Official name of the country:
Nihon-koku
Official language: Japanese
Official name of Parliament:
Kokkai
(The Diet)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
-Bicameral -
Shûgi-in (1)
(House of Representatives)
Member of the ASGP
Official names of Chambers:
Sangi-in (2)
(House of Councillors)
Member of the ASGP
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament
2. Address
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
1-10-1 Nagata-cho
Chiyoda-ku
Tôkyo 100
Tel.: *(81)(3)35812331
Fax: *(81)(3)35979104
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1948
Person in charge: Mr Masao
TOBARI
Position or official title:
Kancho
Number of library staff: 851
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 150
Size of collection: 6.880.000
Number of annual accessions:
290.000
Annual acquisitions budget:
1.290.000.000 Ø (~ US$ 10.840.000)
Number of current periodicals:
157.000
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 5.500
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 258.000
Number of current newspapers:
8.000
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(15)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Yes
Clientele: The functions of a
national library have been assigned to the National Diet Library,
which is therefore open to the public. Within the National Diet
Library the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau serves
exclusively Members and parliamentary staff. The National Diet
Library also provides library services for the executive and
judicial agencies through itts branch libraries in them.
Number of reading rooms: 16
(1,200)
Number of loans per year:
34.000
Reference services: 339.000
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
Yes
External database searches:
2,770
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Research and Legislative Reference Bureau
Other special services: Bill-drafting
(design) service
Right to deposit: All publications
published in Japan
Depository library: : UN, ILO, World
Bank, ICJ, IMF, WHO, FAO, ICAO, GATT/WTO, IAEA, UNESCO, OECD, EU
etc.
Other special collections of the
Library: Modern Japanese political and constitutional
history, laws and parliamentary records, foreign books concerning
Japan, maps, rare books, music records
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
* Nihon zenkoku
shoshi
Weekly. - Japanese national bibliography
Nihon kagakugijutsu kankei
chikuji kankobutsu soran
Directory of Japanese scientific periodicals
Zasshi kiji
sakuin
Quarterly. - Japanese periodicals index. - Series: Humanities and
social science ; Science and technology (Only magnetic tape and
CD-ROM editions
* Kokkai kaigiroku
sôsakuin
Each Diet session. - General index to the debates
ISSN 0385-3276
* Nihon hôrei
sakuin
Annual. - Index to the Japanese laws and regulations in force
ISSN 0286-3502
* Refarensu
Monthly. - Bulletin of the Research and Legislative Reference
Bureau
ISSN 0034-2912
* Chôsa
shiryô
Irregular. - Research material series
* Gaikoku no
rippô
Bimonthly. - Foreign legislation
ISSN 0433-096X
* Chôsa to
jôhô
Irregular. - Issue brief
*National Diet Library
leaflet
In Chinese, English, French, Korean and Russian
*National Diet Library
Newsletter
Electronic Journal - In English
*Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
30 nenshi - 2 vols
Thirty Years' History of the National Diet Library
*Kokuritzsu Kokkai Toshokan
50 nen no ayumi
National Diet Library in pictures: 50 years
*Umeda, Hisae: The
Legislative support services of the National Diet
Library
Paper presented att eh 62nd IFLA General Conference, Beijing,
August 25-31, 1996 (IFLA Publications 83, Parliamentary Libraries
and Information Services of Asia and the Pacific. papers prepared
for the 62nd IFLA Conference, Beijing, China, August 25-31, 1996.
Editd by Rob Brian
5. Publications concerning the Library
* National Diet Library
leaflet
In Chinese, English, French, Korean
* National Diet Library
newsletter
3 times per year. - In English
Research and Legislative
Reference Bureau
Pamphlet. - In English
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
30 nenshi. - 2 vols.
30 years National Diet Library
* Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
nenpô
Annual report of the National Diet Library
ISSN 0385-325X
* Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
geppô
National Diet Library monthly bulletin
ISSN 0027-9153
Nakagawa, Fumihisa:
The legislative support services of
Japan's Diet [Paper presented at the 61st IFLA General
Conference, Istanbul, 20 - 26 August 1995 (059-PAR-5-E)]
6. Parliamentary documents
Sangi-in
* Sangi-in
kaigiroku
Each Diet session. - Proceedings of House of Councillors plenary
sessions
Sangi-in iinkai
kaigiroku
Each Diet session. - Proceedings of House of Councillors committee
meetings
Sangi-in
kôhô
House of Councillors official bulletin
Sangi-in
yôran
Handbook of the House of Councillors
Pts. I, II, III
Shûgi-in
* Shûgi-in
kaigiroku
Each Diet session. - Proceedings of House of Representatives
plenary sessions
Shûgi-in
iinkaigiroku
Each Diet Session. - Proceedings of House of Representatives
committee meetings
Shûgi-in
kôhô
House of Representatives official bulletin
Shûgi-in
yôran
Handbook of the House of Representatives
Pts. I, II, III
* Kokkai seiteihô
shingi yôroku
Sessional summary of debates in the Diet
(updated in December 1998)
