NII SRU API for Bibdata-EBook

The National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan, has released an SRU API for Bibdata-EBook, a database of Japanese e-books:
https://ebooks.erds.nii.ac.jp/primo-explore/search?vid=NII_EBOOKS
Please note that authentication is required to access metadata for domestic e-books.
If you are interested in using the SRU API from institutions in Europe, please contact Mr Koji Sakaguchi at sakaguti@nii.ac.jp

NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you of the service that will begin in April 2024.

In the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries (hereafter referred to as "the Service"), Patrons at partner libraries subscribing to the Service can browse provide nearly 1.8 million digitized contents including books, periodicals, rare books and old materials.

Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts (NIJL)

The National Institute of Japanese Literature plans to integrate the "Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books" and the "Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works" to provide the new "Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts”.

Release date: March 1, 2023 (planned)
Name: Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts
URL: https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp

See here for more details

 

Questionnaire about NDL Websites

NDL is looking to improve its websites(NDL Search, NDL Online, and Research NAVI). They have asked me to comment and have an online meeting about international Japanese studies, so I would be very happy if you could participate in the survey below (by 31th Jan.).

Questionnaire about NDL Websites: NDL Search, NDL Online, and Research NAVI - Google フォーム
https://forms.gle/fb489WsCZ9TNDaM19