NII Workshop 2022
The 32nd EAJRS Conference：
Documentary and visual resources on Japanin the wider Asian context

Fri. 16 th Sep. 2022
Haruka Murakami (村上 遥)
murakami_haruka@nii.ac.jp0Agenda1. NII services & statistics
2. Library System and Network in Japan Project 2022
3. New NACSIS-CAT/ILL

4. E-resources Data Sharing Services
5. Future Direction
6. Q & A

1NII Scholarly Information Services
Academic
Information from
Institutions

ArticlesResearch data

CiNii

CiNii
Research

Dissertations

Articles &Research data

Articles ： 3,4M records
Research data：
340K records

Institutional
repository

700K records

3.6M records

Articles

Books

KAKEN

NII-REO

Book/Journal
bibliographic & holdings
Records
Bibliography 13M

Projects reports of
MEXT supported
scientific researches

Article of e-journalof overseas

Holdings 149M

960K records

4.1M

Humanities andsocial scienceelectronic collections

66K

NACSIS
-CAT

学協会
JaLC

Research
Information

Compilation

Other Institution’s
servicesDatarepository
by fields

CiNii

IRDB

Dissertations※CiNii
Articleshas beenData
integratedon April integration
2022

Books/Journals

SharedRepositories

Digitizationcompilation
JSPS

MEXT

I
Institutional
repositories
NDL

838 institutions

Universities,
Academic
Institutions

Archive

University
libraries

1,341
institutions＊The number of data is as of the end of March 2022

OUP

Springer

Academic
Publishers
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CiNii Articles to CiNii Research 1

On 18th of April 2022, the CiNii Articles has
been integrated to the CiNii Research⚫ All the access to the CiNii Articles will be redirected to the CiNii
Research.
⚫ the CiNii Articles API listed the following page will access thecorresponding CiNii Research page or API.
URL：https://catdoc.nii.ac.jp/PUB/nl2/No51/index.html?id=c12⚫ The CiNii Research will have its own Institutional Authentication
Function. NII has been transferred all applied Institution information
on 11st of March.
⚫ The institutions who wish to use the CiNii Research Institutional
Authentication Function, please apply from the following page:
URL：https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cir/inst_authPlease refer to the link for the further information:
https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/news/cinii/

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CiNii Articles to CiNii Research 2
https://cir.nii.ac.jp/• The CiNii Research is the new service from the National Institute ofInformatics, officially launched in April 2021.

• The CiNii Articles integrated from April 2022.

Books and Journals

Articles

OpenBD’s
Photographic image

Research data

Dissertations
Research Projects

Funding information

Access link to thecontents 4

The number of data of CiNii ResearchMore than 50 million data including, articles,
books, journals, research projects, dissertations
and research data.
Articles

34,571,890

Books and Journals

12,931,301

Research Projects

974,827

Dissertations

683,720

Research data
Others336,143
8,097,772

Total

57,595,653＊The number of data is as of the end of March 2022

These NII services data also included.

• Integrated knowledge discovery infrastructure• Integration through entity relationships

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NACSIS-CAT Member Libraries in Europe

Country# ofLibraries

U.K.

13

Germany

10

France2

Switzerland

2

Belgium

1

Netherlands

1

Norway1

Sweden1European Member Libraries: 31
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NACSIS-CAT Top 10 Record Holders in Europe(Books & Journals: as of July 2022)
1

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

2

Oxford University

3

Cambridge University

4

SOAS Library, University of London

5

The British library

6

Universität Heidelberg

7

Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln（The Japan

8

Centre Européen d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace

9

East-Asian Library KU Leuven

10

Sainsbury Institute186,090
87,77863,69847,24544,014
26,397
Foundation)

23,81821,18317,011
16,532

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NACSIS-CAT Top 10 Increase in Record Numbers in Europe(Books & Journals: Aug 2021 – July 2022)
1

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

1,967

2

Universität Heidelberg

824

3

Cambridge University

720

4

University of Zuerich308

5East-Asian Library KU Leuven583

6

Oxford University

578

7Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln（The Japan

8

Universität München

72

9Japan Information & Cultural Centre Library, Embassy ofJapan, London

57

10

Sainsbury Institute690

Foundation)

325

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CiNii Books Access Statistics from Europe
Country

Number of
Searches

1Germany

7,931,064

2England

3,011,936

3France

2,477,005

4Romania

652,917

11 Switzerland

240,871

12 Norway

203,630

13 Ukraine

181,520

14 Austria

177,867

15 Poland

144,979

Czech
Republic

130,321

5Sweden531,867

16

6Netherlands

514,629

17 Bulgaria

120,949

7Italy425,028

18 Belgium

108,388

8Slovakia

321,145

19

europeanunion

80,717

9Ireland

268,826

20 Denmark

72,93010Spain

264,131 Sum

18,269,448＊The number of data is from April 2014 to end of the March 2022
＊The number is based on country code9

Agenda1. NII services & statistics
2. Library System and Network in Japan Project 2022
3. New NACSIS-CAT/ILL

4. E-resources Data Sharing Services
5. Future Direction
6. Q & A

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Renewal of Academic Information System After 36 YearsNII News Release on 17 th June 2021
https://www.nii.ac.jp/en/news/release/2021/0617.html
Renewal of Academic Information System After 36 Years
New Catalog Information Service Corresponding to Digital
Resources to Be Introduced from 2022

• The project will be implemented by coordinating with library systemsof the user libraries, with a view to establishing a library system andnetwork which will handle digitized resources, such as electronic
journals and eBooks.
• The new electronic resource management service will be released in
2022, and the new NACSIS-CAT/ILL is expected to be launched in
2023. These new systems will contribute to the improvement andoptimization of university library operations, and the digitaltransformation of access to academic resources.

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The proposed library system and network and the project scope

12Release Schedule

Vendor testing: From 25 th April to 30 th September, 2022
Participant libraries’ testing: From August 2022
Migration: January 2023

Details will be announced :https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara 13

System Suspension for Migration (2023/1)

NACSIS-CAT/ILL service will be stopped for a
maximum of 3 weeks in Jan. 2023 formigration
Detailed schedule will be announced on Oct. 2022.
Please check the website:• URL：https://www.nii.ac.jp/CAT-ILL/news/cat/• URL：https://www.nii.ac.jp/CAT-ILL/news/ill/• URL：https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/news(These site are only available in Japanese.)

14Agenda1. NII services & statistics
2. Library System and Network in Japan Project 2022
3. New NACSIS-CAT/ILL

4. E-resources Data Sharing Services
5. Future Direction
6. Q & A

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The new NACSIS-CAT/ILL System 1• the Controlled Bibliographic Service (CBS) (OCLC)• CBS will support the existing CATP format to exchange the MARC
records with the user libraries.
• The bibliographic data in the underlying system is compliant with theinternational standard MARC21, allowing for an easy exchange of themetadata distributed internationally with overseas institutions.
• CMS Co. Ltd., a Japanese system company, will develop theinterlibrary loan system, which works with CBS seamlessly.

• The new NACSIS-CAT/ILL system will provide capabilities to adapt to
the new international standards such as the Resource Description andAccess (RDA), Nippon Cataloging Rules（NCR）2018 edition, and
BIBFRAME.
• It will maintain the current functionalities of NACSIS-CAT/ILL inorder to secure the continuity of connections with the library systems
used by the 1,300 user institutions.
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The new NACSIS-CAT/ILL System 2
Planned changes⚫ Guideline for the clients
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/catill/client_guidelines⚫ NACSIS-CAT/ILL News letter no. 51 (2022.08.01)
https://catdoc.nii.ac.jp/PUB/nl2/No51/index.html

What’s new
1. From Z39.50 gateway server to SRU– Z39.50 gateway service will be terminated by end of Dec 2022.
– SRU gateway service will be started Feb 2023. [planned]

2. Unification encoding to UTF8、UTF8E…TBD
17Z39.50 to SRUSRU* Gateway service will be started in Feb. 2023
How to use the Test environment

User test application:
2022/10/1~[planned]

To be announced:
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara[参考]http://ec2-18-176-28-129.ap-northeast1.compute.amazonaws.com/cbs/sru/DB=1.1/username=A95905/password=9JNQUC/?version=1.1

NACSIS-CAT SRU
Specification [Draft]
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/catill/client_guidelines＊SRU：http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/index.html
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Participant libraries test (2022/8/29-10/31)
Participant Libraries Test currently being carried out
How to use the Test environment◼ WebUIP

https://webuip2022.nii.ac.jp/
webuip/wu-login-cbs.html◼ Testing period2022/8/29-10/31[planned](Operating hours: 9:00-17:00
on weekdays)◼ Feedback
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/catill/library-test (This site is only available inJapanese.)https://contents.nii.ac.jp/form/ca
till-library-test

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2. Library System and Network in Japan Project 2022
3. New NACSIS-CAT/ILL

4. E-resources Data Sharing Services
5. Future Direction
6. Q & A

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The proposed library system and network and the project scope

21Electric Resource Data Sharing System 1
Electric Resource Data Sharing System (電子リソースデータ共有サービス)• Alma (Ex Libris)
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/e-resources• The new electronic resource management system will accumulate and provide
common data such as license terms and title lists for electronic resource products
submitted by domestic and foreign publishers and academic societies to theJapan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE（https://contents.nii.ac.jp/en/justice).

◼ Services currently in-operation
ERDB-JP [In operation since April 1, 2015]
ERDB-JP is a data-sharing service for e-resources published in Japan.
This service is placed on Title Lists (Open data).

License（JUSTICE） [Test released from April 1, 2022]
Sharing license data for electronic resource products submitted by publishers, academic
societies, etc. to the JUSTICE. *For JUSTICE members only .

Scheduled to official release in the winter of 2022.

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Electric Resource Data Sharing System 2
E-resources Data Sharing Services(電子リソースデータ
共有サービス)https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/e-resources◼ Services in Preparation
Title Lists（JUSTICE）
Sharing Title lists for electronic resource products submitted by publishers, academic
societies, etc. to the JUSTICE. *Planned to be Open data

Licenses *Release date undecided
Sharing license information available to the public.

E-book Metadata (Japan) *Release date undecided
Sharing eBook metadata collected and integrated from Kinoden (Kinokuniya), Maruzen
eBook Library (MARUZEN-YUSHODO), OpenBD, etc.

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Electric Resource Data Sharing System 3

How to use ?

① Download Service
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/libsysnw/eresources/licenses-justice*currently only for Lisence（JUSTICE）② API
Under Adjustment.
Scheduled to start in December 2022.
*currently only for Lisence（JUSTICE）③ Direct search for Alma Network Zone (NZ)‒

Cloud app for downloading Lisence（JUSTICE）has
been developed.

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Future enhancement for the new system
MARC21 Cataloging
CBS MARC21 upload functions

Alma Cloud Apps for NACSIS-CAT/ILL [Information source: Ex Libris Ltd.]– Cataloging: Searching, downloading and uploading Bibliographical &authority files, holdings and MEMBER has been developed.
– ILL: at the end of 2022, request menu will be started.

NACSIS-CAT
holding update in Alma
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Agenda1. NII services & statistics
2. Library System and Network in Japan Project 2022
3. New NACSIS-CAT/ILL

4. E-resources Data Sharing Services
5. Future Direction
6. Q & A

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Organization
JANUL

JAPUL

JASPUL

Japan Association of National

Japan Association of Public

Japan Association of Private

University Libraries

University Libraries

University Libraries

JULIB

NII

Japan Coordinating Committee for

University Libraries

Cooperation Promotion Council (2010-)

JUSTICEJapan Alliance of University
Library Consortia for
E-Resources (2011-)

Future Scholarly Information Systems
Committee (2012-)（これから委員会）

System Model Working Group (2019-)

JPCOAR
Japan Consortium for Open
Access Repository (2016-)

System Workflow Working Group (2019-)

The Vision on Future Scholarly Information Systems (2019)

Future Direction
1. Constructing the new Library System Network that realizes
the Integrated Discovery Environment (統合的発見環境を可能にする新たな図書館システム・ネットワークの構築)
2. Building a Sustainable Operating Structure (持続可能な運用体制の構築)
3. Challenges for Collective Procurement and Operation of the
System (システムの共同調達・運用への挑戦)
4. Sophistication of Metadata (メタデータの高度化)

5. Securing Scholarly Information Resources (学術情報資源の確保)
The Vision on Future Scholarly Information Systems (2019)https://contents.nii.ac.jp/sites/default/files/korekara/202102/korekara_doc20190215_eng_0.pdf

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Metadata Collection and Creation Policy [Draft]
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/sites/default/files/korekara/2022-02/korekara_sw20220218.pdf

Academic Information Resources
Digital resources

PhysicalResources

Electronic Resources
electronic publishing

Digitized resources

NCR2018

ERDB-JP

Cooperation with
JAPAN SEARCH

Authority Control of
Work
CATP to MARC21

Open Access ElectricjournalDigital archives

https://jpsearch.go.jp/

E-Books（OpenBD, KinoDen, MEL )Metadata for “find”

Integrated Discovery Environment
Human Resource Development
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User Group and NACSIS-CAT/ILL“User Group” is a structure of User-participatorycommunication for “the Library System and Network”.

Sub-GroupＡ
librarians

Sub-GroupＢ
librarians

SystemWorkflow
Working Group

Proposal

Free talk Grouplibrarians

Students & Researchers

System Model
Working Group

Future Scholarly Information
Systems Committee

Library System and Network••••

information

User Grouplibrarians

All NACSIS-CAT/ILL user will join the User Group.
Participation fee is free.
User Group will communicate with free online tools (such as Slack).
Starts from April 2023, test run in 2022.

Updates will be announced: https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara

Appling for NCR2018 to new NACSIS-CAT/ILL 1
Nippon Cataloging Rules 2018 edition (NCR2018)■Text version (ISBN：978-4-8204-1814-6, \5000):
http://www.jla.or.jp/publications/tabid/87/pdid/p110000000516/Default.aspx■PDF version (free):https://www.jla.or.jp/mokuroku/ncr2018

NCR2018 is based on the FRBR (Functional Requirements for
Bibliographic Records) model and ensures interoperability with RDA,
while also taking into account the publishing situation and cataloging
practices in Japan.
Background:• The National Library of Congress began applying the NCR2018 inJanuary 2021.
• The TRC began applying the NCR2018 in January 2022.

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Appling for NCR2018 to new NACSIS-CAT/ILL 2
New NACSIS-CAT/ILL
2022/2/25

Published the application details [draft]

https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara/about/sw_wg/pc202202– Application of NCR2018 to non-Japanese language materials also
discussed.

2022/2/25-3/25

Public Comment– 29 comments– Application of NCR2018 to non-Japanese language materials• Desirable 58, Undesirable 17, Either 13, Other 13

2022/6/28-7/21

Future Scholarly Information Systems
Committee deliberation

2022 Sub-User Group for NCR2018 will be established
2023 Rivisions of the Coding Manual2024 Begin applying the NCR2018 for both Japanese & non-Japanese
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Updates will be announced:
https://contents.nii.ac.jp/korekara34

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Thank you!

- Walt DisneyFri. 16 th Sep. 2022
Haruka Murakami (村上 遥)
murakami_haruka@nii.ac.jp35