Introduction………573

Issues and challenges in digital libraries for future
　Shigeo SUGIMOTO………574

Libraries in China and digital library project―focusing on China digital library project―
　Kazuhiro ANDO………581

On organizations towards research and dissemination of digital contents
　Masaaki KASHIMURA………587

The Ohara Institute Social Research Website (OISR.ORG) : the overview of the evolution of its contents
　Takashi WAKASUGI………593

Opening-up company's e-library to public
　Eiichi WACHI………598

Digital library evaluation
　Toshio TANIGUCHI………602

"KIPRIS" the patent database of South Korea
　Mikako SAKAI………609

●INFOSTA Forum (156)………Gou NAKANO………615
●New book………616
●INFOSTA News………617
●Editor's note………620

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.11
Special feature :　Topics around digitization of newspaper

Introduction………533

The clipping works in the digital age
　Yoshihiro GOTO………534

Searching help systems for newspapers
　Kunio MATSUI,Minako HASHIMOTO,Kanji UCHINO………540

Operation of "Mainichi photo bank"in Mainichi Shimbun
　Toshio ODAGIRI………546

Formation of electronic structure of a newspaper―NewsML―
　Akira INOUE………552

Copyright on digitizing newspaper articles in libraries
　Akio NAKADA………557

An overview of the digital services by US and UK newspaper publisher
　Kenji MATSUMOTO………562

●INFOSTA Forum (155)………Yasuki SASAKI………568
●INFOSTA News………569
●Editor's note………572

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.10
Special feature :　INFOSTA Symposium 2003

Special lecture : Information with an impact―Analysis of weather information―
　Hitoshi TAKADA………467

General presentation………476

Impressions of general presentation………500

Impressions : The 28th INFOSTA Prize………507

A report on the questionnaire to the members concerning to the activities of the INFOSTA
　INFOSTA Questionnaire WG………514

●INFOSTA Forum (154)………Yuji MATSUYAMA………527
●New book………528
●INFOSTA News………529
●Editor's note………532

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.9
Special feature :　Publishing role in the scholarly communication

Inaugural presentation of INFOSTA's new president
　Hajime TACHIBANA………415

Introduction………377

Meaning of scholarly publishing
　Shigeo MINOWA………417

Can the university presses show its raison d'etre?
Through consideration of the efforts of Kyoto University Press
　Tetsuya SUZUKI………423

Dispatch of Japanese scientific research seen in SPARC/JAPAN and University Library
　Jun ADACHI,Masamitsu NEGISHI,Shun TSUCHIYA,Kazunobu KONISHI,Takashi OBA,Sayuri OKUMURA………429

Trends of electronic publishing : electronic books for the academic community
　Takashi NAGATSUKA………435

Recent development and prospect of e-journals of the Chemical Society of Japan
　Kazuhiro HAYASHI,Tsukasa MONJO………441

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (12)………Yukiko KITAJIMA………448
●Impressions of successful candidates of database searcher's examination (2002)………453
●Report on presentation ceremony of 2002's database searcher's certification………458
●Proceedings of 46th annual meetings of INFOSTA………459
●INFOSTA Forum (153)………Hisako SUZUKI………462
●INFOSTA News………463
●Editor's note………466

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.8
Special feature :　Medical information and drug information

Introduction………377

General review : Search for medical science and drug information
　Junko AMIMOTO………378

UMIN information services for collection of medical and drug-related information from academic societies and its provision to medical professionals
　Takahiro KIUCHI………385

Release information from The Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research
　Masato NAKAJIMA………391

The pharmaceuticals daily
　Michio FUJITA………396

Asuno Shinyaku―The database of new drugs under development
　Soichiro YAMAMOTO………401

A courtesy visit of EPO staff to INFOSTA
　Tsutomu KIRIYAMA………406

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (11)………Rieko KOGA………407
●INFOSTA Forum (152)………Kunihiko SHIONO………409
●New book………410
●INFOSTA News………411
●Editor's note………414

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.7
Special feature :　Image digitalization

Introduction………329

Strategic considerations for building digital collections
　Kimio HOSONO………330

The present condition of Digital Archives, and digitalization artworks and documents
　Hirokazu SHIMIZU, Yoshiaki JITA………337

Digitizing paper document and the information life
　Yuji KANAZAWA………343

Technical issues for preserving and licensing of digital archive
　Hitoshi TAKAHASHI………349

The applications of the digital image data and their potentialities
　Hiroshi ONO………355

Reflections on "The Yomiuri Shimbun in CD-ROMs" series, taking examples from "The Yomiuri Shimbun in the Meiji Era," "The Yomiuri Shimbun in the Taisho Era", and "The Yomiuri Shimbun in the Showa Era" : An introduction
　Yasushi NISHIZAWA………361

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (10)………Shoko OKAYASU………367
●INFOSTA Forum (151)………Kazuyo SATO………370
●New book………371
●INFOSTA News………372
●Editor's note………376

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.6
Special feature :　The current state of documentation

Introduction………279

Research in documentation : The state of the art
　Masaru HARADA………280

Some problems on UDC
　Ken-ichi MITSUTOMI………285

The standardization for "information and documentation"
　Ikuko SUGANO………289

Documentation and information retrieval
　Hisamichi YAMAZAKI………294

Networked information resources and classification
　Yasutaka KOBAYASHI………301

MODS : a new alternative for libraries and metadata
　Mizuki KASHIMA………307

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (9)………Yukiko KITAJIMA………319
●INFOSTA Forum (150)………Katsuko MURAHASHI………323
●INFOSTA News………324
●Editor's note………327

Vol. 53　(2003） ,　No.5
Special feature :　Plan・Do・See

Introduction………235

About project management : Project management for the information system users
　Yoshio FUJITA………236

Skills required for project manager
　Takeshi IKUTA………242

Project management for library system
　Ken SUGIYAMA………248

"Information service" in Pfizer Pharm. Japan　―Setting up a new information center―
　Nobue FUJII………253

Establishing the library and science information center
　Mio ORO………257

Education projects for library users　―Cases of planning and practice
　Sayoko JIDO………263

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (8)………Minoru TANABE………269
●INFOSTA Forum (149)………Hisako UCHIDA………273
●INFOSTA News………274
●Editor's note………277

Vol. 53　（2003） ,　No.4
Special feature :　Web Usage in the Context of Web Application

Introduction………189

Web as dissemination, Accumulation and collection tools of information and its applications
　Yahiko KAMBAYASHI………190

Using the Web to build an encyclopedic searching site
　Atsushi FUJII………201

Web applications for web site creation. Present status and problems from the creator's side
　Hisanori NAKAGAWA………205

JST Link Center
　Keiko SATOU………211

Open source GIS GRASS for developing spatial data infrastructure ―Present status and future potential
　Venkatesh Raghavan, Katsuichi KITA, Koki IWAO, Markus Neteler………216

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (7)………Minoru TANABE………223
Winners of fundamantal knowledge examination for IR (2002)………226
Winners of database searcher's examination (2nd class 2002)………228
Winners of database searcher's examination (1st class 2002)………229
●INFOSTA Forum (148)………Mimiko KIMURA………230
●INFOSTA News………231
●Editor's note………234

Vol. 53 （2003） ,　No.3
Special feature : Human resources development

Introduction………121

Education for librarians as information professionals in Japan : Existing circumstances and problems
　Masaya TAKAYAMA………122

Requirements for human resource development ―Organization, management, due appraisal and motivation―
　Katsuko MURAHASHI………128

Skill improvement of specialist groups
　Yuji MATSUYAMA………135

Personnel training of information center in corporation
　Motohiro KOSHIYAMA………140

The substance of re-education systems using graduate schools for working persons, and the way to plan the systems by themselves
　Kazushi OHYA………146

Search for future Patent Information Retrieval System from two points of view "Indexing & Retrieval"
　Tsutomu KIRIYAMA, Masayoshi HASEGAWA, Jun KAWASHIMA, Kenichi TAMAOKI, Ikuo YOSHIDA, Takayuki TSUJIKAWA………152

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (6)………Minoru TANABE………159
Examination paper of fundamental knowledge examination for IR (2002)………164
Examination paper of database searcher's examination (1st class 2002)………167
Examination paper of database searcher's examination (2nd class 2002)………173
●INFOSTA Forum (147)………Isao TANAKA………184
●INFOSTA News………185
●Editor's note………188

Vol. 53 （2003） ,　No.2
Special feature : e-Government and e-information

New examination of database searcher in the INFOSTA………53

Introduction………58

Public access to government information : an introduction
　Akira NEMOTO………59

e-Government and intelligence laws in Japan
　Takashi SAKATA………68

Distribution of government publication through the Internet and transformation of information services
　Shinichi TODA………75

The e-Government portal
　Hideki AKIYAMA………81

Present state of e-Government in Japan and NEC's activities
　Mikiko TABUCHI………87

The challenge to the electronic local government in Aizu Wakamatsu City―Multipurpose IC card and IC library service―
　Masaru UKAWA………93

Public services of the city of Seattle
　Shigeru TAKAMURA………99

Information on drug development found in pharmaceutical companies' websites―Comparison with commercially available database concerning investigational new drug―
　Noriko OKA, Mitsuko NAKA, Misako NAKAKITA………104

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (5)………Mutsumi HOSAKA, Kazuko MATSUMOTO………112
●INFOSTA Forum (146)………Takami MATSUTANI………114
●New book………115
●INFOSTA News………116
●Editor's note………119

Vol. 53 （2003） ,　No.1
Special feature : Information analysis

Foreword………Akira OHMI………1

Introduction………2

Pragmatic aproach to better utilize information
　Toshio GOTO………3

A case of bibliometric research -Analysis of international co-authorship between Japan and foreign countries
　Yasuhiro YAMASHITA, Yuan SUN, Masaki NISHIZAWA………9

The analysis of patent information and patent map
　Kimio ARAI………16

Application of text minig for document data
　Yuki TOYODA………22

Text mining : Technologies and applications
　Isamu WATANABE………28

The analysis of the documents in the medical information
　Manabu AOKI………34

Series : FAQ for InfoPros (4)………Mutsumi HOSAKA, Kazuko MATSUMOTO………42
●INFOSTA Forum (145)………Toshimitsu TAMURA………44
●New book………45
●INFOSTA News………46
●Editor's note………52

The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association (Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu) Contents of Back Number

The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
(Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu) 　Contents of Back Number