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arl-japan: Update on Japan STI Project

Update on Japan STI Project

G Jaia Barrett ((no email))
Wed, 7 Sep 1994 21:12:03 -0400 (EDT) 

From: G Jaia Barrett <jaia>
Message-Id: <9409080112.AA29303@a.cni.org>
Subject: Update on Japan STI Project
To: arl-japan@cni.org
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 21:12:03 -0400 (EDT)

ARL/AAU Demo Project for Japan STI: Update

### Note: The following summary is excerpted from a report in
the Sept. ARL Newsletter.  The Project Working Group will 
also report at the October ARL Membership Meeting.###


The Japan demonstration project will focus on network-
based access to scientific and technical serials 
published in Japan and on defining  a structure for 
deciding responsibilities for collecting, cataloging or 
indexing, and delivery of these resources.  The Center 
for Research Libraries, under the umbrella of ARL and 
AAU, will provide organizational support for this 
project.

In July an ARL Working Group on Japanese Scientific and 
Technical Information was established to guide the 
design and development of the project. The Working Group is
chaired by Don Simpson, Center for Research Libraries.  At 
its first meeting in August, the Working Group narrowed the 
project scope to Japanese language journals and serials 
in three high-impact science and technology fields:  
biotechnology, opto-electronics, and computer-aided 
manufacturing.  The relatively narrow subjects selected 
for the project, and the interdisciplinary and emergent 
nature of research in these fields, positions this 
project to demonstrate a distinctive option for 
increasing a scholar's access to research materials.

The Working Group identified three components for the 
project work plan:  building collections of core 
journals for each of the three targeted subjects; 
generating awareness of the materials among potential 
users (via inclusion in established indexing and 
abstracting services, USENET discussion forums, etc.); 
and securing timely and cost-effective delivery of the 
materials to users.

The ultimate "products" of the project were defined as
* an electronic guide to the Japanese literature on each 
of the three subjects, perhaps taking the form of a site 
on the World Wide Web;
* expanded North American collections of key Japanese 
serial titles; and
*electronic delivery services of articles to users.  

Equally important, the project should build the foundation for 
encompassing additional fields in Japanese science and technology.

Next steps for the Working Group include: identification of core 
serials published in Japan for each topical focus; assessment of
availability of these titles in North America; definition
of acquisition, indexing, and document delivery strategies; 
construction of a project work plan; development of a project 
funding strategy; and recruitment of project participants.   




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