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LRC Reading & Writing Competition
The LRC Reading and Writing competition is a department-level competition, conducted for students, to write about a selected academic topic. This is to positively impact students’ interest in reading, improving the writing ability, evoking a competitive mindset, motivating the researches and understanding about the library resources.
LRC in coordination with each academic department must take forward the competition on monthly basis starting from the Summer I 2020-2021. The summary about the topic should be submitted within three weeks by the students, starting from the opening the registration. The competition can be conducted during both modes of education, online and on-campus.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. “It is a breach of academic integrity.” All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence.
How to avoid Plagiarism?
- Before writing the summery, you should make sure that you have a good understanding of the topic. Use several resources in different format such as printed publications and electronic resources from the given list of available resources. You will be less likely to inadvertently plagiarize.
- Write about the topic strictly in your own words and cite your sources. It is not the proper way to use the synonyms and other words, this will closely imitate the resources you are referring. You should also cite ideas, opinions and theories which are not your own.
- For web sources cite the web page containing the information and include the URL and the date when you copied the page.
Copyright Law
Copyright grants to the author or originator the sole and exclusive privilege of creating multiple copies of literary or artistic productions and publishing and selling them. Copyright protection exists for original works fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including:
- Literary works;
- Musical works, including any accompanying words;
- Dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
- Pantomimes and choreographic work;
- Pictorial, graphic, and sculpture work;
- Motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
- Sound recordings.
The College prohibits the duplication, distribution, or use of materials by faculty, students, or other employees of any copyrighted material not covered by fair use, specific exemptions in the copyright law or licenses and agreements, or written permissions from copyright holders.
Rules & Regulations
The following are the Rules and Regulations to be followed by the students
- The students should use the library resources for reading and writing the summer
- Students can read and refer the multiple resources
- Words should not exceed more than 2000 words
- The summary should be typed and should have a title
- Reference should be given in the summary as endnote with APA format
- The participation will be invalid if the plagiarism limit exceeds 20%
APA style Referencing
The American Psychological Association, created their own specific citation and reference style. Today, this format is used by individuals not only in the psychology field, but many other subject areas as well.
Please refer the below link to get an idea about APA style 7th edition
https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/apa-style/
Reference:
Excelsior college. (2021) Excelsior Online Writing Lab. APA style. https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/apa-style/
Detailed Calendar for the Event (2021)
| Program & Dates | Information Technology | Business Administration | Health & Medical | Mass Communication |
| Participation Registration Open Date | 1-Jun | 1-Jul | 1-Oct | 1-Nov |
| Participation Registration Close Date | 5-Jun | 6-Jul | 6-Oct | 6-Nov |
| Last Date to Submit the Summary | 20-Jun | 20-Jul | 20-Oct | 20-Nov |
| Winner Announcement Date | 27-Jun | 27-Jul | 27-Oct | 27-Nov |