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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 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.

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.

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/