National Workshop on ‘DSpace for Building Institutional Repositories and Digital Libraries’

21st to 25th October 2008

A National Workshop on DSpace for Digital Libraries jointly organized by M.G.University and Federal Institute of Science And Technology was held at FISAT.
The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Jancy James Vice Chancellor, M.G.University. She said that, Open Access to knowledge has fundamentally changed the realities of distributing scientific knowledge and cultural heritage. Internet offers a chance to constitute a global and interactive representation of human knowledge. Literature generated by public fund should permit any user to read, download and distribute or use them for any other lawful purpose. Unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone and every where will accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich and poor. With an opportunity to save money and expand the scope of dissemination, today there is strong incentive for Universities and research organization to empress open access, she concluded.