Knowledge Democratisation Towards Viksit Bharat Through Open Access: Challenges and Role of Librarians
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2025-12-08
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INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar
Abstract
This paper discusses the importance of democratization of knowledge in providing equitable
access to knowledge for all in the country for achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat, a developed
nation, by 2047. In all the activities, such as excellence in education, innovation, research,
development, and economic advancements, technology development, employment, etc., open
and free access to scholarly information is of vital importance. The paper offers the meaning
of Democratization, Open Access and Open Access Publishing, their importance in building
a Knowledge Society and thereby a knowledge Economy. It describes how knowledge
democratization helps in achieving Viksit Bharat and the role of open access in the
democratization of knowledge. It also discusses the challenges of open access publishing,
such as the proliferation of predatory OA journals, the burden on authors with huge amounts
of Article Processing Charges, apprehensions about the quality of OA publications by a
section of authors, Copyrights as access limitations, etc. The paper discusses the role of
librarians in overcoming the challenges/constraints to Open Access. This work followed
Descriptive and Analytical methods of study and made use of secondary sources of information
and secondary data
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14th International CALIBER 2025, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, November 17-19, 2025
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Democratization of Knowledge, Knowledge Democratization, Open Access Advocacy, Open Access Barriers, Open Access Models, Open Access Publishing