It is our immense pleasure to share the news that
Dr. BMN College of Home Science in collaboration with SHPT School of Library Science & BharatRatna Maharshi Karve Knowledge Resource Centre, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai is organizing a Two-Day
National Conference on "Open Access to Scholarly Communication: Research & Academic Communities Role in Building a Sustainable Knowledge Society". A detailed brochure of the national conference is attached to this mail. Original contributions based on applications, research, surveys, or practices related to the theme and sub-themes mentioned are invited for conference presentation and publication.
The conference will include talks by distinguished speakers, selected presentations by participants, a workshop & a panel discussion.
Date: September 20-21, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Dr. BMN College of Home Science, Matunga Mumbai
Papers are invited on:
- Equitable Access: Advancing Open Knowledge for All
- Innovation through Openness: Shaping the Future of Research
- Navigating the Open Access Landscape: Policy and Practices
- Open Science: Collaboration, Transparency, and Impact
- Plan S or Transformative agreements
- Use of open access resources/OERs by the academic community
- Sustainable information resources/information systems
- Increased access to information & knowledge: Government, Public & Private initiatives
- Promoting environmentally sustainable practices in the library and for the users
- Challenges and opportunities in OA publishing
- Impact of OA publishing on researcher's prole for example increased visibility & citations
- Libraries best practices in providing education to open access for academicians
- Open licences, its awareness and use by the academic community
- AI and its effect on Open access scholarly communication
Who can Attend:Teachers (All Disciplines), Librarians, Researchers, Students, Retired Professionals
Important Dates:Last date of paper submission: 15th August 2024
Date of Notification: 25th August 2024
Registration Fee:
- Professionals without paper: Rs. 1000/-
- Professionals with paper: Rs. 1200/-
- Retired professionals: Rs. 500/-
- Students with paper: Rs. 500/-
- Students without paper: Rs. 250/
Registration Link:https://forms.gle/mEJHiJQYtzcahy1q8
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