SPARC Japan (The Committee for the Promotion of the Scholarly Communication) Annual Report FY2018

Table of Contents Foreword p.1 1 Overview p.3 1.1 Overview of Phase 5 Activities p.3 1.1.1 Basic policy for phase 5 p.3 1.1.2 Project plans for phase 5 p.3 1.2 Trends in Fiscal 2018 p.4 1.2.1 SPARC Japan Seminar p.4 1.2.2 Surveys of overseas trends p.7 1.2.3 Support for arXiv.org p.8 1.2.4 Support for SCOAP3 p.8 1.2.5 Support for CLOCKSS p.9 1.2.6 Study on OA Publishing and APC Spend in Japan p.10 1.2.7 Publication of Fiscal 2017 SPARC Japan Annual Report p.10 2 Record of Meeting p.11 2.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.11 2.2 Planning Working Group for SPARC Japan Seminar p.11 3 List of Members p.11 3.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.11 3.2 Planning Working Group for SPARC Japan Seminar 2018 p.12 4 History p.13 5 Publication p.27 5.1 SPARC Japan Annual Repot p.27 5.2 SPARC Japan NewsLetter p.27 5.3 Reference for SPARC Japan Seminar 2018 p.27 6 NewsLetter p.30