The society in Japan is undergoing major changes due to the pandemic of the COVID-19. How will the academic research field change after the COVID-19, and how will open science change? The task assigned to the author is to report on practical activities related to this issue from the standpoint of a historical researcher. We discuss two cases in which the author was involved in the topic of open science movement for historical scholarship under the COVID-19 pandemic: the first is about the community digital archive project "Corona Archive @ Kansai University", and the second is about the activities of the Special Committee for Young Scholars of the Japanese Historical Association for making historical papers open access through the Digital Collection of the National Diet Library.

　This presentation aims to suggest a direction to find new styles of preservation and utilization of historical and cultural resources according to discussions at two events which were held to provide opportunities to exchange information and opinions on how to preserve and utilize historical and cultural resources amid COVID-19 Pandemic. In the pandemic, to visit and stay in the field for research or preservation activities has been regulated. It is necessary to find and practice new styles for continuous activities, such as research activities with infection control practices or alternative ways of research without visiting and staying. Moreover, in this situation where digitalization and online release of resources are more required, it is required to reconsider the value and meaning of digital data and real materials.

The Natural History Museum, which aims to systematically collect and organize natural history materials, has been active for centuries as the center of natural history science activities aimed at describing events in the natural world. In recent years, images and attribute information of materials collected in natural history museums are being shared and used on a global scale through database creation and Internet publication. This change is thought to lead not only to the introduction of new shared methods, but also to the strengthening of academic fields in terms of lowering barriers to entry into academic fields and promoting the expansion of the research population. In this presentation, we will consider the current status and prospects of natural history academic information circulation centered on biodiversity information.

　In this presentation, we will discuss the topics of the online event using the case of the InterUniversity Research Institute Symposium held in October 2020. This symposium has been held at real venues such as Akiba Square and Miraikan etc. This year, however, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, in August 2020 the committee decided to hold the online event. I would like to reflect on the key points for designing an online event in a period of about two months and help us consider future hybrid events.

In recent years, the digitization of regional and municipal materials has been progressing, but it is difficult to grasp how much it is specifically digitized and opened publicly. In this paper, we estimated the progress of digitization based on the survey of metadata and digital materials using search services such as the National Diet Library Digital Collections (NDL Digital), the NDL Web Archiving Project NDL WARP), the municipal homepages, Yokohama City Library Digital Archive and the OPAC of each city library in all cities of Kanagawa Prefecture. How to cooperate between NDL and public libraries for the issue of openning up the digitized regional materials in the future is discussed.

　There are various ways to view digital signage, and the design of digital signage for various views is desirable to make the signage more appealing. In this study, we find out the characteristics of the font which is easy to read when viewed from an angle through preliminary experiments and main experiments. In this paper, we describe the results up to the preliminary experiments. In the preexperiments and the preliminary experiments, we examined whether the visibility of a font varies depending on the angle of gaze and the type of character. Regarding the angle of gaze, changes in the horizontal viewing angle affect visibility, but changes in the vertical viewing angle do not affect visibility. The visibility of hiragana, katakana, and kanji characters differ in visibility. Some characters are difficult to read in hiragana and katakana even if they are the same type. Hiragana and katakana are difficult to read even for the same character type.

　Due to the recent coronavirus outbreaks, public spaces such as libraries and museums are required to maintain "social distancing", where people are kept at regular intervals. "Social distancing" is a necessary measure from the perspective of infection prevention, but the appearance of many signs on chairs and spaces in facilities that prohibit their use is not appropriate for a public space whose role is to accommodate the public. A KITEN Project, a collaboration of academicians, such as curators and researchers, and designers, aims to revitalize cultural activities in public spaces during the Coronation Disaster. This paper introduces a KITEN Project and discuss the relationship between academicians and designers and public spaces in the Coronavirus.

　In the age of COVID-19 pandemic, it is difficult to hold academic events such as academic societies and symposiums where researchers gather, and many attempts are being made online. The advantages of online events are that they can participate in situations where the risk of infection is low, and that it is possible to discuss with participants who had previously had difficulty attending due to spatial and time constraints. On the other hand, the issue is how to share and discuss the issues and current situation that were conducted by directly interacting and experiencing.

　Presenters held "Academic Camp 2020 in Oshu City" online on July 10th (Sat) and 11th (Sun), 2020, for multifaceted and interdisciplinary discussions on the preservation, succession, and utilization of local academic materials. In this presentation, we will consider the practice of academic events in which participants share issues and current situations and discuss with each other remotely, focusing on "online tour" in academic camp 2020.

　Organizational mobility of researchers plays an important role in knowledge diffusion and intellectual exchange in open science. In recent years, the impact of researcher mobility on creativity has been studied extensively, and it has been found that mobility has a positive effect on researchers both domestically and internationally, but what aspects of mobility contribute to researcher creativity remains unclear. In this research, we propose a method to analyze the bibliographic information of synchronous mobility,focusing on the simultaneous affiliation of researchers, which has recently been attracting attention in the field of computer science where migration is active. We compare synchronous mobilities with the case of a researcher who completely changes his or her organization, and discuss how the simultaneous acquisition of researchers functions as an organizational strategy in open science.

How have the restrictions COVID-19 imposed on our societies around the world changed the academic public relations (PRs) and open science? The academic PR and open science partly share the mission and purposes. However, their technological backgrounds are quite different: the academic PR is based on the methods developed through the rise of mass media in the 20th century, whereas open science assumes today's matured information and communication technology (ICT). The COVID-19 pandemic imposed fundamental restrictions on these activities. Many of the academic PR activities such as events, pamphlets, and posters have been affected and replaced by internet-based online activities. Information is more accessible through universities' website and even new online communication tools have been introduced. These changes seen on their website are, though often bought up as a necessary step, an unprecedented and rapid change the COVID-19 pandemic brought in. In this study, we conduct a survey on the university websites to sketch out how the academic PR has changed in the first half of this school year (from April to September, 2020) focusing on events and student recruitment fairs, "open campus". Based on the survey data, we examine the changes in the similarities and differences between activities of open data and the academic PRs. Then, we discuss the new functionality of the academic PR and its applicability to open science in the new world after COVID-19.

In this presentation, we will analyze and verify the method of regional materials survey in the age of COVID-19 pandemick, taking as an example the survey of historical and folklore materials conducted by the presenters in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture from June to August 2020. After that, we will consider the conventional method of academic materials survey, especially in the field of history, and extract issues. As a result of this research, it can be pointed out the importance of information sharing and disclosure in future academic material surveys.

　In the era of Open Science, a lot of researchers committed to research data publication. This article analyzes the current state of research data publication at Japanese universities, using records of DataCite. We identify 39,128 records, in which one or more authors are affiliated with a Japanese university. More than half of the records are available on HEPData, a repository of high energy physics. We observe that the number of research data publications differ greatly depending on counting methods. In addition, the result shows that the number of research data publications has been increased in recent years.