Dear Members, We are glad to inform you that we are organizing a 9th National Conference on the theme "Towards a Semantic Digital Library infrastructure" during December 18-19, 2013 at IGCAR Kalpakkam. This Conference forms a part of the series "Recent Advances in Information Technology (READIT)" organized by the Madras Library Association (Kalpakkam Chapter) and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. This READIT series is being conducted from 1995 onwards. The previous Conferences were well received by professionals engaged in IT and Library & Information services and Academic institutions. The Conference will be preceded by a one-day Tutorial on "Creating Content Portals" on 17/12/2013. We plan to have invited talks as well as contributed papers on the following sub-themes: · Virtualized Digital Library Infrastructure · Cloud Computing Techniques · E-books & Enabling Architecture · Semantic Metadata creation & retrieval · Knowledge Dissemination techniques · The new roles of librarians Contributed papers on any of the above mentioned sub-topics are invited. The papers can be sent to readit@igcar.gov.in. Registration Interested persons are requested to fill-in the registration form attached here with and mail it to the convener latest by 5th December, 2013. No presentation will be allowed without registration. Registration Fee Fee MALA Members Bonafide Students Tutorial 1000 750 500 Conference 2500 2000 750 Conference + Tutorial 3500 2500 1000 The registration fee may be sent by DD in favour of READIT payable at State Bank of India,Kalpakkam Branch (Code No.2219) Important dates: Pre-Registration and submission of Abstracts: 25th October, 2013 Intimation of Acceptance : 11th November, 2013 Receipt of completed papers : 25th November, 2013 Acceptance of full papers : 30th November, 2013 Last date for Registration : 10th December, 2013 Address for correspondence: Dr. M. Sai Baba Convener, Organizing Committee, READIT, Head, Scientific Information Resource Division, Associate Director, Resources Management Group Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam - 603 102, Tamil Nadu. Phone : +91 44 27480096 +91 44 27480500 Extn 22819 E-mail: readit@igcar.gov.in; sound@igcar.gov.in Website: http://www.igcar.gov.in/igc2004/sird/readit2013/index.html ---------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards, V. Rajendran, SIRD / IGCAR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.