Seminar on "Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach"

Registration: Free Registration! Limited Seats upto 50 on first-come-first served basis.

Background
To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library & Information Centre (TERI-LIC) along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach" on 22 December 2015 at TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

Open Access has become central importance to advancing the interests of researchers, scholars, students, business, and the public as well as librarians. Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain.

Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data. Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields.

Why you Should Attend
The Seminar will focus on:

• Wider access to scientific publications and research data
• Open access typically focuses on access to scientific information and
• Challenges and Opportunities of Research Data