23 March , 2007
Digital Library Network System (Dilins) will be transferred to TUFS library system (Prometheus Academic Collections).
(For details, refer to Dilins in Prometheus Academic Collections)
February 28 ,2007
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 9" was registered
January 24, 2007
The digitalization of historical documentation project has completed imaging of 5 titles (5 volumes) of documentation and has registered them in Dilins.
(For details, refer to "List of Materials linked full page images")
January 18, 2007
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 8" was registered.
December 17, 2006
Presentation on the Digital Library Project and Dilins, focusing on the multilingual catalogue search function and the publishing of images
at the C-DATS International Symposium " Documentation and Area Studies in Asia and North Africa" (December 16th through 17th) (Reference Materials)
November 21, 2006
Dilins registration exceeds 15,000 items
November 1-10, 2006
Two librarians from the University Library were dispatched to the United States for Information Resource Sharing of Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) 2nd Overseas Research Mission.
October 27, 2006
The documentation digitalization project completed imaging of six 6 titles (9 volumes) and registered them in Dilins.
(For details refer to "List of Materials linked full page images" )
October 1, 2006
Historical documentation receipt statistics and multilingual historical documentation search registration statistics (sorted by language and by documentation) were updated.
July 13, 2006
South Asian Resources Digital Archives (SARDA) was recorded in Dilins.
July 5, 2006
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 7" was registered.
May 29, 2006
The digitalization of historical documentation project has completed imaging of 25 titles (48 volumes) of documentation, including precious books held by the University Library, and has registered them in Dilins.
(For details, refer to "List of Materials linked full page images")
April 1, 2006
Historical documentation receipt statistics and multilingual historical documentation search registration statistics (sorted by language and by documentation) were updated.
February 14, 2006
C-DATS English web site established a hyper link To Dilins.
January 26, 2006
Dilins registration exceeds 10,000 items
January 20, 2006
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 6" was registered, and search utilizing 'Entire Text Search' was realized.
November 1, 2005
Historical documentation multilingual search registration statistics (sorted by language and by documentation) were updated.
October 15, 2005
Historical documentation statistics on receipts of book material and micro-form receipts were updated.
September 18-28, 2005 Two librarians from the University Library were dispatched to the Netherlands and North Europe to collect the latest information on major historical documentation collection institutions in Europe. September 22: Presentation on the University Library's contribution to area research at the annual meeting of the European Association of Japan Resource Specialists (EAJRS)
(Reference materials)
July 4, 2005
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 5" was registered, and search utilizing 'Entire Text Search' was realized.
April 13, 2005
The digitalization of historical documentation project has completed the imaging of 6 titles (9 volumes) of documentation, including precious books held by the University, and has registered them in Dilins.
(For details, refer to '"List of Materials linked full page images")
February 7-11, 2005
Two librarians from the University Library were dispatched to the United Kingdom for research on the selection, collection, and organization of Asian and African region multilingual historical documentation.
February 1, 2005
Historical documentation multilingual search registration statistics (sorted by language and by documentation) were updated.
January 13, 2005
"Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies No. 4" was registered, and search utilizing 'Entire Text Search' was realized.
December 24, 2004
Dilins registration exceeds 5,000 items
December 22, 2004
Historical documentation statistics on receipts of book material and micro-form receipts were updated.
October 27, 2004
Hyperlinks to such relevant overseas institutions as The British Library were added.
July 27, 2004
Presentation on the introduction of Dilins' features as well as case studies on Internet-based multilingual catalogue search, and publishing of images on ancient Indonesian historical documents at the Indonesia Para-baik International Symposium (July 26~28) (Reference materials)
April 30, 2004
'Search Entire Text' function was added. Viewing of the entire text of every issue of the ""Journal of the Centre for Documentation & Area-transcultural studies" and papers, including search key words, has now been realized.
April 17, 2004
Statistical information on 2003 was added to the various statistical reports (receipts and registrations). February 12, 2004
Digitalization of historical documentation project has completed complete imaging of five 5 titles (7 volumes) of documentation, including precious books held by the University Library, and has registered them in Dilins. (For details, refer to "List of Materials linked full page images")
December 18, 2003
Dilins official launch
Outline introduced at the International Symposium "Creating an Archive Today: Decisions, Uses, Documentation"
(Reference materials)
November 7, 2003
Dilins test release outside the University
October 1, 2003
Dilins (Digital Library Network System for C-DATS) test release within the University
June 6, 2003
Initial data input, operations training
March 10, 2003
Third introductory meeting
February 26, 2003
Second introductory meeting
February 14, 2003
First introductory meeting
February 7, 2003
Tender opened (NTT Data awarded contract)
January 27, 2003
Close of tender; technical review
January 10, 2003
Second Specification Formulation Committee meeting
December 27, 2002
First Specification Formulation Committee meeting
December 18, 2002
System Review Meeting (5): "System Specs Review"
November 22, 2002
System Review Meeting (4): "Software Structure Review"
November 22, 2002
Fourth Vendor Hearing Meeting
November 14, 2002
System Review Meeting (3): "Hardware Structure Review"
November 14, 2002
Third Vendor Hearing Meeting
November 13, 2002
System Review Meeting (2): "System Structure Review"
November 5, 2002
Second Vendor Hearing Meeting
This digital library project's first and primary objective is to provide systematic location information and academic information on historical documentation collections in response to the requirements of research specialists in the area of trans-cultural historical documentation, as well as the sophisticated research needs of society in general. At the same time, the project will establish various functions in order to publish a variety of relevant information on Asia and the Pacific. From the second year onwards, we will introduce the various technologies that will be required for this purpose.
