The NDL receives as trainees and gives courses primarily to persons who are in supervisory positions in Asian countries with the aim of raising basic awareness of preservation and improving conservation techniques. It does not conduct a regular in-service training course, however.
Training is carried out in response to outside requests from relevant organizations.
The NDL accepted Mohamed Razali bin Mohamed Zain, Senior Archives Restorer of the National Archives of Malaysia, as a trainee from December 1990 to March 1991. Under the Cultural Properties Specialists Fellowship sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Ms. Pinya Suwonachai, Chief Librarian of the Siam Society Under Royal Patronage in Bangkok, Thailand, was accepted as a trainee for 2 months from June 1 to July 31, 1992. She found it necessary to do so because she must make proposals for preservation and conservation at the Siam Society, possibly including the training of a practical conservator. The NDL invited the following two members for training in preservation and restoration techniques at the NDL from February 25 to March 10, 1996. They also visited several related institutions.