Dear Professionals, It is our pleasure to inform you that the paper submission date has been extended upto 23 December 2015 for the UGC Sponsored National Conference on the theme “Recent Trends in Open Access”, will be held on 9th, January 2016 at Tumkur University, Tumakuru. We request you to kindly block these dates in your calendar to be at Tumakuru for making this Conference successful! We invite academicians, practitioners, research scholars and students to present their contributions and make this national conference a success. 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 Communication 2. Open Access (OA) Movement 3. Open Access Policy perspective, Economics, Opportunities and Challenges 4. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) 5. Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries 6. OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models 7. Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC 8. Open Access Educational Resources 9. Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders 10. Role of libraries in promoting Open Access 11. Research and Development Trends in Open Access 12. Management of E-resources 13. Impact of open access on research and scholarship 14. Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software. 15. Best practices for maintaining and disseminating OA scholarly communication 16. 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 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 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: 23th December 2015 Notification of acceptance : 26th, December 2015 Last date for Registration : 26th December, 2015 OOD facility will be provided for registered delegates Further for registration NO Cheques is accepted. Only DD or Fund transfer(Bank Slip Should be attached). For further details visit the conference website http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com and http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in Send the Articles to the following e-mail address: ncrtoa@gmail.com Looking forward to overwhelming response from your end With regards, Smt. Sumadevi S Organising Secretary, NCRTOA2016 Asst. Librarian University College of Arts Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103 Karnataka, India Mob:9900138254 E-Mail: ncrtoa@gmail.com and sumadevitut@gmail.com Websites: http://www.ucalibraryportal.weebly.com http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.