The 32nd EAJRS Conference（September 16, 2022）

Okumura, Makito (National Diet Library, Japan)

Promotion and Use of
Digital Resources throughJAPAN SEARCHThis material, with the exception of the logo, is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

１ What is Japan Search ?
２ Functions
３ Using Japan Search-Demonstration2

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What is Japan Search ?

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What is Japan Search ?
 Japan Search is a national platform
for promoting the use of content fromJapan’s digital archives.

- publications at libraries- artwork and other cultural assets at museums- documents at archives- academic resources in fields such as thehumanities and natural history- video programs and movies for broadcast

 National Initiative• managed by a committee with a secretariat in
the Cabinet Office• system development and operation as well as
collaborative practices handled by the NDL
https://jpsearch.go.jp/4

Japan Search Partners
26 million metadata records from 185 databases of 36 aggregators
national as well as municipal institutions, universities, private enterprises(as of August 2022)

List of organizations: https://jpsearch.go.jp/organization?from=0
List of databases: https://jpsearch.go.jp/database?from=05

Number of records in each category
Book/Publication
Natural History/Engineering Science
Humanities
Official Document
Regional ResourceArt
Cultural Property
Animation
Performing Art
Movie
Broadcast Program
Game
DatasetMedia Art
Map

11,973,051
5,432,442
5,050,693
4,130,512
666,376
600,568
524,824
128,053
86,29682,70782,48852,12824,43916,455
3,349

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Secondary Use of Content Found via Japan Search
Top Page
Card shows list of permitted
educational and commercialuses.
(CC0, PDM, CC BY, CC BY-SA)

Searching by use
conditions

Chart

Search results can be filtered peruse conditions.

Use conditions also
shown with individualcontent.

ChartUsecondition

Click on a card to see a list of
the corresponding contents.
Specific conditions
linked to Terms ofUse page

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Use Conditions for Content 15 Different Rights Statements
CC0Public
Domain Tool PDM
CC BY
CC BY-SA
Creative CC BY-ND
Commons CC BY-NC
CC BY-NC-SACC BY-NC-ND
UNDER COPYRIGHTUNDER COPYRIGHT-EDUCATIONAL
USE PERMITTEDNO COPYRIGHT-CONTRACTUAL
RightsStatements RESTRICTIONSNO COPYRIGHT-OTHER KNOWN LEGALRESTRICTIONSCOPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATEDCOPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED-ORPHAN
Original
WORK in JAPAN-OTHERS

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2Functions
9Cross Search

Main functions

SearchSecondary UseConditions

Gallery

Enjoy

Use
My Note and My Gallery

Bookmark
yourfavorite
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Cross Search• Search keywords are automatically translated• To help keyword search, the JPS system generates
romanized versions of aggregated metadata

SearchImage Search

Designed Search

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Example of cross search result（keyword 「鷹」 :hawk）

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GalleryEnjoy

 Introducing content by subject matter✔ more than 430 subjects✔ IIIF Support✔ partners are able to edit and publish galleries of content on Japan Search.

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Gallery page

Enjoy

Related People ,Things and EventsTags

Related Works & Videos
Explanatory Text

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My Note✔ Click the 💛 icon to add an item to your list of favorites✔ A bookmark to record items

Use

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My Gallery✔ Allows users to curate content✔ Collaborative projects✔ Anyone can use without registering!
Curation

Education

Use

EventOnline Collaborations!

Embed content in other websites

16API（SPARQL Endpoint）

活かすUse Aggregated metadata are converted to a standard
schema (Japan Search RDF Schema) Provides metadata to users as Linked Open Data
For developers https://jpsearch.go.jp/static/developer/en.html• JPS-RDF Schema
SPARQL API (https://jpsearch.go.jp/api/sparql-explain/)
EasySPARQL API(https://jpsearch.go.jp/api/sparql-explain/#sec4)•An Overview of the JPS-RDF Schema(https://jpsearch.go.jp/api/introduction/)

Using the JPS Schema Content related to the subject matter by time,location, individual, or organization automaticallyappears in search results.
 Cross search in Europeana and Gallica.
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3Using Japan Search18

Example #１

Curation in the Classroom
for elementary, junior-high, and high school students

7 Steps of Classroom Curation① Conventional class style⇒② Based on textbooks⇒③ Set their own questions⇒④ Structuring the question ⇒ ⑤ Curation⇒⑥ Discussion ⇒ ⑦ Presentation
大井 将生（東京大学大学院情報学環・学際情報学府渡邉英徳研究室）「ジャパンサーチ利活用機能の利用事例報告」（https://jpsearch.go.jp/static/pdf/event/useevent2021/2.pdf）

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Example #２

Curation Event for Children

As part of the Children‘s Tour Day at
Kasumigaseki Online Event
Comments from children☑ It was the first time for me to create an electronic exhibit, so it
was interesting. I especially liked the part about deciding on asubject and creating it. (Elementary school student)☑ It was easy to create an electronic exhibition. (Elementary schoolstudent)

Comments from parents☑ It was impressive that the children seemed to be happy collecting
material on subjects that interested them and creating their own
original galleries. They were all proudly working on them with smiles
on their faces.
☑ I felt that the program fully utilized the advantages of online anddigital content, and was not just a substitute for the real experience,but surpassed it.

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Example #３For Partners

Creating a Gallery on Japan Search☑ to promote on-site exhibition☑ to increase access to the original site
☑ to introduce the collection to a wider audience21

For more information:
https://jpsearch.go.jp/about
JAPAN SEARCH OFFICIAL（＠jpsearch_go）
JAPAN SEARCH Official YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK72iSEQMzEcu8BWLEFzPQ

Japan Search Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/jpsearchgo/

JAPAN SEARCH Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/japansearch_go/22Extra: Recent Progress at the Next Digital Library• The Next Digital Library:an experimental digital librarydeveloped by the same technical team(R&D Office) as Japan Search• In March 2022, a large amount of OCR
full-text data created in FY2021 wasadded, making 280,000 public domain
books searchable.

https://lab.ndl.go.jp/dl/• Please visit the NDL Lab website fordetails on OCR projects in FY2021.
https://lab.ndl.go.jp/

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