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	Scientific Associations, Their Business Models, and Symmetry between Academic Publishing and Subscriber Access Kenichi Ueda The author argues that, in the world of scientific information, it is increasingly important that libraries and scientific associations understand each other’s viewpoint and cooperate.				Scholarly Journal Publishing in the 21st Century Japan −A report for all those who love academic journals in Japan (4) The Platforms and Electronic Submissions Systems Available in JapanYuko Nagai As scholarly communication changes, journal publishing is changing with it. Submissions systems and platforms have become essential to electronic journal publishing; this report describes those available in Japan.

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	Japan’s Scholarly Journals Part 9. Monumenta Nipponica, Sophia University Junko Shinohara In this series, academic societies discuss their journals’ present status and future prospects, among other topics.				Researcher IDs as Seen from the Viewpoint of Academic Societies ORCID’s Impact on Academic Societies and the Possibility of Collaboration Kazuhiro Hayashi From the viewpoint of academic societies and academic society publishing, the author discusses the current state and future prospects of major collaborative initiatives for the management of author IDs (researcher IDs) that are occurring on a global scale.

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	SPARC Japan Seminar / Event Calendar Preview of the 1st SPARC Japan Seminar 2011 and the calendar of upcoming SPARC Japan events.				http://www.nii.ac.jp/sparc/en/