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]