Open Access to Japanese dissertations
January 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm 7 comments
Effective on April 2013, all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are to be publicly available via Internet.
I will share with you more detailed information after AAS conference in March.Please see below for an announcement from Kuniko Yamada McVey, new NCC Chair.
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From: McVey, Kuniko [mailto:kmcvey@fas.harvard.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:21 PM
To: The eastlib mailing list
Subject: [eastlib] Open Access to Japanese dissertations
Dear colleagues dealing with Japanese resources,
Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science has just announced a modified policy on the doctoral dissertation. Effective on April 2013, all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are to be publicly available via Internet. NCC will follow this development and provide details and updates on this exciting news at the March 21 meeting in San Diego. FYI, the Ministry issued documents are attached below.
Kuniko Yamada McVey
NCC chair
Librarian for the Japanese Collection
Harvard-Yenching Library
Summary of modification （Japanese）
http://drf.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/drf/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=references&openfile=02-1.pdf
Flowchart of process for making dissertations available (Japanese)
http://drf.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/drf/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=references&openfile=02-4.pdf
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Hiroyuki N. Good
NIHON KENKYU at PITT 
1. Japan takes first steps towards Open Access | Open Science | February 1, 2013 at 8:30 am
[…] According to recent information, Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science decided to introduce a new policy of OA for Japanese universities. From April 2013 all dissertations by young scientists, which are approved and accepted by Japanese universities, will have to be released freely on the Internet. […]
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Subbiah Arunachalam | April 2, 2013 at 4:53 am
Please release more detailed information in ENGLISH. The Japanese Ministry of Education’s policy may be translated in full into English and sent out to OA advocates and newspaper editors all over the world.
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Hiroyuki Good | April 2, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science released English translation of official gazette on open access of Dissertations at http://drf.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/drf/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=ETD2013&openfile=notice_en.pdf
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Hiroyuki Good | April 2, 2013 at 4:06 pm
Dear all, Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science released English translation of official gazette on open access of Dissertations at http://drf.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/drf/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=ETD2013&openfile=notice_en.pdf
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So you want people to read your thesis? | Australian Open Access Support Group | April 9, 2013 at 11:56 pm
[…] Generally the requirement or not of providing electronic copies or making theses open access is an institutional decision. But in a possible indication of the increased momentum towards open access around the world, Japan has recently introduced a country-wide mandate. As of April this year all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are required to “be publicly available via Internet”. […]
6. Open Access ETDs: Providing Readership and Opportunities for Graduate Students | DC Telegraph: Institutional Repository and Open Access Success Stories | July 16, 2013 at 1:20 pm
[…] Generally the requirement or not of providing electronic copies or making theses open access is an institutional decision. But in a possible indication of the increased momentum towards open access around the world, Japan has recently introduced a country-wide mandate. As of April this year all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are required to “be publicly available via Internet”. […]
7. Open Access ETDs: Providing Readership and Opportunities for Graduate Students - bepress | February 1, 2017 at 3:24 pm
[…] Generally the requirement or not of providing electronic copies or making theses open access is an institutional decision. But in a possible indication of the increased momentum towards open access around the world, Japan has recently introduced a country-wide mandate. As of April this year all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are required to “be publicly available via Internet”. […]