How the Staff of the Parliamentary Library should serve the Parliament in the Digital Age

How the Staff of the How the Staff of the Parliamentary Library should Parliamentary Library should

serve the Parliamentserve the Parliament in the Digital Agein the Digital Age

The Role of Parliamentary The Role of Parliamentary Libraries in Enhancing Libraries in Enhancing

Democracy in the Digital AgeDemocracy in the Digital Age Strengthening the Legislative Support of

Parliamentary Libraries for the Parliament– Article 130 of the Diet Law

The National Diet Library shall be established in the Diet … in order to assist Diet Members in their study and research.

To help the Parliament to be more open and transparent through disclosure of information coming from the Parliament by IT

by IT

Strenghtening the Parliament

Enhancing Democracy

Total System for Research Total System for Research and Information Serviceand Information Service

Tracking Request System – to assist our day-to-day support

operations to the Diet

Information Sharing System– “Chosa no Mado” – to provide Members of the Diet with acce

ss to our research products

Available in 1997

Total System for Research and Information ServiceTotal System for Research and Information Service Tracking Request System -Search Result Page-

Inquiry Division staff

Total System for Research and Information ServiceTotal System for Research and Information Service Tracking Request System

-answer-

Total System for Research and Information Total System for Research and Information ServiceService Tracking Request System -answer-


-Statistics-

domesticregion

Foreign Cases

Research report

Divisionstaff

Dead Line

loan

copy


-Approvals-


-Search Result Page- Status Under preparation

Under input

Under research

Finished

Total System for Research and Information Total System for Research and Information ServiceService

Information Sharing System -Degitized version of a research report-


Chosa no Mado, Window for ResearchTop Page: Gateway of our Electronic Information

Legislative Information

Library


Chosa no Mado, Window for ResearchLegislative Information Library

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Chosa no Mado , Window for ResearchLegislative Information Library


Chosa no Mado , Window for ResearchResearch Report

stored in ‘Legislative Information Library’

The Full-Text Database The Full-Text Database System for the Minutes of System for the Minutes of

the Dietthe Diet

All minutes of the postwar Diet, All minutes of the postwar Diet, for the period of 54 years for the period of 54 years

from the first session in 1947 from the first session in 1947 1.3 million pages1.3 million pages ，， 86,000 meetings86,000 meetings

Joint Project Joint Project byby

Secretariat of the House of RepresentativesSecretariat of the House of RepresentativesSecretariat of the House of Councillors Secretariat of the House of Councillors

National Diet LibraryNational Diet Library

Full-Text Database System for the Minutes of Full-Text Database System for the Minutes of the Dietthe Diet

Top Pagehttp://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/


Search PageSearch Page

search


Search Result Page

List of meetings content


Image Data

The Full-Text Database The Full-Text Database System for the Minutes of System for the Minutes of

the Dietthe Diet Strengthening legislative support

Making the Diet more Making the Diet more Open and TransparentOpen and Transparent

Accessesto the Internet : 710,099

to the Diet Wan : 268,581

NDL OPACNDL OPAC

Tokyo Main Library

the International

Library of

Children's

Literature

Kansai-kan

Foundation System of an Electronic Library

OPAC

National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog

National Diet Library

Dnavi Dnavi Database Navigation Service


Database

Users

Database

WARPWARPWeb Archiving Project

web resources

web robot

harvesting

Japanese Government

2002 FIFA World Cup

Other benefits Other benefits brought about by ITbrought about by IT

PC provided for each researcherThe Internet Electronic Journals and

Commercial Databases OCLC ECO ProQuest-Direct Inside Web Nikkei 21

Problems remainingProblems remaining Decline in the predominancy of the National Di

et Library

Information on the Internetgovernmentsinternational organizations think tanks

National Diet Library7.7 million books,

170,000 titles of serials


et Library

LagisratureSecretariat and Legislative Bureau of the House of Representatives

Secretariat and Legislative Bureau of the House of Councillors

Think tanks

CompetitorsCompetitors


et Library

We must

Analyze

＋Library Materials Information on the Internet

judge

Explain plainly

Informational Flood

Problems RemainingProblems Remaining

?

Our Web site

Our new Web site

WTO

BSE

Selective Dissemination Information Service

Providing Information Electronically

The Means of Information Dispatch

Briefings with Paper Materials

Problems remainingProblems remainingIT Literacy

Internet population: 46 million Diffusion rate: 36%

IT-challenged

Problems remainingProblems remaining Providing Information generated in the Diet

Cooperation among legislative support organizations

House of Representatives House of Councillors


Japanese Legislature

Minute

Bill

Information from Diet

Diet

Statute Petition

interlinked

General Public

Problems remainingProblems remaining

Can IT reduce staff?

Expansion of Diet Service

Requirement of good Information and Products

Greater workload

30,000 requests/y 10times in 30 years

Adverse effects of IT Problems remainingProblems remaining

To acquire Information too Easy

To lower the Quality of our Work

HiraganaPress the key of

Chinese Character

Convert!

Attractive Information Attractive Information to be more accessibleto be more accessible

In the Digital AgeIn the Digital Age

Service for the Diet Service for the Diet to expandto expand

Traditional Approach to Research

Documents

How the Staff of the Parliamentary Library should serve the Parliament in the Digital Age