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| National Diet Library (NDL) | |
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| 国立国会図書館 (Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan) | |
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 Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library | |
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| 35°40′42″N 139°44′39″E / 35.67833°N 139.74417°E | |
| Location | Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan |
| Type | National Library, Parliamentary Library |
| Established | 1948 |
| Architect(s) | Maekawa Associates, Architects & Engineers  |
| Reference to legal mandate | National Diet Library Law |
| Branches | 27 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, Journals, Newspapers, Electronic archives, Manuscripts, Official publications, Doctoral dissertations, Maps and Sheet music |
| Size | 41,881,649 items (March 2016)[1] |
| Criteria for collection | Publications issued in Japan, statutes and parliamentary documents, publications on Japan, reference material, material on science and technology, publications of international organizations and foreign governments, children's literature and related material, Asian works |
| Legal deposit | legal deposit |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | 18 years old and above for the Tokyo Main Library and the Kansai-kan |
| Population served | Members of the Diet (722 as of Feb. 2009) and the general public. |
| Other information | |
| Budget | JP¥20,163M (FY2008) (US$221M) |
| Director | Motonobu Yoshinaga (2020)[2] |
| Employees | 908 |
| Website | www |
The National Diet Library (NDL) (国立国会図書館, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan) is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan (国会, Kokkai) in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the United States Library of Congress.
The National Diet Library (NDL) consists of two main facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto, and several other branch libraries throughout Japan.
- ^ "Statistics". National Diet Library. 2017. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ 関西館図書館協力課調査情報係, ed. (May 28, 2020). "吉永元信国立国会図書館新館長インタビュー". カレントアウェアネス-E (in Japanese). 国立国会図書館関西館図書館協力課. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.