Introduction to Open Access to scholarly literature. Problems with traditional academic publishing and impact of Internet. Definition of Open Access and models. Why Open Access is required for the scientific and scholarly community? What can bloggers do to support Open Access. Open Access status in India.

1. Open Access What it is and why it is required for scholarly community? Sukhdev Singh – esukhdev AT gmail.com

5. 12 – 18 Months Research Impact

6. Fine, What is the Problem?

7. Research Impact

8. http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/home/regain_control.html

10. Now the Question being asked is

14. Open Access (OA) means free and online access to scholarly literature that can be freely disseminated further with proper author attribution. It brings down barriers to scientific communication by using Internet

17. So, Why Open Access is required for the scientific and scholarly community?

18. Newton, “ If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants ”

24. What can bloggers do?

25. Blog on Open Access Movement Peter Suber , Editor Gavin Baker , Assistant Editor http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

26. Blog on Open Access Literature / Resources

27. Blog on Peer-Reviewed Research “ Research Blogging helps you locate and share academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research. Bloggers use our icon to identify their thoughtful posts about serious research, and those posts are collected here for easy reference”. - http://researchblogging.org/index.php

28. Open Access and India

29. Open Access Repositories 30+ National Aerospace Laboratories Indian Institute of Astrophysics Repository

30. Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals&hybrid=&query=india

31. Open Access Hosts / Publishers http://www.ias.ac.in/

32. http://insa.ac.in/html/home.asp

33. http://medind.nic.in/

34. http://medknow.com/

35. Open Knowledge Society http://www.oksociety.org