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Future Plan
Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature
Based on the great changes in the environment surrounding children's reading, to fulfill its role as the national library dedicated to children’s books, the International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL), National Diet Library, has discussed the ideal form of its services in future and the necessary expansion of the facilities for it.
The ILCL has formulated the “Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children’s Literature” (March 29, 2011) which describes the services that the ILCL aims to achieve in future and the necessary preparations that will lay the foundations for such services. The ILCL will construct a new building that is scheduled to be completed in FY2015.
Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature
Outline of the Facilities of the New Building
| Site | 12-49 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007 Japan |
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| Structure | Extensions reinforced concrete |
| Size | two floors underground, three floors above ground |
| Ground area | Approximately 7,733 square meters |
| Total floor area | Approximately 6,200 square meters |
| Storage capacity | Approximately 670,000 volumes |
| Design and management | Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Co. Ltd. Nikken Sekkei Co. Ltd. |
| Builder | Undecided |
Schedule
| Designing of the new building | - March 2011 |
| Survey of the buried cultural assets | FY2011 |
| Integration of information system | FY2011 |
| Construction | FY2011 - FY2015 (tentative) |
| Reopen | FY2015 (tentative) |
