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Welcome to NCC!

The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources

北米日本研究資料調整協議会

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The NCC works to expand and improve access to library resources and information about Japan, through collaboration with institutions and organizations in North America, Japan, and elsewhere. NCC coordinates projects to cooperatively develop Japanese collections and articulate the information needs of librarians, scholars, and others.

Our 2022-2023 CDDP Award Program Application is Now Live!

NCC has released the application for the 2022-2023 Comprehensive Digitization and Discoverability Award Program. The NCC-CDDP Award program provides individuals with an opportunity to share their projects using digitized images related to Japanese Studies with a wider community of Japan specialists and add to resources included in the CDDP Video Series. The award(s) of up to $500 will recognize remarkable contributions to digital scholarship in support of Japanese Studies. This year’s submission deadline is January 31, 2023.

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To view last year’s award winners, click HERE.

This program is funded by generous donations from the Next Decade Donation Drive.

NCC works directly with many institutions, including:

National Museum of Japanese History

National Institute of Japanese Literature

National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

National Museum of Ethnology

NCC is generously supported by:

The Japan-US Friendship Commission	The Toshiba International Foundation

Thanks to your generosity, we exceeded our goal for our Next Decade Donation Drive! Your support will allow us to bring more exciting programming to Japanese Studies!