INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 6th Colloquium (2006-08) On Open Access Movement ABSTRACT Journal prices were affordable till 1970s, when they began to rise faster than inflation. Prices have risen four times faster than inflation since 1986. Fortunately, just as journal prices were becoming unaffordable, the Internet emerged to offer an alternative - in the form of Open Access Movement. "Open Access" defines a movement that promotes free, unrestricted Internet access to the primary research literature as a public good. What make it possible are the Internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. There are two primary vehicles for delivering OA to research articles: OA archives or repositories and OA journals. There are open-source software for building and maintaining OAI-compliant archives. The development and usage of these archives are gaining worldwide momentum. Topics Speakers 1. Overview Sanjeev K Sunny 2. What's happening worldwide? Mithun Raj M. 3. Open Access Journals Ayesha Khatoon 4. Disciplinary Archives Syed Raiyan Ghani 5. Institutional Archives and Repositories Anila S. 6. OAI Tools: Software Mita Sarkar 7. Conclusion Radha Rani Rit Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 18th of April 2007 Time: 2:00 pm All are cordially invited . Prof. K.S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.