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About Indian Institute of Technology Madras

 Indian Institute of Technology Madras at Chennai was set up as an Institute of National Importance by Government of India in 1959 with financial assistance from the then Federal Republic of Germany. It has established a reputation, both nationally and internationally, for excellence in Technical Education, Research and Industrial Consultancy. Institute Campus extends over area of 620 acres in Chennai, the political and cultural capital of Tamilnadu and provides residential facilities to about 3000 students in 13 hostels, and to the faculty and staff 900 quarters. It has a hospital, shopping centers, banks, a post office, a telecom center, a community center, a stadium, playing fields, a gymnasium, and a gymnasium, and a swimming pool. The Campus has preserved the natural environment of flora and fauna, characteristic of a national park. Source (Indian Institute of Technology Madras: A Profile, March 2000 )

For more details please visit our Institute's Official Website http://www.iitm.ac.in

About the Central Library IIT Madras

    Very recently Millennium Library Building was inaugurated by Prof. R. Natarajan our Director. and RWTUV of Germany has awarded ISO 9001 certificate for the establishment and maintenance of quality library systems and procedures for the Central Library. We are deeply involved to provide value added services to our users with the help of all modern tools and techniques of information handling. The Central Library has all world class IT infrastructure with the objective to provide excellent library and information support services not only to the faculty, students, staff but also to the industries and scholars to ensure effective interaction with external environment. 

For details about the Central Library, please Click on http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in

About Library & Information Services, IGCAR  

  Library & Information Services of IGCAR is one of the well-organized and modernized Library and Information Centres in India. It has all modern facilities like INTERNET connectivity, CD-ROM database collections, e-journals, Online access to international databases, Desktop Publishing, Multimedia workstation, etc. apart from conventional facilities.  This library has computerised all its services like OPAC, Online circulation control, etc. and it is interconnected by LAN and many of its digital library services are available to the user desktop though out the IGCAR campus.  A visit to this L&IS will be an enriching experience to any Library and Information professional.

About Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

    IGCAR is a premier R&D establishment of Department of Atomic Energy with an objective to develop technology of Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) and allied disciplines. The Centre has builtup an indigenous Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) which is in operation since 1985. The Centre has a mandate to build a 500 MW(e) Prototype Fast Breeder Ractor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam and this facility will become a fore-runner to a series of FBRs envisioned in the nuclear power programme of the country. The design of PFBR is in advanced stage and the construction activity is expected to commence during the end of IX Plan.  There are various other facilities, such as Engineering Development, Electronics & Instrumentation, Fuel Reprocessing, Materials Development, Materials Science, Post Irradiation Examination, Non-destructive Testing, Reactor Physics, Reactor Engineering, Radiochemistry, Civil Engineering, Engineering Services, Health and Safety, Computer Centre, Library & Information Services, etc. forming an integral part of IGCAR and individually contribute to the overall progress of the centre. 

For details about the IGCAR, please Click on http://www.igcar.ernet.in

About Madras Library Association  (MALA)

   The library movement in the former Madras Presidency originated as a part of the national movement for political freedom and social development.  The fifth All India Library Conference was held in Madras and as a follow-up to the deliberations of this conference, through the initiative of Mr K V Krishnaswami Aiyar and Dr S R Ranganathan, the Madras Library Association [MALA] was founded on 31 January 1928. The main objectives of the Association were promotion of the library movement and creation of general awareness, especially among the rural public, of the benefits of using books and libraries.  To achieve these, lectures, film shows, exhibitions, and other activities were organised.  Monographs on all aspects of library science such as Five Laws of Library Science, Colon Classification; Classified Catalogue Code and Library Administration were also published which gained international recognition.  It took over two decades of perseverance on the part of MALA for the Madras Public Libraries Act to be passed in 1948.  This Act, the first in the country, proved to be the model for the later Acts.  MALA has been organizing continuing education programmes, discussion groups, workshops, conferences and seminars.  The Association maintains active liaison with academic, research institutions, book publishers, and many of its activities are planned in collaboration with local, national and international institutions.  MALA celebrated its 70^th anniversary by organizing a national seminar on `The Information Professional in the Electronic Age’ in 1998.

For more details please contact Viswanathan ,K