10 th National Conference
on
REcent ADvances
in Information Technology (READIT-2016)
Conference theme:
Information Access in Digital Era
Date: July 13-14, 2016
Venue: Sarabhai Auditorium,
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research,
Kalpakkam - 603102
Organized by
Scientific Information Resource Division,
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research,
Kalpakkam - 603 102
in association with
Kalpakkam Chapter of Madras Library Association
about readit
Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
(IGCAR), Kalpakkam and Madras Library Association – Kalpakkam Chapter (MALA-KC)
have been conducting a series of conferences on Recent Advances in Information Technology
(READIT). The earlier conferences were conducted during 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005,
2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 which were well received by professionals engaged in IT
and Library Science from R&D and Academic Institutions. It is now proposed to conduct
10th National Seminar on “REcent ADvances in Information Technology (READIT)”, a
two-day conference with a theme of “Information Access in Digital Era”. The conference will have
invited talks by experts in the field and selected contributed paper presentations from researchers
and professionals.
IGCAR is a premier R&D establishment of Department of Atomic Energy with an objective to
conduct a broad based multi-disciplinary program of scientific research and advanced engineering
development, directed towards the establishment of the technology of Sodium Cooled Fast
Breeder Reactors (FBR) in the country.
The SIRD at IGCAR is one of the the most modern information resource centers in India. SIRD is
finding innovative methods to serve the needs of its users who are located over a large campus
sprawling around 10 square kilometers. This is achieved by constantly enhancing and modernizing
the digital library infrastructure and services. Excellent infrastructural facilities like advanced
digital library servers, storages solutions, content creation facilities, enhanced e-resources,
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based library management, are available in addition to
conventional library services.
objective
READIT targets professionals in the field of IT, Library & Knowledge Management and provide a
forum for discussion, information access and knowledge transfer in libraries. How open access
and Cloud computing would benefit the library community? How Information can be shared in
consortia and virtual private networks? Whether knowledge representation would change the
definition of library services? What are the issues that are put forth in the information sharing
and knowledge creation technologies? What are the standards, languages and methods for
information sharing and how libraries have been doing it? These are some of issues that may be
discussed in detail.
who should participate?
The conference is expected to attract participation from information scientists and professionals
from a wide range of disciplines, including those involved in Digital Library research and practice
from all over the country. The following categories of professionals are expected to benefit from
the conference.
• Professionals from Public, Academic, and Special Libraries
• Information Technology Professionals
• Knowledge Workers
• Policy-makers
• Educationists
• Content and Knowledge Managers
• Information Providers and Vendors
• Electronic Publishing and Virtual Electronic Communities
• Stakeholders in the Digitization and Knowledge Business
• Research Scholars & Students
venue
The Conference will be held at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, which is located 75 km south of Chennai,
the Capital of Tamil Nadu. It is also 10 km south of Mamallapuram, a fabulous South Indian
tourist spot which is famous for architecture and sculpture skills of Pallava Dynasty. Kalpakkam
is well connected by road and situated in the middle of Chennai to Pondicherry ECR scenic
beauty highway and surrounded by temple cities like Kancheepuram & Thirukazhukundram and
Vedanthankal Bird Sanctuary.
how to reach?
It takes about 3 hours to reach Kalpakkam from Chennai by State Transport Bus and about
2 hours by Taxi. All north bound trains are terminated at Chennai Central Railway Station and
south bound trains at Egmore Railway Station. The State Transport Buses for Kalpakkam (Route
No. 108, 119, 118, 188 or any ECR bus) starts from Koyambedu bus stand.
accommodation
Accommodation for out station participants can be arranged on nominal payment to a limited
number in the DAE Guest House/Hostels at Kalpakkam. For others accommodation can be
arranged in the hotels at Mamallapuram which is a popular tourist centre, about 10 km north of
Kalpakkam on payment basis.
call for papers
The Conference track of READIT invites submission of papers to deliberate in the following areas:
•
Issues in Information Handling & Sharing
•
Information Science in IT
•
Cloud Computing for Libraries
•
Semantic Web for Knowledge Creation
•
Information Access Tools & Techniques
• Towards Future Infrastructure for Libraries
Contributed papers on any of the above mentioned sub-topics are invited. A separate poster
session is planned during the conference for the contributed papers. A souvenir containing
abstracts of the invited talks/ contributed papers will be brought out at the time of the conference.
It is also proposed to bring out a proceeding of the conference in CD format. Papers received after
the due date will not be included in the proceedings.
A separate technical session consisting of oral presentations are being organized for Students
and Research Scholars who are in this field.
exhibition
As a part of this conference an exhibition of latest products and publications is also arranged.
registration
Interested persons are requested to fill-in the registration form and mail it to the convener latest
by 30th June, 2016. No presentation will be allowed without registration.
registration fee
NON MEMBERS
MALA MEMBERS
BONAFIDE STUDENTS
` 2500
` 2000
` 750
CONFERENCE
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
June 20, 2016
June 25, 2016
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
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Abstract Submission
Intimation of Abstract Acceptance
Full Paper Submission
Registration
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 27480281
Fax: +91 44 27480096
E-mail: readit@igcar.gov.in; msb@igcar.gov.in
For more details refer conference website: http://www.igcar.gov.in/seminars/readit2016/