Vimal Kumar is a library professional who works with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam district, Kerala state, India. He shows interest in observing changes in scholarly communication and the Open Access and Free Software movement. Maintain four blogs to convey helpful information to academic and library professionals. He is an advocate of Free Software. Active in the promotion of Koha Free Software for library computerisation. He has served as Live DVD Manager for the Koha (version 3.12) project. 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, PG Diploma in Computer Applications and UGC NET. He has finished PhD in Library and Information Science from Mahatma Gandhi University. He has written about Free Software for several publications. Papers on Free Software and Open Access have been presented at many International and National conferences. He is a native of Vazhappally village of Changanassery Taluk in Kottayam district. You can learn more about Vimal Kumar at http://vimalkumar.info or drop him a line with errata or suggestions at vimalibre@gmail.com.