SPARC Japan (International Scholarly Communication Initiative) Annual Report FY2013

Table of Contents Foreword p.1 1 Overview p.3 1.1 Overview of Phase 4 Activities p.3 1.1.1 Basic policy for phase 4 p.3 1.1.2 Project plans for phase 4 p.3 1.2 Trends in Fiscal 2013 p.4 1.2.1 SPARC Japan Seminar p.4 1.2.2 Surveys of overseas trends p.4 1.2.3 Support for SCOAP3 p.5 1.2.4 Support for arXiv.org p.5 1.2.5 Study of a pilot project for open access support p.5 1.2.6 Gathering basic information about Japanese academic journals p.6 2 Record of Meeting p.8 2.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.8 2.2 Working Group for Survey on Submission to OA Journals p.8 3 List of Members p.8 3.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.8 3.2 Working Group for Survey on Submission to OA Journals p.9 3.3 Working Group for SPARC Japan Seminar 2013 p.9 4 Record of SPARC Japan Seminar 2013 p.11 5 History p.12 6 Publication p.23 6.1 SPARC Japan NewsLetter p.23 6.2 Reference for SPARC Japan Seminar 2013 p.23 7 NewsLetter p.26