National Diet Library
national library in Japan
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The National Diet Library is Japan’s national library. It was founded on February 25, 1948.
The library serves as the country’s primary repository for published materials. Its establishment marked the consolidation of parliamentary and national collections under a single institution.
Key Facts
- Member of: World Digital Library[3], Geheugen van Nederland[4], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[5], International Internet Preservation Consortium[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nagatachō[7]
- Country: Japan[8]
- Instance of: parliamentary library[9], library building[10]
- Architect: Maekawa Associates, Architects & Engineers[11]
- Main regulatory text: National Diet Library Act[12]
- Operator: National Diet[13]
- Headquarters location: Nagatachō[14]
- Postal code: 100-8924[15]
- Commons category: National Diet Library[16]
- Has part(s): International Library of Children's Literature[17], Supreme Court Library[18], Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan. Shibu Ueno Toshokan[19], Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Toshokan Kyoryokubu[20], Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room[21], Research and Legislative Reference Bureau, National Diet Library[22], Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library[23], Detached Library in the Diet[24]
- Inception: February 25, 1948[25]
- Parent organization or unit: National Diet[26]
- Official website: https://www.ndl.go.jp/[27], https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/[28], https://www.ndl.go.jp/zh/[29], https://www.ndl.go.jp/ko/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:National Diet Library[31]
- Described at URL: http://viaf.org/viaf/partnerpages/NDL.html[32]
- Web feed URL: https://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/rss/update.xml[33]
- Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[34]
- Replaces: Imperial Library[35]
- Topic has template: Template:National Diet Library[36], Template:National Diet Library Bibliographic ID[37]
- Collection or exhibition size: 43,426,450 concrete object[38]
- Official name: 国立国会図書館[39], National Diet Library[40]
- Has characteristic: web accessibility[41]
- Commons Institution page: National Diet Library[42]
- Date of official opening: June 5, 1948[43]
Body
Identity
National Diet Library's short name is recorded as NDL[44].
Why It Matters
National Diet Library has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]