CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions) is an annual convention, organised by INFLIBNET Centre in collaboration with different universities. CALIBER 2009 is 16th CALIBER in the series and 7th International CALIBER which will be held in collaboration with Pondicherry University during 25-27 Feb 2009 in Pondicherry, India.

Cautioning universities against cyber security threats, the Director-General of Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In), Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Gulshan Rai, said that universities had become launching pads for initiating cyber attacks as nearly 40 per cent of such activities were originating from university structures. "Universities have open servers. They have become sources for hacking activities. Our neighbour, China, scans every network in the country," he said, speaking at the inauguration of the 7th International Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research (CALIBER-2009) on Tuesday. The convention was organised by Pondicherry University and UGC Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET). "Sufficient steps should be taken to keep hackers at bay. CERT-In is engaged in monitoring cyber space. We are willing to cooperate and collaborate with INFLIBNET and universities under the UGC to put in place a proper security system." Observing that revolution in technology was a cause of concern, he said, "Almost all cheap pen drives available in the market come with a spy. When technology is progressing, it is also creating problems. We need to be careful." Mr. Rai said that over a period of eight years, India was radiating a bandwidth capacity of 90 giga bytes outside from four giga bytes earlier, while the inside traffic was 300 giga bytes. "By 2010 or 2011, the 4G technology will be in the picture," he said. The director of INFLIBNET, Jagdish Arora, said, "Research output of faculty and researchers in universities has increased by more than 42 per cent during 2004-2007 in terms of number of articles published when compared to research articles published during the previous four years. In fact, INFLIBNET can be soon accessed through Google." Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University J.A.K. Tareen said that a children's section would be set up at the varsity library.