Dr.V. Vimal Kumar is a library professional working with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam district, Kerala state, India. He shows interest in observing changes in scholarly communication, Open Access, and the Free Software movement. Maintain blogs to sharpen the skills of academic and library professionals. He is an advocate of Free and Open Source Software. He has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communicative English from Mahatma Gandhi University, a Master’s Degree in Library & Information Science from the University of Kerala, and a PG Diploma in Computer Applications and UGC NET. He has finished his PhD in Library and Information Science from Mahatma Gandhi University. He has written about Free Software for several publications.