maps ････････････････････････････580,608 items Maps ･･････････････････････････････ 7,208 items 1 Digital Library Contents Manuscripts ･････････････････････409,666 items Manuscripts ･･････････････････････ 13,614 items Digitized books and periodicals held in the NDL are provided via the Internet after copyright clearance while those without Storage capacity Sevices for the public copyright clearance are provided only within the library buildings. Digitized ●Tokyo Main Library ･････････12,000,000 volumes Reference services ･････････････････ 863,691 cases materials of which the copyright is ●Kansai-kan of the NDL ･･･････ 6,000,000 volumes Reading services ･･････････････････2,185,497 items currently effective are available inside the Copying services･･････････････････1,605,525 cases NDL premises. Materials that are out of ●International Library of Children’s Literature ････ On-site users ･････････････････････ 791,370 people print or otherwise difficult to obtain are 1,050,000 volumes transmitted to public libraries and ●Tokyo Main Library ･････････････････････････････ university libraries which have applied for 575,756（2,071 per day on average） ※Storage capacity is calculated based on a book thickness of 3cm. the service, and the digitized images are ●Kansai-kan of the NDL ･･････････････････････････ ※The Kansai-kan’s new 5-million‒volume storage annex was accessible from each library. (Digitized NDL Digital Collection completed in 2020. Future construction of new stacks will 72,373（260 per day on average） Contents Transmission Service for eventually increase the Kansai-kan’s storage capacity to 20 million ●International Library of Children’s Literature ･･･････ Libraries.) volumes. 143,241（503 per day on average）

Collection in the Kansai-kan （September 2019, approximate totals）

●Books ●Science and technology materials 2 Collection and Preservation of Internet Resources I n J a p a n e s e ・・・・・・2 , 1 5 6 , 0 0 0 i t e m s Foreign technical reports・・・・・・2,648,000 items In Western languages・・・・・・91,000 items Foreign doctoral dissertations・・・・・・477,000 items The NDL's Web Archiving Project (WARP) ●Serials Foreign academic society papers・・・195,000 items collects content from the websites of the Periodicals and newspapers in Japanese・・・・・・71,000 titles Conference proceeings in Western languages・・・・・ Periodicals and newspapers in Western languages・・・・・・national government, municipal 98,000 items governments, corporations and 45,200 titles Japanese and foreign standards・・・・157,000 items organizations, public-service corporations, ●Scientific research reports under grants from the Ministry ●Materials in Asian languages other than Japanese universities, and political parties as well as of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology・・・・・・websites promoting public events and 169,200 items B o o k s ・・・・・・4 8 2 , 0 0 0 i t e m s those related to the Great East Japan ●Domestic doctorial dissertations・・・・・・597,000 items Periodicals and newspapers・・・・・・9,100 titles Earthquake. This archived content can be accessed via the Internet from the NDL website, provided that the publisher has Major Digital Collections （as of October 2019） granted permission. Online publications defined as corresponding to books or ●NDL Digital Collection serials(e-books or e-magazines) are also Web Archiving Project (WARP) （including materials provided only inside the library) collected and available either via the J a p a n e s e B o o k s ・・・・・・9 7 0 , 0 0 0 i t e m s Prange Collection･･････････････････ 40,000 items Internet or on the premises at the NDL. Japanese Periodicals・・・・・・1,330,000 items Historical Recordings ･･･････････････50,000 items Rare books and Old Materials・・・・・・90,000 items Dizitized materials from the collections of other Digitized doctoral Dissertations・・・・・・200,000 items institutes ････････････････････････････ 2,000 items O ffi c i a l G a z e t t e s ・・・・・・2 0 , 0 0 0 i t e m s Online periodicals and books･･･ 1,220,000 records Modern Japanese political history materials・・・・・・●Web Archiving Project(WARP)-websites ････････････ 4,000 items 12,000 titles Audio-visual materials・・・・・・6,000 items ●Collaborative Reference Datebase Project ･･･････ Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan・・・・・・234,000 cases 6 7 60,000 items