The document discusses recent trends in academic publishing in Japan. It summarizes that two main factors driving change are competitive research funding and the world wide web. It describes how academic content is circulating on the web through three pathways: from web to book, from book to web, and from web to web. It also discusses implications for both publishers and libraries in light of these trends, such as publishers extracting new authors and content from the web and libraries needing to guide access to changing academic publishing and content landscapes.

1. ARG Present and Future ofAcademic Publishing in Japanin the age of Web Committee on Japanese Materials, Council on East Asian Libraries, Association for Asian Studies Date: 2009-03-28(Thu): Place：The Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Makoto Okamoto ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE (ARG) Editor ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ 1

2. Who am I? What is ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE (ARG)? 2 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

3. Makoto Okamoto (1973~) Born in 1973 in Tokyo Graduated from International Christian University (ICU) in 1997 Launched Mali News “ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE (ARG) ” in 1998 Published “Guide for Researchers who Want to Build Their Own Website” (Tsukiji-Shokan) in 2006 Recent Works: Keynote Speech at NDL, NII and Various Academic Society 3 ARG In Short, I’m an Academic Resource Specialist. ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

4. ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE (ARG) (1998~) Weekly Mail News Weekly Circulation of About 4,700 Main Subject: Academic Resources on the Web 4 ARG Free! ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

5. Appendix：How to Subscribe 5 ARG ARG is the Most Popular Online Journal on Academic Resource in Japan. Delivered on Every Monday ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

6. Goal and Plot of this Report Aiming at Informative Report… 6 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

7. Goal and Aim of this Report 7 ARG I’m Going to Focus on Recent Trends in Academic Publishing in Japan. ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ Provide Useful Information for Librarian of CJM to Collect Book of Japan Studies Assist Researchers How? Share You with Recent Trend of Academic Publishing in Japan esp., Change, Crisis, Influence, Impact

8. Table of Content 8 ARG Many Examples! ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ 2 Factors for Change Competitive Research Funding (CRF) World Wide Web (WWW) 3 types of Academic Content on Web From Web to Book From Book to Web From Web to Web Future of Academic Publishing and Academic Content

9. Basic Knowledge about Publishing Industry in Japan Metrics of Publishing Industry and Players in Academic Publishing 9 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

10. Appendix: Metrics of Publishing Market 10 ARG Publishing Industry is Seesawing in Japan. Indicating Growth Decline ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

11. Players in Academic Publishing 11 ARG Commercial Publishers are Also Academic Publishers and New Players are Emerging. as described herein below ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

12. 2 Factors for Change CRF (Competitive Research Funding) and Web (World Wide Web) 12 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

13. 2 Factors for Change 13 ARG Competitive Research Funding Main Topic is CRF and Web. World Wide Web ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

14. Change Caused by CRF 14 ARG CRF Has Become More Important Than Ever. What Happened? ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ CRF (Competitive Research Funding) Fund by Government Granted by each Agencies in each Fields Examples: 21st Century COE Program– 274 Selected Period: 2002~2006 Budget: 164B Global COE Program – 131 Selected Period: 2007~ Budget: 49B

15. Result of CRF 15 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

16. Appendix: Growth of UPs 16 ARG 36.7% of UPs are Established in 21C ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

17. Basic Knowledge about Internet in Japan Penetration Rate of the Internet 17 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

18. Appendix: Metrics of Internet Internet Users in Japan 88M (69%) 18 ARG Internet Is Widespread in Japan. http://www.johotsusintokei.soumu.go.jp/whitepaper/ja/h20/html/k1311000.html ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

19. Change Caused by Web 19 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

20. Ecosystem ofAcademic Web Content #1 20 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

21. Ecosystem ofAcademic Web Content #2 21 ARG Academic Web Content is Made up of 3 Parts. ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

22. Academic Content on Web 1. From Web to Book 22 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

23. e.g., Publishing on Webby Kazuo Nimura (History of Labor) 23 ARG http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/nk/tfcontents.html ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

24. e.g., Publishing on Webby Tetsuro Kato (Political Science) 24 ARG Academic Publication is Created from Academic Content on Web. http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~katote/Homef.html ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

25. Academic Content on Web 2. From Book to Web 25 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

26. e.g., Extracting Authoritative Encyclopedia from Book 26 ARG http://100.yahoo.co.jp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

27. e.g., Publishing on IRby Library and UP 27 ARG http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/49762 ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

28. e.g., Launching New Journal on IRby National Universities 28 ARG http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/ecrk/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

30. Supported by NIIhttp://www.nii.ac.jp/irp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

32. As of 2009-02-28http://irdb.nii.ac.jp/analysis/index.php ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

33. e.g., Publishing on Webby Research Institute 31 ARG http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

34. e.g., Publishing on Webby Google and University Library 32 ARG Academic Content on Web Originates from Academic Publications. http://www.lib.keio.ac.jp/info/index.php#130 ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

35. Academic Content on Web 3. From Web to Web - Website 33 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

36. e.g., Publishing on Webby 21st Century COE 34 ARG http://areainfo.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

37. e.g., Publishing on Webby Academic Publisher#1 35 ARG http://literacies.9640.jp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

38. e.g., Publishing on Webby Academic Publisher #2 36 ARG Academic Content on Web is Created on Web. http://www.kenkyusha.co.jp/modules/03_webeigo/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

39. Academic Content on Web 3. From Web to Web – Weblog 37 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

40. Appendix: Metrics of Blog #1 38 ARG Survey on Weblog in Japanese by Institute for Information and Communications Policy (ICCP), 2008-07 Monthly Number of New Blogs Total Number of Blogs http://www.soumu.go.jp/iicp/chousakenkyu/data/research/survey/telecom/2008/2008-1-02-2.pdf ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

41. Appendix: Metrics of Blog #2 39 ARG Survey on Weblog in Japanese by Institute for Information and Communications Policy (ICCP), 2008-07 Monthly Number of New Entries Total Number of Entries http://www.soumu.go.jp/iicp/chousakenkyu/data/research/survey/telecom/2008/2008-1-02-2.pdf ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

42. Appendix: Classification by Motive 40 ARG ICCP, 2008 ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

43. e.g., Blog of Makoto Ibusuki(Law Studies) 41 ARG http://imak.exblog.jp/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

44. e.g., Blog of Yosuke Naito(Postal Studies) 42 ARG http://yosukenaito.blog40.fc2.com/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

45. e.g., Blog of Sho Sato(Library and Information Science) 43 ARG Creation of Academic Content on Web is Accelerated by Blog. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/min2-fly/ ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

46. Appendix: Classification by Use(Okamoto, 2007) 44 ARG http://dx.doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.49.632 ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

47. Appendix: Academic Blogger 45 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

48. Ecosystem ofAcademic Web Content #3 46 ARG Cycle Cycle ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

49. From the Viewpoint of Publisher 47 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ Trends of Academic Publishing Extracting New Author and Content from Web From Web to Book Reproducing Former Publication on Web From Book to Web Publishing on Web from the Beginning From Web to Web

50. Future of Academic Publishing and Academic Content Forecast for Publisher and Guide for Library 48 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

51. Future of Academic Publishing and Academic Content 49 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

52. Guide to Academic Publishing and Content in a Time of Change 50 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/

53. Appendix: List of Informative Website/Weblog 51 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ Current Awareness Portal - NDL http://current.ndl.go.jp/ Journal of Information Processing and Management News - JST http://johokanri.jp/news/ Blog of Kasama-Shoin, Publisher http://kasamashoin.jp/ SENTOKYO Blog - Japan Special Libraries Association http://blog.goo.ne.jp/sentokyo Blog of Resource Center for the History of Entrepreneurship http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tobira/ Reference Club Blog – Nichigai Associates, Incorporated. http://reference.blog.shinobi.jp/ New Library Lab http://shintoshokanlab.kobe-du.ac.jp/ Academic Resource Guide (ARG) http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ Academicweb.jp – to be launched by ARG

54. Appendix: New Useful Websites 52 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ JST J-Global (2009-03~) http://jglobal.jst.go.jp/ NII New CiNii (2009-03~) http://ciexam.nii.ac.jp/ NDL Research Navi (TBD) to be Launched in First Half of This Year Zassaku RSS (2008-12~) http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/sakuin/about_rss.html

55. Note and Acknowledgment 53 ARG ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ Note: This File is Available for Download from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ http://d.hatena.ne.jp/arg/ Acknowledgment: Thanks to Ms. Haruko Nakamura, Mr. Good Hiro Nagahashi, Ms. ToshieMarra, Ms. Setsuko Noguchi and You!

56. Thanks for Your Invitation and Attention ARG Makoto Okamoto ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE(ARG) Editor ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE http://www.ne.jp/asahi/coffee/house/ARG/ 54