Dr T B Rajashekar, pioneer of Digital Library Movements, NewIndPress, June 18, 2005. An unsigned obituary. Excerpt: 'Dr T B Rajashekar, a well-known scientist in Library and Information Science working as Associate Chairman at National Center for Scientific Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, died a fortnight ago in an accident near Nelamangala. A native of Tarikere, Rajashekar achieved success in his career at a very young age because of his dedication to his work and subject and because of his hard work. He died on June 3. Due to his death, research in Open Access and Digital Library movements, prestigious programme of the country, has suffered a setback. Dr Rajashekar was often described as the pioneer of new generation librarianship in the country. He was instrumental in making many beginnings in the country and his contribution to digital library was remarkable....' (PS: Also see the short obituary by Vikas Kamat and the longer one by Subbiah Arunachalam and N. Balakrishnan.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/18/2005 09:00:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
