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English: The NDL has its origins in the following three libraries: the Library of the House of Representatives and the Library of the House of Peers, both of which were established in each house of the Imperial Diet under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan; and the Imperial Library established under the Ministry of Education.
Japanese: 国立国会図書館の淵源は、大日本帝国憲法下の帝国議会各院に置かれていた衆議院図書館、貴族院図書館、および文部省に付属していた帝国図書館の3館にある。
English: The libraries of the House of Representatives and the House of Peers have their origins in the libraries of each respective house, as established in 1891, while the Imperial Library developed out of a bibliotheca established in 1872.
Japanese: 貴衆各院の図書館は、1891年（明治24年）に設立された各院の図書室を起源としており、また、帝国図書館は1872年（明治5年）に設立された書籍館をその前身とする。
English: After World War II, the Constitution of Japan, which came into force in 1947, defined the Diet as the sole law-making organ of the State, and that the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors, which comprise the Diet, should consist of "elected members, representative of all the people" (as the member of the Diet).
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後、1947年（昭和22年）に施行された日本国憲法は、国会を唯一の立法機関と定め、国会を構成する衆議院・参議院の両議院は「全国民を代表する選挙された議員」（国会議員）で組織されると定めた。
English: An expansion of the parliamentary library as a research organ for Diet members was deemed vital for the democratic operation of the Diet and for assisting Diet members to fully perform their legislative duties.
Japanese: そして、国会が民主的に運営され、国会議員が十分な立法活動を行うためには、国会議員のための調査機関として議会図書館の拡充が必要とされた。
English: As a result, Article 130 of the National Diet Act (Act No. 79 of 1947), which came into force along with the enforcement of the Constitution of Japan, stipulated, "The National Diet Library shall be established in the Diet by a separate law so as to assist Diet members in their research and study."
Japanese: このため、日本国憲法の施行とともに施行された国会法（昭和22年法律第79号）130条は「議員の調査研究に資するため、別に定める法律により、国会に国立国会図書館を置く。
English: The Diet Library Act (Act No. 84 of 1947) was enacted at the same time.
Japanese: 」と定め、あわせて国会図書館法（昭和22年法律第84号）を制定した。
English: This resulted in the establishment of the National Library, which combined the libraries of the House of Representatives and the House of Peers; however, the structure appeared to be insufficient as a means to assist Diet members in their research and study.
Japanese: これにより、貴衆両院の図書館を合併した国会図書館の設立が定められたが、この体制では国会議員の調査研究には不十分であるとみられた。
English: Given this, a library mission from the United States of America was invited by the Diet, and the National Diet Library Act (Act No. 5 of 1948) was enacted based on the advice of the U.S. library mission.
Japanese: そこで、アメリカ合衆国から図書館使節団が招かれ、国会はその意見を取り入れて、翌1948年（昭和23年）、国立国会図書館法（昭和23年法律第5号）を制定した。
English: As the Act came into force under the strong influence of the U.S. library mission, it was decided that the NDL should be established based on the U.S. Library of Congress, combining the functions of a national library (national central library) and a parliamentary library, and having the Legal Deposit System for the purpose of acquiring and classifying a comprehensive collection of materials published in Japan.
Japanese: 同法はアメリカ図書館使節団の強い影響下に誕生したため、国立国会図書館はアメリカ議会図書館(LibraryofCongress)をモデルとして、議会図書館であると同時に国立図書館（国立中央図書館）の機能も兼ね、国内資料の網羅的収集と整理を目的とした法定納本制度をもつこととされた。
English: Along with the enactment of the Act, preparations for the establishment of a national library progressed, and the National Diet Library was established on February 25, 1948, with Tokujiro KANAMORI, a constitutional scholar who had served as the minister of state at the enactment of the Constitution of Japan, as the first chief librarian of the NDL..
Japanese: 同法の制定とともに、国会図書館の設立準備が進められ、初代国立国会図書館長には憲法学で日本国憲法制定時の憲法担当国務大臣だった金森徳次郎が迎えられて、1948年（昭和23年）2月25日に国立国会図書館は発足した。
English: Subsequently, Masakazu NAKAI, an aesthetics scholar who had been the chief librarian of the Onomichi City Library, was appointed the first deputy chief librarian of the NDL..
Japanese: 続いて、初代副館長に美学で尾道市立図書館長だった中井正一が任命した。
English: The NDL was officially opened to the public on June 5, 1948 in a temporary building using the former Akasaka Detached Palace (Akasaka rikyu), which is now known as the State Guest House (or the Geihinkan).
Japanese: 同年6月5日、旧赤坂離宮（現迎賓館）を仮庁舎として、国立国会図書館は正式に開館した。
English: In the following year (1949), pursuant to the policies specified in the National Diet Library Act, the NDL merged with the National Library in Ueno (the name was changed from the Imperial Library in 1947), which housed publications deposited in accordance with the Publishing Act (Act No. 15 of 1893, an act to abolish the Publishing Act and Newspaper Act (Act No. 95 of 1949)).
Japanese: 翌1949年（昭和24年）には、国立国会図書館法の定めた方針に基づき、出版法（明治26年法律第15号。出版法及び新聞紙法を廃止する法律（昭和24年法律第95号）により廃止）に基づいて納本された出版物を所蔵していた上野の国立図書館（1947年（昭和22年）に帝国図書館から改称）が統合された。
English: As a result of this, the NDL became the only national library in Japan, both nominally and virtually.
Japanese: これにより、国立国会図書館は名実ともに日本唯一の国立図書館となった。
English: The collections and facilities of the former Imperial Library were preserved untouched in Ueno, and it became the NDL Ueno Branch Library, one of the branches of the NDL.
Japanese: 旧帝国図書館の蔵書と施設はそのまま上野に残され、同館は国立国会図書館の支部図書館である国立国会図書館支部上野図書館とされた。
English: The construction of the NDL Main Building had been delayed since the establishment of the organization, but the discussion progressed based on the Act on the Construction Committee for the National Diet Library (Act No. 6 of 1948), which was promulgated along with the National Diet Library Act; thus it was decided that the Main Building should be built on the site of the former Embassy of Germany (Nagata-cho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Prefecture) located directly north of the Diet Building.
Japanese: 組織の発足より建設が遅れていた国立国会図書館の本館庁舎は、国立国会図書館法と同時に公布された国立国会図書館建築委員会法（昭和23年法律第6号）に基づいて検討が進められ、国会議事堂の北隣にあった旧ドイツ大使館跡地（東京都千代田区永田町）に建設されることになった。
English: A design submitted by Kunio MAEKAWA was selected in the architectural design competition for the Main Building (now known as the Tokyo Main Library).
Japanese: 本館庁舎（現在の東京本館）は建築設計競技により前川國男の案が選ばれた。
English: Upon the completion of the first phase of library construction in 1961, the new building began to house the collection of books.
Japanese: 1961年（昭和36年）に第一期工事を完了し、図書が収蔵され始めた。
English: The collection of books included a stock of approximately a million volumes previously housed in the NDL's temporary main library in Akasaka, which consisted of those transferred from the libraries of the houses of Representatives and Peers along with those acquired after the war, as well as approximately a million volumes previously housed in the Ueno Branch Library, most of which had been acquired prior to the war.
Japanese: 収蔵された図書は、貴衆両院図書館からの引継書と戦後の収集分からなる赤坂の国会図書館仮本館蔵書が約100万冊、帝国図書館による戦前収集分を基礎とする上野図書館の蔵書が約100万冊。
English: Combining the collections of books from the two libraries, with their different histories, the NDL Main Library opened on November 1, 1961 with a total collection of 2,050,000 volumes.
Japanese: ここに、別々の歴史をもつ2館の蔵書は1館に合流し、同年11月1日、国立国会図書館本館は蔵書205万冊をもって開館した。
English: As the extension work progressed, the Diet Service Section--which was located in the Miyakezaka temporary building on the site of the former General Staff Office Building (now known as the Kensei-Kinenkan (Constitution Memorial Center) located in the north area of the front garden of the Diet Building)--merged into the NDL Main Library, completing the consolidation of the NDL's functions previously spread among three areas: Akasaka, Ueno and Miyakezaka.
Japanese: 増築の進捗にともなって旧参謀本部庁舎跡地（現国会前庭北地区・憲政記念館）の三宅坂仮庁舎に置かれていた国会サービス部門も本館内に移転し、赤坂・上野・三宅坂の3地区に分かれていた国会図書館の機能は最終的な統合をみる。
English: The construction of the Main Building was completed in 1968, seven years after the initial opening, thereby creating a facility that consisted of an administration building with six floors above ground and one floor underground, as well as a library building with 17 floors above ground.
Japanese: 本館は、開館から7年後の1968年（昭和43年）に竣工し、地上6階・地下1階の事務棟と17層の書庫棟からなる施設が完成した。
English: As the collection steadily expanded and the number of library users increased during the 1970s, it became readily apparent that more space would be required.
Japanese: 1970年代には蔵書の順調な増大、閲覧者の増加が進み、本館の施設は早くも手狭になりつつあった。
English: Consequently, it was decided to build an annex building directly north of the main building, and the annex was opened to the public in 1986.
Japanese: このため本館の北隣に新館が建設されることになり、1986年（昭和61年）に開館した。
English: With the completion of the annex, including four floors above ground and eight floors underground, with all of the underground floors allocated for the stack space, the NDL grew to a massive library that could accommodate a combined total of 12 million volumes.
Japanese: 地上4階地下8階で広大な地下部分をすべて書庫にあてた新館の完成により、国立国会図書館は全館合計で1200万冊の図書を収蔵可能な巨大図書館となった。
English: It was expected, however, that the NDL would reach its full storage capacity at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Japanese: しかし、これも21世紀初頭に所蔵能力の限界に達することが予測された。
English: This led to a plan, after the 1980s, to build the second facility of the NDL.
Japanese: このため1980年代以降、第二国立国会図書館を建設する計画が浮上した。
English: It was decided that the second facility of the NDL would be built in Kansai Science City and that the new facility would share the responsibility of preserving the increasing number of collections with the Tokyo Main Library.
Japanese: 第二の国会図書館は増えつづける蔵書を東京本館と分担して保存し、関西文化学術研究都市に建設されることになった。
English: It was also decided that the new facility would specialize in providing information corresponding to the development of telecommunications accompanied by the progress of computer technology, as well as services as a digital library for remote users.
Japanese: また当館は、コンピュータ技術の発達にともなう情報通信の発展に対応する情報発信、非来館型サービスに特化した図書館と位置づけられた。
English: The new facility, named the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library, was opened to the public in 2002.
Japanese: そして、国立国会図書館関西館として、2002年（平成14年）に開館した。
English: With the transferred collections of scientific and technological materials, materials in Asian languages and Japanese doctoral dissertations, etc., the Kansai-kan became a vital part of the NDL Main Library along with the Tokyo Main Library.
Japanese: 関西館には科学技術関連資料、アジア言語資料、国内論文などが移管され、東京本館とともに国立国会図書館の中央館を構成する一角となった。
English: Around the time of the opening of the Kansai-kan, there was a plan to refurbish the facility of the Ueno Branch Library and use it as the International Library of Children's Literature.
Japanese: また、関西館の開館に前後して、支部上野図書館の施設を改築の上、国際子ども図書館として活用する計画が進められた。
English: The International Library of Children's Literature, positioned as a national center for children's literature in charge of storing children's literature (library materials primarily targeting readers under 18 years of age) among the collection of books housed in the NDL, was partly opened in 2000 and was fully opened in 2002.
Japanese: 国際子ども図書館は国立国会図書館の蔵書のうち児童書（主に18歳未満を対象とする図書館資料）を分担して所蔵する児童書のナショナルセンターとして位置付けられ、2000年（平成12年）に部分開館、2002年（平成14年）に全面開館した。
English: In recent years, while the NDL has focused on the expansion of the electronic library projects, there have been numerous movements related to the organization of the NDL, such as the following: removal of the "minister of state" status for the chief librarian of the NDL under the National Diet Library Act in 2005; a suggestion on the transformation into an independent administrative institution as part of the National Diet Administrative Reforms by the Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2006; and the appointment of Makoto NAGAO (a former president of Kyoto University) as the chief librarian of the NDL in 2007, the first appointment of a non-Diet member, etc.
Japanese: 近年は、電子図書館事業の拡充に力が注がれる一方、2005年（平成17年）の国立国会図書館法における館長の国務大臣待遇規定の削除、2006年（平成18年）の自由民主党行政改革推進本部の国会事務局改革の一環としての独立行政法人化の提言、2007年（平成19年）の国会関係者以外からは初めてとなる長尾真（元京都大学総長）の館長任命など、国立国会図書館の組織のあり方をめぐる動きが相次いでいる状況である。
English: The philosophy of the NDL's establishment is specified in the preamble of the National Diet Library Act, as follows: 'The National Diet Library is hereby established through the firm conviction that truth makes us free and with the objective of contributing to international peace and the democratization of Japan, as promised in the Constitution.'
Japanese: 国立国会図書館法の前文は、「国立国会図書館は、真理がわれらを自由にするという確信に立って日本国憲法の誓約する日本の民主化と世界平和とに寄与することを使命としてここに設立される」と、その設立理念を明らかにしている。
English: A paragraph from its preamble, 'Truth Makes Us Free,' has been interpreted as an illumination of the NDL's principles, which state that libraries should guarantee freedom of knowledge for the Japanese people through the equal provision of materials, and should be the foundation for realizing a sound democratic society.
Japanese: 前文の一節「真理がわれらを自由にする」は、図書館が公平に資料を提供してゆくことで国民に知る自由を保障し、健全な民主社会を育む礎となっていかねばならないとする国立国会図書館の基本理念を明らかにしたものであると解釈されている。
English: Though it is said that the National Diet Library Act was drawn up based on the original plan by the U.S. library mission, this preamble is believed to have been inserted by Goro HANI, a historian and a Diet member (who was then the chairman of the Steering Committee of the Library of the House of Councilors).
Japanese: 国立国会図書館法はアメリカ図書館使節団の原案をもとに起草されたと言われているが、この前文は歴史家で国会議員の羽仁五郎（当時の参議院図書館運営委員長）が挿入したとされる。
English: It is believed that when HANI was in Germany for his study, he was inspired by an inscription '(truth makes people free)' engraved on the library building of University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg), where he was studying; the origin of the verse is said to have been a phrase in the New Testament '(the truth shall make you free)' (8-32 of the Gospel according to St. John).
Japanese: 羽仁がドイツに留学していた当時、留学先のフライブルク大学の図書館の建物に刻まれているのを見て感銘を受けたという銘文「（真理は人を自由にする）」をもとにしたといい、その句は『新約聖書』の「（真理はあなたたちを自由にする）」（ヨハネによる福音書8-32）に由来していると言われる。
English: In the NDL Tokyo Main Library which was opened to the public in 1961, the phrase 'truth makes us free' drawn by KANAMORI, the first chief librarian, has been engraved in large letters on the wall of the book-catalog hall on the second floor of the main building.
Japanese: 1961年（昭和36年）に開館した国立国会図書館東京本館では、本館2階目録ホールの壁に金森初代館長の筆になる「真理がわれらを自由にする」の句が大きく刻まれている。
English: This phrase has been seen by many people and has become known as a principle not only of the NDL but also of libraries in general.
Japanese: この句は多くの人の目にとまるようになるとともに、ひとり国立国会図書館のみならず図書館一般の原理として理解されるようになった。
English: This phrase had a significant influence on library movements and the development of libraries in postwar Japan.
Japanese: 戦後日本の図書館運動・図書館界の発展においてこの句が与えた影響は少なくない。
English: The NDL, an organ of the State, belongs to the Diet, a legislative body of Japan, and is operated independently under the supervision of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the House of Councilors, as well as the Committees on Rules and Administration, which comprise the standing committees of both houses.
Japanese: 国立国会図書館は日本の立法府である国会に属する独立した国の機関で、衆議院および参議院の議長及び両議院に置かれる常任委員会である議院運営委員会の監督のもと自立して運営される。
English: The Chief Librarian of the NDL, who supervises the administration of the library, is appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the House of Councillors.
Japanese: 図書館の事務を統理する国立国会図書館長は、両議院の議長によって任命される。
English: Under the National Diet Library Act, its organization consists of the main libraries and branches.
Japanese: その組織は国立国会図書館法に基づき、中央の図書館と支部図書館からなる。
English: The main libraries comprise the Tokyo Main Library in Nagata-cho, Tokyo Prefecture, and the Kansai-kan in Kyoto Prefecture; additionally, the two libraries share the responsibility for storing various materials owned by the National Library, except for those falling under the category of the responsibility of the International Library of Children's Literature.
Japanese: 中央の図書館には、東京・永田町の東京本館と京都府の関西館があり、支部図書館のひとつである国際子ども図書館の扱うものを除き、国会図書館の所蔵する各種の資料を分担して保管している。
English: Also, the NDL Diet Branch Library, which belongs to the Main Libraries, is located inside the Diet Building.
Japanese: また、国会議事堂内には、中央の図書館に付属する国立国会図書館国会分館がある。
English: The International Library of Children's Literature, the Toyo Bunko, and libraries in each of the executive and judicial agencies are classified as branch libraries.
Japanese: 支部図書館は、国際子ども図書館、東洋文庫そして行政および司法の各部門におかれる図書館がこれに該当する。
English: Among them, the International Library of Children's Literature is in charge of the preservation and provision of materials primarily targeting readers under 18 years of age, out of the materials published in Japan that have been acquired by the National Library based on the Legal Deposit System, as well as the materials published outside Japan that have been brought to the National Library via purchase and international exchanges.
Japanese: このうち国際子ども図書館は、納本制度によって国会図書館に集められた日本国内の出版物や購入・国際交換によりもたらされた日本国外の出版物のうち、18歳未満を読者の主たる対象とする資料の保存・提供を分担している。
English: Also, the Toyo Bunko Branch Library is a Library Service Department of the Toyo Bunko, which has been designated as a branch of the NDL and placed under the organization of the National Library, deposited by the Toyo Bunko, a library and research institute dedicated to Asian studies.
Japanese: また、支部東洋文庫はアジア研究専門の図書館兼研究所である財団法人東洋文庫の寄託を受け、文庫の図書館奉仕部門を国立国会図書館の支部として国会図書館の組織内においたものである。
English: The libraries in the executive and judicial agencies, or the executive branches of the Japanese Government and the Supreme Court of Japan, will be explained in detail in the section covering the services to the Executive and Judicial agencies of the government; moreover, by designating libraries affiliated to the executive agencies and courts as branches of the NDL in a system, the NDL, as the only national main library in Japan, and other libraries mentioned above have been integrated within a single network.
Japanese: 行政および司法の各部門、すなわち日本の行政機関および最高裁判所に置かれる図書館については行政・司法に対するサービスで改めて詳しくあつかうが、各省庁や裁判所に置かれる付属図書館を制度上国立国会図書館の支部とすることで、日本唯一の国立中央図書館である国立国会図書館と各図書館を一体のネットワークに置いたものである。
English: Though established by the executive agencies or courts, these libraries are in a special position as branch libraries of the NDL, comprising a part of the NDL organization along with the main libraries.
Japanese: これらの図書館は、設置主体は各省庁や裁判所であるが、同時に国立国会図書館の支部図書館として、中央の図書館とともに国立国会図書館の組織の一部とされる特別な位置付けにある。
English: The main libraries, consisting of two separate facilities in Tokyo and Kansai, have some 900 staff and are subdivided into departments.
Japanese: 東京と関西の2つの施設に分かれた中央の図書館はおよそ900人の職員を擁しており、業務ごとに部局に細分化されている。
English: The only special department established pursuant to the National Diet Library Act is the 'Research and Legislative Reference Bureau.'
Japanese: そのうち唯一国立国会図書館法を設置の根拠とする特別な部局として「調査及び立法考査局」がある。
English: In addition to the library services for the Diet, the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau provide research services as requested by the Diet.
Japanese: 調査及び立法考査局は国会に対する図書館奉仕に加えて、国会からの要望に応じた調査業務を行っている。
English: Such research is conducted mainly by senior specialists with a special position for conducting highly advanced research in the fields of interest of the standing committees of both houses.
Japanese: これらの調査は、衆参両院の常任委員会が必要とする分野に関する高度な調査を行う特別職として置かれる専門調査員を中心に行っている。
English: Services that users from the general public receive directly or indirectly through other public libraries
Japanese: 一般利用者が直接、または他の公共図書館などを通じて間接的に受けるサービス。
English: Though the NDL's original mandate was to serve the Diet, as obvious by its name "Diet Library," services to the general public are also important functions of the NDL.
Japanese: 「国会図書館」という名称から明らかなように、国会へのサービスを第一義とするが、国民一般へのサービスも国立国会図書館の重要な要素である。
English: The service to the general public is to function as a Japanese National Library; thus the NDL is engaged in acquiring comprehensive collections of materials published in Japan based on the Legal Deposit System, and to create a national bibliography.
Japanese: 国民へのサービスは日本の国立図書館としての機能であり、納本制度に基づく国内出版物の網羅的収集や全国書誌の作成が行われる。
English: Also, the NDL is focused on collaboration among libraries as well as international cooperation; it exchanges publications internationally, provides international lending, copying and reference services along with training for foreign librarians who deal with Japanese-language books as part of international cooperation.
Japanese: また、図書館間協力や国際協力にも力を入れており、国際協力では資料の国際交換、資料の貸出・複写・レファレンス、日本語図書を扱う外国人司書の研修などを行なっている。
English: Services for users from the general public consist, among others, of on-site use, indirect use through the user's nearby library, and a provision of digital library via the Internet, which will be explained in detail below.
Japanese: 一般利用者へのサービスは、来館利用、利用者の身近にある図書館などを通じた間接的な利用、そして後述するインターネットを通じた電子図書館サービスの提供などから成り立っている。
English: In on-site user services, meaning the services for users who physically visit each of the NDL service points (i.e. the Tokyo Main Library, the Kansai-kan, the International Library of Children's Literature, etc.), enormous amounts of materials possessed by the NDL are made available based on user request, except for rare books that require special approval for viewing and materials whose usage is limited for special reasons.
Japanese: 国立国会図書館の各サービスポイント、すなわち東京本館、関西館、国際子ども図書館などを利用者が直接訪れる来館利用では、利用に許可の必要な貴重書や特別の事情があって利用の制限されている資料を除き、国立国会図書館の所蔵する膨大な資料が利用者の求めに応じて提供される。
English: Though the holdings of the NDL are held in three separate libraries, it is possible for a user to order materials held in a particular library to be sent to another library where the user wants to read such materials (inter-site request).
Japanese: 国立国会図書館の所蔵する資料は現在では3館に分散しているが、それぞれに取り寄せて来館利用することが可能である。
English: Using the indirect user services, general public library users can order materials that are not available at their local library from the NDL's comprehensive collection of books or make use of the NDL's reference service (reference research conducted by a librarian) to resolve an issue that could not be resolved at their local library.
Japanese: 間接的な利用では、一般の図書館利用者が最寄の図書館では入手できなかった資料を網羅的なコレクションをもつ国会図書館から図書館間貸出で取り寄せたり、最寄の図書館では解決できなかったレファレンス（図書館員の行う参考調査）を国立国会図書館に依頼したりすることができる。
English: The Interlibrary Loan is a system in which a user can use materials held in the NDL through the user's nearby public library, university library or a reference room (institutions that have applied for and have been approved as registered users of the NDL's Interlibrary Loan Services only).
Japanese: 図書館間貸出は、利用者の身近にある公共図書館、大学図書館や各種の資料室（ただし国立国会図書館の図書館間貸出制度に加入申請し、承認を受けた機関のみ）を窓口として、国立国会図書館の資料を利用できる制度である。
English: However, because this is an interlibrary loan the borrowed materials cannot be taken outside the library where the materials have been loaned, nor can the materials be copied or duplicated by any means in accordance with the Copyright Act, which prohibits library materials from being copied or duplicated outside the library that holds such materials.
Japanese: ただし、あくまで図書館間貸し出しであるため借り出し先の図書館の館外に持ち出すことはできず、図書館資料を所蔵館外で複写することを禁じた著作権法の規定のため複写も認められない。
English: Given that the NDL's main principle is to preserve materials, unlike many neighborhood libraries, the materials held in the NDL cannot be lent out to any individual, even for on-site services.
Japanese: 国立国会図書館は資料の保存を大原則としているため、利用者の身近にある多くの図書館と違い、来館利用でも個人に対する貸出を行っていない。
English: Also, because the NDL holds an enormous amount of materials, and the scope of its services encompasses the nation as well as foreign countries, there are many restrictions and inconvenient points for individual users.
Japanese: また、所蔵する資料が膨大であり、サービスの対象とする地域も日本全国から諸外国にまで及んでいるため、個人からの利用には数多くの制約がかけられていたり、不便に感じられる点も多い。
English: As a result, when a user wants to obtain a specific material, there are many cases where it is easier to obtain such material from a nearby public library or a university library; therefore, it is said that a user should use the NDL only for the material that cannot be found in other libraries.
Japanese: そのため、利用者は求める資料の入手をはかる場合、身近な公共図書館や大学図書館を利用した場合のほうが容易に資料に達することができることがしばしばであり、他の図書館で見当たらない資料のみに限って国立国会図書館を利用すべきとされる。
English: In reference to such nature of the NDL, it is often said that 'the NDL is the final resource for materials.'
Japanese: このような国立国会図書館の性格を指して、「国会図書館は資料の最後のよりどころ」という言い方がなされている。
English: The NDL's services for the Diet include legislative research specific to the parliamentary library, in addition to general library services such as the provision of materials and loan services.
Japanese: 国立国会図書館の国会に対するサービスは、資料の提供、貸し出しなどの一般的な図書館サービスに加えて、議会図書館に特有の立法調査を兼ね備えている。