From: Shivaram Gowda Date: Fri, July 10, 2015 10:44 am Dear Members, You are cordially invited to attend the following lecture organized by Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), NCSI-Net Foundation, and SRELS. Title: Open Access Journals: A Blessing or Disgust for Scholarly Communication!!!.. SPEAKER: Dr. Rajendra Babu H, Assistant Professor,Dept. of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur. PLACE: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 DATE & TIME: Friday July 10, 2015 at 6.15 p.m. Abstract: The theme of the talk would be on Open Access (OA), predominantly discusses on how "OA journals (OAJ)" play a role in scholarly communication among scientific community. OA is relatively new concept identified and nurtured by the scientists for scholarly communication. As OA and OAJ are the two new concepts emerged with the advent of Internet and web 2.0 tools and technologies. The study on the scientists use of OAJ for their Scholarly Communication aimed at finding how OAJ helps in better science communication in general and life scientists in particular. As the OA and OAJ has become a buzz-word in the scholarly world today. This study aimed to find the pulse of the life scientists from among major scientific and R&D institutions in India; to assess their awareness and subsequent use of open access journals. There are very specific issues delved in detail such as copyright, plagiarism, peer review, the reasons for scientist publishing activity and so on. This study also determines the preferences and willingness among life scientists to publish in OAJ as well as commercial publishing of their scholarly research output. About Speaker: Dr. Rajendra Babu H has done Masters in Library and Information Science from Bangalore University. He has done his post master’s training in “IT Applications to Library and Information Services” in National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore-12. He has done his doctoral studies on “Use of Open Access Journals for Scholarly Communication in Life Sciences: A Study” from University of Mysore, Mysore-06. He has over 19 years of professional working experience in Academic institutions and Multinational companies. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur. He has extensive experience in Developing and Managing world-class Information and Knowledge centers, Content Research functions in HLL, GE, Capco, Symphony Services Corporation and Wipro technologies working with cross border teams. He is a Six sigma, NCC ‘C’ Certified and represented Karnataka State in Volley Ball. He is a member of professional organizations such as NCSI-NET Foundation, KALA, MyLISA, MILAN and so on. He has served as General Secretary, and presently serving as a governing council member in Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), Bangalore, India. He has co-authored 4 books, edited 5 conference proceedings with ISBN and has published over 30 papers in national/ international journals/conferences with warm regards Shivaram BS Treasurer, KALA