Organizations and Tasks of the Global ILL Framework (GIF) Project Team and the SPARC / JAPAN Project Team

June 25, 2003
50th General Assembly

1. In order to implement specific projects concerning international scholarly communication, the Ad-Hoc Committee on International Scholarly Communication establishes two project teams, one on the Global ILL Framework (GIF) and the other on SPARC / JAPAN.
   
   
2. The following persons act as the Chief Project Manager and the Secretariat for general management of the two Project Teams.
   
   

   Chief Project Manager	Syun Tutiya	(Assistant President, Association of National University Libraries, and Professor, Faculty of Literature, Chiba University)
   Secretariat	Takeshi Hiramoto	(Director, General Affairs Division, University of Tokyo Library System)
   Secretariat	Hideki Uchijima	(Senior Specialist, University of Tokyo Library System)

   
   
3. Each Project Team has the following members:
   
   
   1. Global ILL Framework (GIF) Project Team
      

      Project Manager	Ikuo Sasakawa	(Associate University Librarian, Tokyo Institute of Technology Library)
      	Hitoshi Hayase	(Associate University Librarian, Tokyo Gakugei University Library)
      	Yasuhumi Tochitani	(Director, Library Division, Asahikawa Medical College Library)
      	Osamu Inoue	(Director, Information Services Division, Mie University Library)
      	Tomoyuki Kumabuchi	(Senior Specialist, Tokyo Institute of Technology Library)

      
      
   2. SPARC/JAPAN Project Team
      

      Project Manager	Mitsuaki Sakagami	(Associate University Librarian, Tohoku University Library
      	Yoichi Yamashita	(Associate University Librarian, Kanazawa University Library)
      	Toru Kyoto	(Director, Information Processing and Management Division, Chiba University Library)
      	Jiro Shimizu	(Director, General Affairs Division, Tohoku University Library)
      	Masaru Kimura	(Director, Information Services Division, Toyama University Library)

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4. �@Each Project Team has the following tasks:
   
   
   1. Global ILL Framework (GIF) Project Team
      
      1. Liaison and coordination with related organizations in the United States, etc., as the Japanese representative on Global ILL / DD
      2. Expansion of new projects
      3. Administration of charge collection / deferred payment duties
      
      
   2. SPARC/JAPAN Project Team
      
      1. Liaison and coordination with organizations associated with SPARC and ISCA
      2. Coordination with the Japan Science and Technology Corporation
      3. Coordination with the National Institute of Informatics (including administration work on the request of SPARC-related budget)