Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan.

(1) NDL User Satisfaction Survey of FY2022
From May 6 to October 31, 2022, we are now conducting a user satisfaction survey of FY2022. Your ideas and opinions are important to our library and will help us provide you with the best library services possible. 

URL of the user satisfaction survey of FY2022
https://enquete.ndl.go.jp/632797/p/eajrs?lang=en

For further information about NDL user surveys, please visit the following website.
https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/user_surveys/index.html

(2) New Video Available
The International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL) has uploaded to YouTube a video of a lecture by architect ANDO Tadao, who was engaged in the renovation of the ILCL building, entitled "Creativity Starts from Reading" (Japanese). The video will be available until August 31st. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFHWjRzofE

(3) Bibliographic Data of Books on Japan in Foreign Languages
The open dataset of books on Japan in foreign languages has been updated.
https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/dlib/standards/opendataset/index.html

(4) The Japanese Periodicals Index (Online Periodicals) 
Now approximately 24,000 records is available on NDL Online and NDL Search.

Best wishes,

SHIRAISHI Ikuko
Director
Branch Libraries and Cooperation Division
Administrative Department
National Diet Library, Japan
newsl@ndl.go.jp