Announcement  Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach”  Venue: TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi | 22 December 2015 | 2  pm onwards | Free Participation * Limited seats upto 45 only (First Come First Serve basis) ** Invited                                                                          Organizer Knowledge partner

Programme Outline 13:45 – 14:15hrs Registration and Networking 14:00 – 15:00hrs -          Welcome address: Mr Prabir Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow and Director, KM Division, TERI -          Special Address: Dr. Debashish Dutta, Scientist G and Group Coordinator DEITY* -          Inaugural Address: Dr Chandrima Shaha, Director, National Institute of Immunology -          Setting the Theme and Vote of Thanks: Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow and Area Convenor, LIC, TERI 15:00 – 15:30hrs Tea and Refreshments 15:30 – 16:15hrs Plenary Talk by Session Chair:  Dr Ramesh Sharma, CEMCA Dr Usha Mujoo Munshi Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration Dr Beth Sandore Namachchivaya Associate University Librarian for Research Associate Dean of Libraries and Professor University of Illinois Topic: "Developing services, infrastructure, and best practices to conserve and provide access to research data: challenges and opportunities" Background Open  Access  has  become  central importance to advancing the interests of  researchers,  scholars,  students,  business,  and  the  public  as well as librarians.  Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain. Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon.  Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data.  Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields. To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach” on 22 December 2015 at  TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road Why you Should Attend The Seminar will focus on:    •    Wider access to scientific publications and data    •    Open access typically focuses on access to scientific information and    •    Issues and concerns For registration please contact: Reeta Sharma Information Analyst Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 (ext 2756) Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail reetas@teri.res.in http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/