The seminar was held on October 20, 2010.

Around 60 people participated to celebrate Open Access Week.

From October 18 to 24, events for promoting open access will be held throughout the world. The 6th SPARC Japan Seminar is titled "Open Access disseminated from Japan," and we wish that it will provide an opportunity to discuss how research results in Japan should be disseminated both for now and in the future. We hope that many can participate in the seminar.

On June 16, the "Guidelines for Science and Technology Basic Policy Planning" were released, for establishment of the "4th Science and Technology Basic Plan" for fiscal years 2011-2015, which is to be decided by the Cabinet during the current fiscal year. The "Guidelines" state that, as part of the efforts for "realizing a research environment that is at par with the international standards," it is important to promote the institutional repository and open access. They also stipulate that, as part of the efforts for establishing the "policy for science and technology that are developed together with citizens," it is necessary to have a framework in place so that researchers release the outline and results of their studies in an easy-to-understand manner. In line with the "Guidelines," three speakers will make presentations, which will be followed by the general discussion.

Title

Speaker

Opening

Izumi Sugita

(National Institute of Informatics)

Prospect towards the Open Access publishing model based on trends of e-journals in Japan

Kazuhiro Hayashi (Tentative)

(The Chemical Society of Japan)

Collaboration between university libraries and academic associations: a case study of Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy

[Abstract]

Yuko Murakami

(Associate Professor, Division for International Research and Educational Cooperation, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

New Web Content in Japanese "Life Science - Review of New Articles"

[Abstract]

Keisuke Iida

(Database Center for Life Science)

Facilitator:

Yuko Nagai

(The Zoological Society of Japan)

Yuko is an Associate Professor, Tohoku University, Japan. B.A. (HPS, University of Tokyo, 1991), M.S. (HPS, University of Tokyo, 1994), Ph.D. (Philosophy, Indiana University, 2005). Her current interests include philosophy of history of logic, education of philosophy of science, science communication, and international and informational aspects of higher education. She serves as a board member of Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy and the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science, and also as an editor of “Kagaku Tetsugaku” (the journal published by Philosophy of Science Society, Japan). She was an Associate Professor by special appointment, National Institute of Informatics, Japan (2006-2008).

In 1990, Mr. Iida graduated from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Science and Conservation, (Master of Agriculture). In the same year, Mr. Iida joined Tokyo Kagaku Dozin to start his career as editor of books and magazines in the field of life science. He joined Springer-Verlag Tokyo (currently Springer Japan) in 1997, and Kyoritsu Shuppan in 2004 in charge of the magazine Protein, Nucleic Acid and Enzyme. In April 2005, he became the chief editor of the magazine, Protein, Nucleic Acid and Enzyme, but left the publisher when it decided to suspend publication of the magazine in September 2009. In April 2010, Mr. Iida took his current position.