National Diet Library (NDL)
Service Projects○ Digital Archiving System

http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/ndl-da.html

National Diet Library (NDL)
Service Projects
・ Digital Information Resources Roundtable in FY2009
・ Forum for the Promotion of Digital Archives in Public
Libraries
・ 16th Conference of Directors of National Libraries inAsia and Oceania :CDNLAO (2009)

From: Proceedings of the 16th Conference of Directorsof National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)
Open Seminar (2009)

・Cross-collaboration with a variety of organizations- University based academic libraries- Prefectural and city funded libraries- School libraries, and various library- Stakeholders(http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/elib-cooperation.html)

To create a successful and effective association,
it is important for national libraries to sharechallenges and objectives based on similarinterests (Yoshinaga, 2009).

Tokyo Main Library
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/service/tokyo/use.html

Kansai-kan of the NDL
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/event/exhi
bitions/1195752_1376.html

The National Library of China (NLC)
National Library of Korea (NLK)

http://www.nlc.gov.cn/newen/
newVisitUs/nlcIntroduction/

The Soul of Korea,
The National Library of Korea

China, Korea, and Japan initiated a joint effort to develop
information communication technology at the 16th
Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia andOceania (CDNLAO).

・Due to increasing efforts to promote reading activities
for children and young adults, there are much greater
needs to support and strengthen collaboration withpublic libraries and school libraries based on the 2010
plan to promote and support the reading activities ofchildren.
・Project report (2010–2011) based on the joint
cooperation between researchers, practitioners, school
librarians and the International Library of Children’sLiterature (ILCL) was recently completed (2012)(http://www.kodomo.go.jp/info/series/index.html)

Hiroshima Prefectural Library• Hiroshima Prefectural Library is located in the center ofHiroshima City.
• It plays a pivotal role as a lifelong learning center in
Hiroshima province, conducting research and providing
valuable assistance to contribute to the culturalenrichment in the area by organizing, gathering, anddisseminating library materials and information,archiving the information, and accumulating data andcollections, thereby providing manifold opportunities
for accessing information and fostering citizens’
reading activities.

• The library introduced a set of five core
objectives, including collection organizing,learning and research support, network
establishment, collaborative relationshipbuilding, and reading activity promotion foryouth, and the Action Plan for FosteringChildren’s Reading in Hiroshima (2003) inrelation to language education on its webpage,“Library Net @ Hiroshima (raiburari net atHiroshima).”YA Services

http://www.hplibra.pref.hiroshima.jp/hp/men
u000000100/hpg000000013.htm

In addition, the enhancement of cooperation between a wide
area of networks, such as city and school libraries, prefecturaland city boards of education, university academic libraries, theNational Diet Library, the International Library of Children’s
Literature and key library institutions overseas, is also of greatvalue to Hiroshima Prefectural Library. The importance of thecollaborative relationship was clearly addressed in theframework in Hiroshima.

http://www.hplibra.pref.hiroshima.jp/hp/page000001800/hpg000001701.htm

As a Target UserFindings①Hiroshima Prefectural Library provides attractive, frequent
information delivery from the perspective of service promotion②Advertisements exhibiting the area’s history, celebrities, culture, andevents③Information concerning guided library tours on how to effectively
utilize library collections, facilities, and its website④Investigative learning guides for students.
⑤The library’s book recommendation lists for teens is an example ofan excellent and very helpful plan that invites recommendations forwhich books to purchase and introduce to students.
⑥Career education related book selection is especially remarkable
and invaluable to teenagers.