Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan.
The results of the questionnaire for librarians on NDL bibliographic data conducted in FY2024 are now available on the NDL website.
We would like to thank all participants for completing this questionnaire.
URL to the Survey on Bibliographic Data on the NDL website (in Japanese)
https://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/data_service/bib-enquete/index.html
Best wishes,
The British Library, London, UK, is seeking to fill the position of Head of East Asian Collections. This is an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of East Asian Collections and contribute to the library's mission "make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration, and enjoyment.".
Please find the general guide of career situation, job details and application instructions below:
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan.
On February 20, 2025, the National Diet Library has started offering the “Remote photoduplication service (PDF file download)”, where we provide photocopies as PDF files, in addition to the conventional “Remote photoduplication service (courier or postal mail)”, where we provide printed photocopies by courier or postal mail.
The NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushiji Workshop will be held "online" from 31st March to 2nd April 2025. Detailed information about the workshop can be found in the attached document. If you wish to apply, please complete the attached application form and submit it via email to Akira Hirano at a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org by 2nd March.
The National Diet Library Japan would like to announce a webinar on Information Sources for Japanese Studies, which is being held through February 27, 2025.
For details, see [https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/library/training_jsl.html]
This webinar is intended for librarians, researchers, and other people outside of Japan who are engaged in Japanese studies.
The goal of this webinar is to teach and improve basic skills for finding and using information related to research in Japanese studies.
The Harvard-Yenching Library is currently seeking candidates for the position of Librarian for Japanese Studies. For further information and to submit an application, please visit Harvard Careers at the following link: Harvard Careers - Librarian for Japanese Studies.
Dear Colleagues,
The National Diet Library held a symposium in September, entitled “Building on the 'Digital Shift' – Implications for the future in the Library of Congress' new strategic plan”.
Mr. J. Mark Sweeney, Principal Deputy Librarian of Congress spoke about the efforts to achieve its strategic plan.
Hozuki Books and Sekioka Mokuhan are proud to announce the launch of the first International Nōsatsukai.
The National Center for Art Research (NCAR) has redesigned the "Art Platform Japan (APJ)" research portal. Along with a comprehensive update to the website's interface and design, we have expanded the database and refreshed the information.
For more details, please visit the following website:
News:
https://artplatform.go.jp/news/website-updated_20241210
APJ:
https://artplatform.go.jp/
NII has developed a new automatic translation feature (自動翻訳機能) for CiNii Research.
This feature is now in the test version. Nii would like as many people as possible to use this test version to improve the feature.
The Nii people would be very pleased, if you give them your feedbacks
Why is this feature so interesting?