In recent years, while the NDL has focused on the expansion of the electronic library projects, there have been numerous movements related to the organization of the NDL, such as the following: removal of the "minister of state" status for the chief librarian of the NDL under the National Diet Library Act in 2005; a suggestion on the transformation into an independent administrative institution as part of the National Diet Administrative Reforms by the Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2006; and the appointment of Makoto NAGAO (a former president of Kyoto University) as the chief librarian of the NDL in 2007, the first appointment of a non-Diet member, etc.
近年は、電子図書館事業の拡充に力が注がれる一方、2005年（平成17年）の国立国会図書館法における館長の国務大臣待遇規定の削除、2006年（平成18年）の自由民主党行政改革推進本部の国会事務局改革の一環としての独立行政法人化の提言、2007年（平成19年）の国会関係者以外からは初めてとなる長尾真（元京都大学総長）の館長任命など、国立国会図書館の組織のあり方をめぐる動きが相次いでいる状況である。