Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources（JUSTICE）
promotes many activities for providing stably and continuously
academic information, including e-journal that is essential for
education and research activities of the university in Japan.

What is JUSTICE ?

1. Mission

JUSTICE contributes to the enhancement of Japan’s academic information infrastructure

through the license arrangements, management, provision, and long-term preservation ofe-resources as well as through the development of human resources.

2. Organization

Japan Alliance of University LibraryConsortia for E-Resources（JUSTICE） University Libraries

Collaboration framework
National Institute ofInfomatics (NII)（Secretariat）
Library Liaison
Cooperation Ofﬁce

Cooperation
promotion council
Japanese Coordinating
Committee for
University Libraries

JAPULJANUL（National） (Public)（staﬀ）

memberlibrary
memberlibrary
memberlibrary

Steering Committee
Working Group（staﬀ）

Working Group（staﬀ）

Working Group（staﬀ）

memberlibrary

memberlibrary

JASPUL(Private)

Associations of University Libraries

The General Meeting is an opportunity to reflect the views and opinions of all themember libraries directly.

The Steering Committee assumes the role of formulating basic policies for theoperation of JUSTICE.

Members of the Steering Committee are appointed by the Cooperation Promotion Council,
then approved by the General Meeting.

The Chair of the Steering Committee is elected by the committee members and serves as therepresentative of JUSTICE.

Working Groups play the central role in executing specific activities such as negotiation
with publishers, various surveys, and public relations, under the supervision of the Steering
Committee.

Staffs of member libraries serve on the Working Group.

The Secretariat is a team for executing the daily tasks required for pursuing the activitiesof JUSTICE.

Library Liaison Cooperation Office has been established within the National Institute ofInformatics（NII）and three full-time staff members serve as the Secretariat. All the Secretariat
members have been assigned from member libraries.

Activities of JUSTICE

3. JUSTICE is responsible for the following activities
１

Negotiation and finalization of terms and conditions with publishers
regarding contract and use of e-resources▶ JUSTICE undertakes negotiations with publishers as a consortium and a single contact

point to win better conditions on price and use conditions than when negotiated byindividual institutes.

２ Enhancing collections of journal backfiles and other electronic resources▶ JUSTICE, in collaboration with NII, builds contract models that allow member libraries

to purchase e-journal backfiles and Humanities & Social Sciences Electronic Collection
at low costs, and to access such contents through NII-REO.

３ Joint utilization of Electronic Resources Management System▶ JUSTICE works in cooperation with NII to build a system with an aim to centralize andincrease efficiency of e-resource management（bibliographic and contract informationmanagement）and to enhance user service.

４ Long-term preservation and ensuring access of electronic resources▶

CLOCKSS（Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe）is a global project to build aglobally distributed dark archive of electronic resources. JUSTICE participates in thisproject to maintain an environment ensuring access to electronic resources and sustain
the activities of the global academic community.

５ Fostering e-resource librarians growth▶ The Secretariat accepts OJT trainees under the NII On-the-Job Training System to foster humanresources that will play central roles in the development of scholarly communication.
▶ JUSTICE provides information and other support to member library staff in charge of e-resource

purchase and management.

６ Public relations, information collection and other activities▶ JUSTICE issues a newsletter “jusmine” to share information with member libraries▶ JUSTICE sends speakers to various external events to introduce the activities of JUSTICE.
▶ JUSTICE also sends university library staff to international meetings of the International Coalition ofLibrary Consortia（ICOLC）for exchange of information with overseas consortiums.

JUSTICE is NOT a third party agency providing services to negotiatewith publishers on behalf of the libraries. It is a university libraryconsortium run by the voluntary participation of member libraries.

To ensure sustainability of our activities

4. MembershipJUSTICE is a membership organization that operates on the basis of membership fees.
Membership fee is determined according to classifications from A to C based on the total
number of full-time faculty members and graduate school students.
No. of full-time faculty
members + graduate
school students

CLASS

Annual membership feeA5,001 ～

￥60,000

B

1,001 ～ 5,000￥40,000

C

１～ 1,000￥20,000○ Purpose of collecting membership fee
Full-time staff members of the Secretariat are assigned from member libraries, and the labor
cost of Secretariat staff is born by the assigning university.
Membership fee is collected from all member libraries and handed to universities assigning
Secretariat members to mitigate their labor cost burden.

5. The two pillars that support JUSTICE activities
１ Support by member libraries

JUSTICE member libraries support JUSTICE activities not only through membershipfees but also by providing human support for the Secretariat, Steering Committee andWorking Groups and by sending OJT trainees.

２ Support by the National Institute of Informatics（NII）NII provides the following support to JUSTICE activities based on the collaboration
framework established between the Japanese Coordinating Committee for University
Libraries and NII:▶

Provision of a platform for the operation of the Secretariat （Library Liaison
Cooperation Office in NII as a base for the Secretariat）▶ Provision of office space and associated facilities▶ Provision of basic operation costs for JUSTICE activities and utility costs pertaining

to the above mentioned use of facilities

Jimbocho Sta.

Yasukuni-do ri Ave.

Kyoritsu
Women sUniversity

Library Liaison Cooperation Office, Cyber ScienceInfrastructure Development Department, National
Institute of Informatics
２-１-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430
TEL+81-03-4212-2821, 2822, 2823

E-mail justice-help@nii.ac.jp
http://www.nii.ac.jp/content/justice_en/

Josui
KaikanTakebashi Sta.

Hakusan-dori Ave.

Japan Alliance of University Library
Consortium for E-Resources（JUSTICE）

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Institute ofInformatics
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