SPARC Japan (International Scholarly Communication Initiative) Annual Report FY2016

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 2016 p.4 1.2.1 SPARC Japan Seminar p.4 1.2.2 Surveys of overseas trends p.4 1.2.3 Support for arXiv.org p.5 1.2.4 Support for SCOAP3 p.6 1.2.5 Support for CLOCKSS p.6 1.2.6 Responses to international collaboration agreement on information services in the high energy physics field p.7 1.2.7 Publication of Fiscal 2015 SPARC Japan Annual Report p.7 1.2.8 Study on OA Publishing and APC Spend in Japan p.7 2 Record of Meeting p.8 2.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.8 2.2 Planning Working Group for SPARC Japan Seminar p.8 3 List of Members p.8 3.1 SPARC Japan Governing Board p.8 3.2 Planning Working Group for SPARC Japan Seminar 2016 p.9 4 Record of SPARC Japan Seminar 2016 p.10 5 History p.11 6 Publication p.24 6.1 SPARC Japan Annual Report p.24 6.2 SPARC Japan NewsLetter p.24 6.3 Reference for SPARC Japan Seminar 2016 p.24 7.NewsLetter p.27