[BOAI] An english translation of the report on OA & IR from Japan's MEXT.

[jyogaku at mext.go.jp]

**Cross-Posted**

Dear colleagues,

I am glad to have an opportunity to let you know that Japan's Ministry of 
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) released an 
english translation of the report on open access to scholarly research 
results on the Science Information Infrastructure Working Group.

The working group, chaired by Professor Setsuo Arikawa, President, Kyushu 
University, consists of experts and scholars in scholarly communication, 
and discusses topics including university libraries, campus computing and 
networking within the scheme of MEXT's Council of Science and Technology. 

It has spent about a year working on the issues around society publishing, 
open access and institutional repositories and compiled the report.

(Overview)
http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_3_1.pdf

(Text)
http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_4_2.pdf

Those of you who are interested in details may post specific questions to 
this list in the hope that some of my colleagues will reply.

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SHUTO Makoto

Cheif, University Library Unit
Office for Science Information Infrastructure
Information Division, Research Promotion Bureau
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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