International Scholarly Communication Initiative / Document / NewsLetter

The Future of Institutional Repositories

Kazuo Yamamoto

This report offers an easy-to-understand discussion of the present and future role of institutional repositories, from the standpoint of libraries, against the historical backdrop of the past ten years since Japan's first repository was begun at Chiba University.

The Dream of Scientists to be Freed from Reference Management
Shin Tochinai

Scientists in advancing their research must constantly keep track of an enormous amount of references. The author describes his experience using currently available and affordable tools that easily find references and store them as data.

Exploring the Potential of Mendeley from the Standpoint of Historical Research
Naoki Sakiyama

As historical materials have become increasingly available to researchers in recent years, this article, in the light of such changes taking place in the world of scholarly information, looks at the possibilities for use of the reference management software Mendeley from the standpoint of a researcher in the field of history.

SPARC Japan Activity: A Report by a Participant from the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ)
Hisako Kikui

SPARC Japan Publishing Partners reported what they have learned and thought through participation in SPARC Japan activities as well as the things that can and should be made use of in future journal publications, including the points that need to be improved or corrected.

Participants’ Reports on the 5th SPARC Japan Seminar 2011 “Burgeoning Open Access MegaJournals”Hayahiko Ozono / Masanori Arita

Participants in the 5th SPARC Japan seminar review the seminar from different sides. Related lecture presentation materials are available on the SPARC Japan website for reference.

A Roundup of SPARC Japan Seminars 2011 / Event Calendar

A roundup of SPARC Japan Seminars 2011 and the calendar of upcoming SPARC Japan events.

http://www.nii.ac.jp/sparc/en/