For immediate release, March 11, 2013

NCC Published the 2nd Edition of it Research Access Guides In Commemoration of the 2nd Anniversary of Japan's Triple Disasters of 2011

NCC (the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources) is pleased to announce publication of:

The NCC's Online Guide to Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives, 2nd Edition contains detailed entries for an additional 50 institutions, bringing the total number of institutions profiled in the Research Access Guides to 100. The second edition includes profiles on more of Japan's major museums and their collections, and expands the number of research libraries and archives with instructions for users to plan for and gain permission to do onsite research.

New components to the site include an interactive map for locating the 100 listed institutions, cross-reference by subject and collection specialization, all found linked to the alpha list of institutions
http://guides.nccjapan.org/content.php?pid=216466&sid=3
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Entries are presented in a uniform English-language format with links to an institution's principal Japanese and English webpages; major collections and facilities each have individually linked pages with brief English summaries of key contents. Bilingual templates for letters of introduction and materials request forms are downloadable in an easily edited format, and a bilingual glossary is appended. Each Research Access Guide provides contact information, special policies and procedures of individual institutions, online maps, hours of operations, institutional holidays, and other programs of special interest to scholars and students from abroad. Find the Research Access Guides at:
guides.nccjapan.org/researchaccess. All 100 entries in the Research Access Guides have been reviewed and updated.

The guides are published with a Creative Commons licensewith materials available on an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike basis. Visit the NCC's homepage for a complete list of online services guides.nccjapan.org/homepage.

Victoria Lyon Bestor
Executive Director
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources
149 Upland Road
Cambridge, MA 02140
Tel: 617-833-0755
Fax: 617-812-5854
Website: http://www.nccjapan.org/
Email: vbestor[at]fas.harvard.edu