National seminar on open access movement – initiatives, promotion and impact @ Kashmir valley: a brief report

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this report is to outline selected presentations of the national seminar based on the theme “open access movement – initiatives, promotion and impact” organized by department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir held during 23‐25 October 2008 at Srinagar and narrates scenic beauty of Kashmir.

Design/methodology/approach

Conference report.

Findings

Many case studies and presentations were made about applications of OA software and the OA publishing model to overcome barriers and promote scholarly communication with special reference to Asia. These are included in this report.

Originality/value

Based on discussion during the seminar and personal interaction the author had with the participants, this report is a useful summary of open access related activities which is a topic of interest to managers of organizations, teachers and educators, librarians, open access protagonists and members of information provider communities. Some new ideas/study reports that have not been placed the traditional literature are introduced in the discussion.

Citation

Ghosh, M. (2008), "National seminar on open access movement – initiatives, promotion and impact @ Kashmir valley: a brief report", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 25 No. 9, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050810946169