<font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from the Japanese </font></font>Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology<font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">, via the JISC-Repositories list. --Peter Suber.]<br>
</font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>**Cross-Posted**<br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
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I am glad to have an opportunity to let you know that Japan's Ministry of<br>
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) released an<br>
english translation of the report on open access to scholarly research<br>
results on the Science Information Infrastructure Working Group.<br>
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The working group, chaired by Professor Setsuo Arikawa, President, Kyushu<br>
University, consists of experts and scholars in scholarly communication,<br>
and discusses topics including university libraries, campus computing and<br>
networking within the scheme of MEXT's Council of Science and Technology.<br>
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It has spent about a year working on the issues around society publishing,<br>
open access and institutional repositories and compiled the report.<br>
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(Overview)<br>
<a href="http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_3_1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_3_1.pdf</a><br>
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(Text)<br>
<a href="http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_4_2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/shingi/toushin/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/25/1323890_4_2.pdf</a><br>
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Those of you who are interested in details may post specific questions to<br>
this list in the hope that some of my colleagues will reply.<br>
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SHUTO Makoto<br>
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Cheif, University Library Unit<br>
Office for Science Information Infrastructure<br>
Information Division, Research Promotion Bureau<br>
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology<br>
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