Dear Moderator, Please arrange to announce the following news item for the benefit of the professional colleagues. Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science --------------- Dr. L.B. Kalburgi, Education Consultant, Link Education International, Auckland, New Zeland, has been awarded with this year's "Member of New Zeland Order of Merit" award by the Government of New Zeland. Dr. Kalburgi, a post-graduate in Mathematics and Library Science obtained his Associateship in Documentation from DRTC (ISI) and Ph.D. from Karnatak University. Dr. Kalburgi was responsible in founding "New Zeland Kannada Koota". He is presently its President. He is instrumental in developing a well organized library at the Koota. Dr. Kalburgi is involved in various social and cultural organizations including "Basava Samithi", "Vedanta Vidya Samsthe", Auckland Indian Association, Planet F-M Radio, the Asian Network Inc. Considering his comtributions to the society the Government of New Zeland had awarded Dr. Kalburgi with Justice of Peace in 2004. Dr. Kalburgi is the first Indian to be awarded with the New Zeland Order of Merit. For details read: http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/nri/article/110607kalburgi_NewZealand_award.... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.