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Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries at the National Diet Library
KOSAKU OSHIMA
National Diet Library, Japan
EAJRS 2019
Digitized Contents Transmission Servicefor Libraries
(1,500,000 items)
Available online
540,000 items (20%)
Available online + at partner libraries
2,040,000 items (75%)
The NDL Digital Collections consists of 2,700,000 items in total.
Contents for TransmissionCopyrighted content that is out-of-print or
otherwise difficult to obtain.
• 560,000 books that were acquired before 1969
• 790,000 periodicals that were published between the Meiji era and 2000.
• 120,000 doctoral dissertations acquired between 1991 and 2000.
• 20,000 rare books & old materials published during or after the Meiji era
How to search for contents for transmission
Example: 源氏物語/ The Tale of Genji
How to search for contents for transmission
Example: 『海舟全集』第3巻/ Kaishu Zenshu, Vol. 3 (Kaizosha 1928)
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1361655
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1361855
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1287963
For Japanese studies
Available onlineDigitized Contents Transmission
Service for Libraries
Three benefits• Patrons at partner libraries are able to search and
browse more than two million digitized materials in
the NDL Digital Collections, including many that are
not available via the Internet.
• Includes many periodicals and old books that are not
available via the Interlibrary Loan service.
•Copying services can be ordered directly via the
browser, so patrons do not need to order the actual
materials via Interlibrary Loan service.
Contact here
Home Page
• https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/library/dcts/index.html
Thank you for your attention.