Name of the Organisation : National Diet Library (ndl.go.jp)
Type of Announcement : Tokyo Main Library User Registration
Country : Japan
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/information/guide.html
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User Registration :
The National Diet Library, as the only national library in Japan, is required to eternally preserve publications and materials as the nation’s cultural assets that are collected mainly depending on the legal deposit system and to make them available for the people (Article 25 and 21 of the National Diet Library Law).
Anybody eighteen years of age or older is eligible to apply for user registration.
Many collected materials are only possessed by our library in Japan, therefore it is our duty to save them from being torn, soiled or lost and to pass them down to the future generations. For this purpose, we ask our visitor to register as user and use the materials in the closed stacks responsibly. We are also trying to improve users’ convenience by the user registration.
In addition, users can also enjoy the materials and services of the National Diet Library without visiting. User registration supports you in making full use of our library in these cases, too.User registration is free of charge.
There are two registration systems:
one for individuals and the other for institutions. The following are guidelines for registration for individuals.
The National Diet Library establishes standards about the protection of personal data and endeavors to handle the data appropriately. Please see NDL Privacy Policy for more information.
**Notice for registration in the Tokyo Main Library**
User registration should be completed before you enter the library. In the Tokyo Main Library, you might have to wait a long time when it is crowded. We recommend you to visit us a little early or, if you have time before visiting, apply for registration by postal mail.
Application procedure and other information:
1. Registration Qualification :
On application, you must present an identification document that verifies your name, address, and date of birth.
You cannot register an address other than your present home address (office address is not accepted). However, when applying for copying service by mail, you can use another address than the one you registered as the delivery address for the copies.
2. Application Procedure:
You can apply for user registration either (1) by postal mail or (2) by visiting the NDL.
(1) Application by Postal Mail :
Please print out an “Application Form for User Registration (PDF file 38KB)” and fill in the required information.
Application Form : http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/information/regist.pdf
To verify your name, address, and date of birth, you must send a copy of one of the documents listed in Identification Documents. The copy will be sent back when the register is completed.
Please send the application form, a copy of the identification document, and a self-addressed envelope of a standard-size (no postage is necessary) by ordinary mail to the following address;
ILL Section,
Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
8-1-3 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun,
Kyoto 619-0287, Japan
(On the envelope, please write “User registration application” in red.)
When the application is accepted, you will receive by mail a “certificate of user registration” bearing your user ID number and password. “Registered-user card” will not be delivered by mail. You will receive the card at the entrance counter at the Tokyo Main Library or the Kansai-kan, when you visit and show us the “certificate of user registration” and identification documents.
You will need to wait about one week for the above documents, excluding time for postal delivery.
(2) Application by visiting the NDL :
Please print out an “Application Form for User Registration (PDF file 38KB)” and fill in the necessary information. (The application form is also available at the NDL.)
To verify your name, address, and date of birth, please bring and present one of the identification documents listed in Identification Documents.
Applications for user registration should be submitted at the following places;
Tokyo Main Library : User Registration Counter (Annex, Entrance) 9:00~18:30 (~16:30 on Saturday)
Kansai-kan : Entrance Counter 9:30~18:00
** We regret that the ILCL cannot accept applications from visitors.
** If the application is accepted, you will receive a “certificate of user registration” bearing your user ID and password and a “registered-user card” on the spot.
3. To those registered before January 2012 :
If you registered before January 2012 you need to renew your card and get a new one.
** You should bring the old card and an identification document certifying your name, address, and date of birth.
** You can apply for photocopies via the Internet with your ID and password.
** You should apply for the new registration if the card passed its expiration date before January 2012.
*If you don’t renew your card, the validity period of your registration expires on December 31, 2014.
Contact Us :
National Diet Library
1-10-1 Nagata-cho,
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8924
JAPAN