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]