Syllabus
Day 1 Morning
- Welcome and introduction by Subbiah Arunachalam
- Introduction of faculty
- Workshop objectives
- Participants self-introduction and their institutional needs
Day 1 Afternoon
- Overview of scientific publishing
and open access - International and Indian perspectives
Context and Perspective on Open Access - Leslie Chan
Open Access Medical Journal in India - D.K. Sahu - What are Eprints and Institutional Archiving - Leslie Carr
- Metadada/Dublin Core and importance for scientific publications
- Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) - introductory overview - T.B. Rajashekar
Day 2 Morning
- Eprints archive
- Document submission process
- Metadata entry, document formats
- Editorial and approval process - Les Carr
Day 2 Afternoon
Day 3 Morning
- File formats and preservation - D.K. Sahu
- Institutional repositary software: comparison of options and features - Rajashekar
- More on OAI-PMH - Rajashekar
- Installation of Eprints software - a step-by-step demonstration - Les Carr
Day 3 Afternoon
- Implementation models and options - Rajashekar
- Action plan - Leslie Chan
- Support group
- Steps in setting up institutional archives - Leslie Chan
- Goals and timeline
- Workshop evaluation