Dear Sirpl send the information through LIS-forum Dear Professionals UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCEONRECENT TRENDS IN OPEN ACCESS(NCRTOA-2016)Date: 09th January, 2016 OrganizedbyLibrary and Information CenterUniversity College of ArtsTumkur University,Tumkur-572103 Objectives of the Conference:The conference aims at bringing together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars, to exchange or share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Open Access. It provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators, to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Open Access. It also aims to educate the research community and public on the benefits of OA resources and open source software. Sub- themes:1. Open Access to Scholarly Communication2. Open Access (OA) Movement3. Open Access Policy perspective, Economics, Opportunities and Challenges4. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)5. Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries6. OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models7. Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC8. Open Access Educational Resources9. Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders10. Role of libraries in promoting Open Access 11. Research and Development Trends in Open Access12. Management of E-resources13. Impact of open access on research and scholarship14. Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software.15. Best practices for maintaining and disseminating OA scholarly communication16. Plagiarism, Copyright, IPR issues and Creative Commons, Digital Rights ManagementCall for papers: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. Guidelines to Authors: A panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main topic 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. The abstract carrying 4-5 Keywords and full paper should comprise of title, name of the author/co-author(s), mailing address, E-mail ID and contact number. Kindly submit the soft copy on or before 10th December 2015 through email:ncrtoa@gmail.com. The acceptance of paper will be communicated through E-mail to the main author of the paper.All the accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. All the participants are requested to send the duly filled registration form along with the requisite fee applicable. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper publication and presentation. Registration Fees: | LIS professionals/ Academicians | Rs. 500 | | Research Scholars/Library trainees/Students | Rs. 300 | The Registration Fee includes conference kit and refreshment. Author and Co-author(s) should register separately.Registration on the spot is also entertained. Mode of Payment: The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) drawn in favourof “Principal, University College of Arts” payable at Tumakuru should be sent to the organizing secretary on or before 20th December, 2015.Payment may also be made through NEFT, Name: Principal, A/c. No: 64143861653 Branch: Tumkur University, City: Tumkur, IFSC Code: SBMY0040850 Important Dates:Last date for Paper submission : 10th December 2015Notification of acceptance : 15th, December 2015 Last date for Registration : 20th December, 2015For more details please visit conference website http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com/ For further details contact:Smt. Sumadevi SOrganizing Secretary, NCRTOA-2016Assistant LibrarianLibrary and Information CenterUniversity College of ArtsTumkur UniversityB.H Road, Tumakuru -572103Karnataka, India. Mob+91 9900138254E-mail: ncrtoa@gmail.com,sumadevitut@gmail.comhttp://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com/ with regards T A Mohan Librarian Siddaganga Institute of Technology TUMKUR E-mail: mohan@sit.ac.in tamohanta@rediffmail.com Phone: 0816 2214078 Mobile:9343525141 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.