Dear Professionals *UGC SPONSORED* *NATIONAL CONFERENCE* *ON* *RECENT TRENDS IN OPEN ACCESS* *(NCRTOA-2016)* *Date: 09th January, 2016* *Organized* *by* *Library and Information Center* *University College of Arts* *Tumkur 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* · Open Access to Scholarly Communication · Open Access (OA) Movement · Open Access Policy perspective, Economics, Opportunities and Challenges · Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) · Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries · OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models · Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC · 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 · Management of E-resources · Impact of open access on research and scholarship · Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software. · Best practices for maintaining and disseminating OA scholarly communication · Plagiarism, Copyright, IPR issues and Creative Commons, Digital Rights Management *Call 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 more than 4000 words) carrying the Abstract, 4-5 Keywords, Title, Name (s), Affiliations, E-mail address, should be in Times New Roman 12 Font size, line spacing 1.5 typed in word format. Follow the APA Style of Citation for all references. 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 well in advance 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 favour of “*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 2015 Notification of acceptance : 15th, December 2015 Last date for Registration *:* 20th December, 2015 *OOD facility will be provided for registered delegates**.* For more details please visit conference website http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com/ -- *For further details contact:* *Smt. Sumadevi S* Organizing Secretary,* NCRTOA-2016* Assistant Librarian Library and Information Center University College of Arts Tumkur University B.H Road, Tumakuru -572103 Karnataka, India. Mob+91 9900138254 E-mail: ncrtoa@gmail.com, sumadevitut@gmail.com http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.