Dear Professional Colleagues, With immense pleasure, Department of Library & Information Science, School of Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Thiruvarur organises a Special Lecture on the occasion of "Open Access Week 2020". Topic: Access to the Information Resources: The Transition in the Digital Era Speaker: Prof. Sai Baba Magapu, TV Raman Pai Chair Professor, National Institutes of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc, Bangalore Why to Attend? Providing access to information resources plays a crucial role in carrying out research, taking the outcomes of the R&D into tangible products and more importantly imparting education. With getting connected in the digital space becoming the new norm, the transition of users seeking information about information becoming available to the users has happened; more importantly the emergence and dominance of newer non-library information sources. Open science and open access to information resources have been in discussion for some time. Taking cognition of the change in the way information is becoming available, libraries and librarians are making the transition. Traditional Librarians to Information Officers to Knowledge Managers. The talk would summarise some of the developments and the need for reskilling of the information science professionals to adapt to the change and the opportunities it offers would also be discussed. Date and Time: Monday, October 19, 2020 11:00 am | 1 hour 15 minutes | (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi Meeting Number (Access Code): 170 743 5722 Meeting Password: 1357 Meeting Link: https://cutn.webex.com/cutn/j.php?MTID=md2f18e8fef029ac2a63becba3c37b7a5 Registration Link: https://forms.gle/JzbV5GPtjUFzshVd8 Platform: Cisco Webex Participation Limit: 1000 participants Program Coordinator: Dr. Anila Sulochana, Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur Note: Registration is free. Certificates will not be issued to participants. Please join the Special Lecture and circulate to others also. with regards, *Dr. K. G. SUDHIER *PhD*/* *डॉ. के. जी. सुधीर * Assistant Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science School of Communication *Central University of Tamil Nadu <http://www.cutn.ac.in/> * Thiruvarur - 610 005 Tamil Nadu (*INDIA*) Email: kgsudhier@cutn.ac.in <kgsudhier@gmail.com>, kgsudhier@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.