National Conference

UGC Sponsored National Level Conference on

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

In Collaboration with

Annamalai University Library and Information Science Alumni Association

September 21-22, 2017

Organized by

Department of Library and Information Science

Sacred Heart College (Autonomous)

Tirupattur – 635601Vellore (Dt)

Tamilnadu

Sub- Themes

·         Open Access to Scholarly Communication

·         Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries

·         OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models

·         Open Access Educational Resources

·         Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders

·         Role of libraries in promoting Open Access

·         Research and Development Trends in Open Access

·         Impact of open access on research and scholarship

·         Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software.

·         Best practices and case studies

·         Plagiarism, Copyright, IPR issues and Creative Commons, Digital Rights Management

·         Social Networks and Open Access Resources

·         Open Access and Mobile Technologies

Call for papers and Guidelines to the Authors:

Original contributions in the form of research papers, case studies and surveys are invited on any of the sub themes mentioned above or any other topic related to the main theme of the conference. Full paper not exceeding 8 pages should be in Times New Roman with 12 font size, line spacing 1.5 typed in MS word format. Follow the APA Style of citation for all references. Kindly submit the soft copy on or before 13^thSeptember 2017 through email:shctptlibrary@gmail.com.

All the accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper publication and presentation.

Registration:

LIS Professionals / Academicians

(Paper Publication)                                       : Rs. 500

LIS Professionals / Academicians

(Participation)                                                 : Rs. 300

LIS Research Scholars / Trainees                   : Rs. 250

PG Students                                                    : Rs. 100

The registration fee includes conference kit and working lunch/snacks only. No TA/DA will be provided to attend this conference.

Registration Fee should be sent: The Principal, Sacred Heart College payable atTirupattur, Vellore

Important Dates:

Last date for Paper Submission  : 14-09-2017

Notification of acceptance           : 16-09-2017

Last date for Registration             : 18-09-2017

more details: 

Organizing Secretary

Mr. M. SELVAM

Librarian

Sacred Heart College (Autonomous)

Tirupattur – 635601

Vellore (Dt)

Tamilnadu

Mob: 9786046783, 7667942359

Email: shctptlibrary@gmail.com

             selvam_shctpt@yahoo.com