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Panorama of Open Access: Progress, Practices and Prospects

Author: Ashis Biswas Mayuri Das Biswas

Rs. 1600

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ISBN 9789392594366
Year of Publication 2022
Binding HardBound
Pages
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Language English
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Open Access which is free and unrestricted access to research outputs for anyone, anywhere has emerged to be a sine-qua-non for meeting information needs in the present era. A comprehensive and coherent approach to the concept of open access, its foundation and prevailing status has been accentuated in this book. It establishes open access as an effective instrument towards dissemination of information in the digital age. Besides a companion to researchers, scholars and students from LIS as well as ranging across disciplines, this book is an important read which anticipates answering queries relevant to open access publishing and implementation process through evidence based instances. 

Foreword
 
Preface
 
List of Contributors
 
PART 1 : OPEN ACCESS : AN OVERVIEW
 
1 Open Access : Ushering in New Dimension to Information Services 
Dr. Ashis Biswas
Dr. Khushpreet Singh Brar
Dr. Jyoti Bhabal
 
2 Leveraging the Open Access Over Traditional Journals: Making Open Choice 
Dr. Sudip Ranjan Hatua
 
PART 2 : MEASURING QUALITY OF OPEN ACCESS SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION
 
3 Improving Research Impact with Publications in Open Access Journals 
Dr. Soumitra Sarkar
Dr. Tanmay De Sarkar
 
4 How Green is My Valley? Measuring Open Access Friendliness of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) through Data Carpentry 
Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay
 
5 A Qualitative Analysis of Open Access Scholarly Publishing in Asian Countries 
Dr. P.K Suresh Kumar
 
6 Applications of Machine Learning Techniques to Predict the Trend of Quality of Open Access Journals in DOAJ : An Experimental Study 
Dr. Swarnali Chatterjee
Dr. Rajesh Das
 
PART 3 : OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING MODELS AND MARKET
 
7 Open Access Publishing Models: A Conceptual Approach 
Maya Deori
Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma
 
8 Impact of Open Access Journals in Publishing Market: A Study 
Dr. Avijit Chakrabarti
Dr. Biplab Chakrabarti
 
PART 4 : OPEN ACCESS INITIATIVES
 
9 Initiatives and Implementation of Open Access by DST and DBT Government Organizations in India 
Dr. D. D. LAL
 
10 A Comparative Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives in SAARC Countries 
Dr. Ashis Biswas
 
PART 5 : OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING SYSTEM AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
 
11 Trends of Open Access Publishing in India 
Dr. Swapna Banerjee
Gulam Jilani
 
12 Open Peer Review Promoting Transparency and Integrity in Scholarly OA Publishing: A Review 
Monali Mitra Paladhi
Prabir Kumar Das
 
13 AMBRA: An Open Source Platform for Publishing Scholarly Articles 
Abhijith.B
Dr. K.G. Sudhier
 
PART 6 : COPYRIGHT ISSUES OF OPEN ACCESS
 
14 Research Visibility in Scopus Indexed Journals of LIS and their Copyright Policies : An Empirical Study 
Dr. Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu
 
PART 7 : INFORMATION LITERACY THROUGH OPEN
ACCESS AND ROLE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRES
 
15 Information Literacy for Rural Communities vis-a-vis Open Access to Information: Designing a Panchayat–based e-Governance Model for Rural Bengal 
Mayuri Das Biswas
 
16 From Universe of Knowledge to Universal Knowledge: A Linked Open Data Approach for Library and Information Centres 
Dr. Susmita Chakraborty
Rajarshi Das
 
17 Role of LIS Professionals in Promoting the Usage of Open Access: A Case Study 
M. Lokendro Singh
Index  

Ashis Biswas, (orcid.org/0000-0002-6120-9073) MLIS, M.Phil., Ph.D. is currently working as Librarian, Victoria Institution (College), Kolkata and is also associated with IGNOU as an Academic Counsellor since 2007. He is the Joint Editor of ‘College Libraries (WBCLA)’ (a UGC Care listed journal) and Joint Secretary of West Bengal College Librarians’ Association (WBCLA). He is a life member of BLA, IASLIC and Indian Science Congress Association. He has authored a book and several book chapters and research papers in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and delivered five invited lectures as resource person in national level webinars. His areas of interest are in Open Access, Green Library, Community Information Service, Management of Library and Information Centres and LIS Education.

Mayuri Das Biswas, MA, MLIS, M.Phil. is currently Head Librarian, J.D. Birla Institute, Kolkata and has more than 15 years of professional experience in various academic institutions. She has also served IGNOU as Academic Counsellor. She has a number of publications including book chapter, articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings to her credit. Presently, she is pursuing Ph.D. from University of Calcutta. She is also a member, Serial Division, IASLIC. Her research areas of interest include Open Access, Research Data Management, Library & Information Management and Services. 

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