[LIS-Forum] SALIS Awards for the year 2014

From: "Arunachalam Hariharan" Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 8:15 pm Dear all, SALIS invites  application/nominations from the members of LIS community for the following SALIS awards for the year 2014. 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra National Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) (Sponsored by Late Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras)  2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Sponsored by Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam,Senior Librarian, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengodu. 5.SALIS-S.M.Venkidusamy Memorial Best  Public Librarian Award” (State Level award) Sponsored by S.V.Kumudham, Trustee, Namathu Bharatham Foundation W/o Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam,  Athani, Erode Dist. A committee constituted by the President, SALIS will select a suitable candidate for each award among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. If suitable candidates are not found for the award, the committee will nominate deserving LIS professionals strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. All the awardees will be presented  a silver memento, shawl and citation during the two day SALIS 2015- National Conference on "National Conference on Advancement of Library and Information Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunities” on 10th July 2015 during the inaugural function. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 31.5.2015. Application forms can be downloaded at www.salis.in except the award listed under sl.no.5. You may also send a mail to salis_info@yahoo.co.in for receiving the application for all awards by mail with the subject name as 'Application for SALIS Awards". All the details of the awards, eligibility, instructions, application form, etc are available at SALIS website @ www.salis.in The filled-in application form along with the supported documents ( hard copies ) should be sent by post only to: The President SALIS 32G, 2nd Main Road Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant should be a citizen of India. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Senior professionals can also nominate deserving candidates using the prescribed application. 5. The application form can be obtained from the SALIS office or downloaded from the SALIS website. Downloaded application as per instructions given should reach SALIS office on or before 31.05.2015 6. A committee constituted by SALIS will scrutinize the received application/nomination forms from eligible candidates and select one applicant for each award based on the criteria set for the award. If suitable candidate for each award is not found, the committee will nominate eligible candidate for the award strictly based on the criteria for the award. 7. Please note that application with documentary evidence will be accepted only in hardcopy. Softcopy of the application will not be accepted. 8. The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS, to select the candidate for the award is final. 9. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancels the award for any unavoidable 10. All correspondence should be addressed to the ‘ The President, 32G, 2nd Main Road, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam, Chennai – 600 125 President SALIS 12.05.2015 Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS32G, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 India hariharan_ah@yahoo.com   www.salis.in 044-22522327, 09841601903   Vasippoam Nesippoam ( Let us Read and Love books) - a mass movement by SALIS --