Katharine Dunn is Scholarly Communications Librarian at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the premiere educational institute in the world. She works with Scholarly Communications and Collections Strategy department (SCCS) that aims to transform scholarly communications for the digital age with innovative and…
Author: Open Interview
Santosh is Moderator of Open Interview. He heads Library and Information Centre of Khandwala College (Autonomous) in Mumbai, India. He can be addressed by his name since he has an unpronounceable surname!! (santosh[@]nkc.ac.in)
Claire Redhead: The argument for open access to all scholarship has never been more relevant
Claire Redhead is one of the leading international open access advocators. She is heading Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) as its Executive Director. Prior to this, she was a Membership and Communications Manager at OASPA and worked for over…
Giridhar Kunkur: If there is a paradise on earth, it’s my library
Giridhar Kunkur is one of the esteemed library professionals known widely for his innovative library services for the user community. Having rich experience of working with the premier organizations such as American Center, The Times of India, British Council Libraries, QMed…
Loida Garcia-Febo: High possibilities for librarians to collaborate globally to positively impact humans and nature
Loida Garcia-Febo is a celebrated international library consultant. She was the President of American Library Association (ALA 2018-19), Chair of ALA 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force, Chair of ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship, and she…
Ganga Dakshinamurti: A true researcher has to be information literate
Ganga Dakshinamurti* practiced innovative services in the Canadian academic libraries much before the advent of technology. With over fifty years’ dedicated service in the library profession in Canada, she has worked in different segments of academic librarianship from college to…
Muthu Madhan: ‘One nation one subscription’ is an elusive goal
Muthu Madhan is a long-time crusader for open access (OA) to scholarly literature in India. He has been promoting OA through interoperable institutional repositories – the green route for OA. He has spoken about the importance of OA in different…
पीटर सुबेर: गैरसमज आणि अपरिचित असणे हे ओपन ॲक्सेसचे सगळ्यात मोठे अडसर आहेत
पीटर सुबेर हे ओपन ॲक्सेस (OA) चे जागतिक पातळीवर मान्यता प्राप्त तज्ज्ञ आहेत. ते प्रामुख्याने पाश्चिमात्य तत्त्वज्ञानाचा इतिहास, कायद्याचे तत्त्वज्ञान या विषयांचे विशेषज्ज्ञ आहेत. त्यांनी कायद्याचे शिक्षण घेतले आहे परंतु त्यांनी तो पेशा म्हणून स्वीकारलेला नाही. ते (Suber) हार्वर्ड विद्यापीठ…
Partha Pratim Mitra: Break popular myths and disseminate documented information on ‘frugal’ innovations
Partha Pratim Mitra is an Ex-Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development and Principal Labour and Employment Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. With rich experience in the socio-economic issues and policies concerning the rural development, labour…
Sanjaya Mishra: Educational institutions need to become a producer of content and not just consumer of content
Sanjaya Mishra is one of the leading scholars in open, distance and online Learning. He is Education Specialist at Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Canada. He has served Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), UNESCO, Paris and IGNOU’s Regional…
अमृत देशमुख: तुमच्याजवळ काय आहे हे महत्त्वाचं नाही, तर तुमच्याजवळ जे आहे, त्यातून तुम्ही काय करता हे महत्त्वाचं!
पुस्तकांचे सारांश लोकांपर्यंत पोहोचवून त्यांच्यामध्ये वाचनाची आवड जागी करणारा तरुण म्हणून अमृत देशमुख आज सर्वश्रुत आहे. दर आठवड्याला विक्रमी विक्री होणारं एक पुस्तक वाचून त्याचा वीस मिनटांचा सारांश अमृत तयार करतात. हा सारांश स्वतःच्या आवाजात ध्वनिमुद्रित करून, त्यांच्या Booklet ह्या…