News (Fiscal Year 2013-2014)

News (March 2014)

Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection”
This month’s book to be displayed is“Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807” (PDF:147KB) (Frankfurt, 1812) by Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff.

Display term:

March 24 (Mon.) to 28 (Fri.), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
JFIC Library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on March 28 (Fri.).

Venue:

1st floor, JFIC Library
Due to the Presentation Ceremony of the Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship, the JFIC Library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on March 28 (Fri.), 2014. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.

“Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries in Japan,” provided by the National Diet Library, is now available in the JFIC Library
This service allows Library users to browse digitized materials authorized by the National Diet Library (NDL). The materials are out-of-print items digitized by the NDL, including books, periodicals, and doctoral dissertations previously available only within the NDL premises. In the JFIC Library, the service is available at one designated PC set in the reading room. We also provide the printing service for these items upon request.
To see more details, please visit the following link.
“Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries in Japan,” provided by the National Diet Library, is available in the JFIC Library

Due to the Foundation's event, the JFIC Library will be closed at 17:00 on January 17 (Fri.), 2014.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.
Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection”
This month’s book to be displayed is “Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island : with an appendix, containing charts, and various hydrographical and scientific notices”(PDF:120KB) (1st edition of English original, London, 1818) by Basil Hall.

Display term:

January 20 (Mon.) to 24 (Fri.), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Venue:

JFIC Library 1st floor

JFIC Library year-end and new year closing:
December 27 (Fri.), 2013 - January 5 (Sun.), 2014

Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection”
This month’s book to be displayed is “Begebenheiten des Capitains von der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Marine, Golownin, in der Gefangenschaft bei den Japanern in den Jahren 1811, 1812 und 1813 : nebst seinen Bemerkungen über das Japanische Reich und Volk und einem Anhange des Capitains Rikord” (PDF:96KB) (German version, Leipzig, 1817-1818) by Vasilii Mikhailovich Golovnin.

Display term:

November 25 (Mon.) to 29 (Fri.), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Venue:

JFIC Library 1st floor
The JFIC Library will be closed from November 11 (Mon.) through 13 (Wed.), 2013 due to an inventory.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.

Due to the Foundation's event, the JFIC Library will be closed at 16:00 on October 18 (Fri.), 2013.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.

Featured display in August
“Japanese Toys” (PDF:254KB)
The JFIC Library presents a display of books that feature Japanese traditional “toys,” written in Japanese and foreign languages, and “toys” themselves.
While people today rarely have a chance to play with traditional “toys,” the exhibition offers you an opportunity to encounter everyone’s favorite “toys” that recapture the joy of childhood, and learn its history through the presented books.

Date:

August 5 (Mon.) to 23 (Fri.) 10:00 to 19:00

Venue:

The JFIC Library 1st floor
Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection”
This month’s book to be displayed is a reprinted edition of “Fauna Japonica” (PDF:333KB) (1934-1937) by Philipp Franz von Siebold, originally published in Leiden, 1833-1850.

Display term:

July 22 (Mon.) to 26 (Fri.), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Venue:

JFIC Library 1st floor
Due to the Foundation's event, the JFIC Library will be closed at 16:00 on July 19 (Fri.), 2013.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.

The Library Online Catalog will be unavailable from Friday, June 14 at 7 p.m. JST to Monday, June 17 at 10 a.m. JST, due to scheduled electrical inspection.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.

On May 21 (Tuesday), an event will take place on the 2nd floor of the JFIC from 3:00pm.
We are afraid that the JFIC Library on the 1st floor might be a little noisy due to the event. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.
Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection”
This month's book to be displayed is “Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche rijk (PDF:263KB)” published in Amsterdam in 1833.

Display term:

May 20 (Mon.) to 24 (Fri.), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Venue:

JFIC Library 1st floor
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Book Launch event: From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan 1945-1989: Primary Documents will take place at the JFIC Hall “Sakura” on Friday, April 26, 2013 from 4:00 pm, and the JFIC lounge on the 2nd floor will serve as part of its event space. In this regard, please note that sounds coming from the event may echo through the library on the 1st floor, too.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause the library users.
"JF Libraries Multi-Catalog Search (a database enabling to cross-search collections of JFIC Library, Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, Library , and Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, Library at once)" is no longer available effective March 31, 2013. Please use each library’s online catalogue.

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