According to the National Institute of Informatics, the conventional catalog location information service has mainly targeted printed matter, but this time, while developing a new library network system, it will be a system that handles printed matter and electronic resources without distinction.
The electronic resource management service is scheduled to go into operation from 2022.The part corresponding to the international standard is expected to be put into operation from 2023.

　The catalog location information service began operation in 1985 with the aim of supporting the formation of a union catalog database for materials held by university libraries and interlibrary loan. As of the end of March 2021, 3 institutions such as university libraries participated, reaching a scale of 1,336 million bibliography and 1,301 million collections.

　However, as the digitization of academic information progresses, the construction of a new system corresponding to it is the "Future Academic Information System Construction Review Committee" established under the Collaboration Promotion Council between the university library and the National Institute of Informatics. Was requested from such things.

reference:[National Institute of Informatics] Renewal of academic information system for university libraries for the first time in 36 years Catalog location information service corresponding to digitization of academic materials will be started operation sequentially from 2022