Experiment to produce and distribute e-books from the digital library of the National Diet Library

BySLU Madrid Campus

National Diet LibraryA lot of materials and information on domestic and overseas are stored in this store. An experiment "Cultural Agency eBooks Project" will be conducted from February 1st, which will convert the digital archives (digitized material) in it into electronic books and deliver them.

About the Agency for Cultural Affairs eBooks
(PDF file)http://www.bunka.go.jp/ima/press_release/pdf/ebooks_130129.pdf


This project is experimentally done from e-book production to distribution through procedures such as copyright processing through materials selected from the digital archive held by the National Diet Library, and its task and effectiveness It is done to clarify.

It was held in December 2012Review meeting on the smooth distribution and use of e-books"About digitization of about 88 thousand volumes of books and things of 1968 was finished, and digitization of magazines published in Japan until 2000 was completed.

At the review meeting, it is suggested that it is necessary to utilize this digital archive somehow to develop a business model, and for that reason, it is necessary to limit the fee-based distribution service by stakeholders who are motivated to commercialize It was necessary to examine the implementation of experimental projects and others.

Nomura Research Institute entrusts this project and Kinokuniya Shoten in cooperation for distribution.

Distribution period is from February 1st to March 3rd, and the planned delivery works are the first distribution from February 1st, the second distribution from February 8th, together with the following 13 pieces.

◆ First Delivered Work
· "Picture book Edo purple" in 1765 (Meiwa 2 years), written by Naniwa Akko · Ishikawa Toyotsugu
· "The Story of the Heiji (Picture Scroll)" (1st Axis · Sanjo-ya Shinkansen Volume) 1798 (Kansei 10 Years), Sumiyoshi Inside
· Ueda Wan years translation (original Grimm) "Others" 1889 (Meiji 22) Yoshikawa Hanasaki
· Yumeji Takehisa "In Sketch Zoote Zodo of Codomo" 1912 (Meiji 45) Rokudo
· Ryunosuke Akutagawa "Rashomon" 1917 (Taisho 6 years) Amanda Shobo
· Akutagawa Ryunosuke "Kappa" 1927 (Showa 2) Autograph Original
· Kiyoshi Sakai "Erotic Sausage Paper" 1930 (Showa 5 years) Takesetsu Shobo

◆ 2nd Delivered Work
· Yuida Kunio "Tono Monogatari" Self-Published Publication in 1910 (Meiji 43)
· Natsume Soseki "Glass door in the middle" 1915 (Taisho 4 years) Iwanami Shoten
· Nagai Kenshu "Armurabe" 1918 (Shinbashido in Taisho 7
· Kenji Miyazawa "Spring and Shura" 1924 (Taisho 13 years) Sekine Bookstore
· Kenji Miyazawa "Yuri of Shikao: Kenji Miyazawa children's story collection" 1948 (Showa era 23) Makuen
· "Kikashi Tenshi" 1953 (Showa 28) Tatsunpan Co., Ltd.