Conference Theme : "Open Access - Scholarly Communication Reincarnated : A Futuristic Approach"
Sub themes:
Sub themes:
- Genesis and Developments in Scholarly Communication with a slant to Open Access
- Open Access its theoretical and practical philosophy and principles
- Empanelment of IT and Open Access to Scholarly Communication
- Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) vis a vis Open Access
- Metadata Standards and Interoperability
- Areas and categories of Open Access and Inventory of work done w.r.t India and identify gaps
- Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries including consortia approaches
- Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC
- E- Publishing – Evolving mechanism for access and pricing
- Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders
- Copyright , IPR issues and Creative Commons
- Use and User studies of e-resources
- Research and Development Trends in Open Access with reference to work in India and Asia
- Role of Public libraries in promoting Open Access