Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai – 600 089 Tel: 044-2252 2448/42014772 E-mail: salis_info@yahoo.co.in Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award For the year 2007 About the Award: SALIS has instituted a national level award called ‘Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award’ , sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Objecive of the Award: The main aim of the award is to identify a professional every year who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year. Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good. 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. Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional 5. Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification. 6. Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details 7. Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected 8. The application form can be obtained from SALIS office by sending e-mail to salis_info@yahoo.co.in or downloaded from SALIS website – http://autolib-india.net/salis 9. Filled application should reach the office on or before 30.6.2007 10. The application will be evaluated by a panelist consisting of senior professionals in the country 11. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason. 12. All correspondence should be addressed to the ‘Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, B2-Solai Apartments, Opp. to MGR Garden, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai – 600 089. Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info@yahoo.co.in Other Information 1. The award may be presented to the awardee 10th Aug 2007 at the inaugural function of SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai 2. A silver shield and a Citation will be awarded. 3. TA (IIIrd AC) by shortest route from the Residence to Chennai ( TO and FRO) will be given to the awardee 4. Local hospitality, accommodation, etc will be taken care Application Form (Give full details for each category and attach support documents wherever necessary for verification. Application without full details will be rejected) 1. Personal Data ? Name : Mr. / Ms./Dr. ________________________________________ ? Date of Birth : Age: ? Contact Address : ? E-mail : Tel (Off): Res: ? Years of Experience: 2. Qualification(s) ? Educational ? Professional ? Any other 3. Employment Details (Start with Current) Designation Organisation Pay Period Nature of Duties Major achievements From To 4. Innovative Service(s) introduced(give details) Service / Methods / Scheme a. b. c. 5. Publications (Give full details) ? Articles published in International Journals ? Articles published in National Journals ? Books Published : ? Books Edited : ? Book Reviewed : 6. Paper Presentation in Seminars/Conferences: • Papers presented in International Conferences / Seminars : • Papers presented in National Conferences / Seminars : 7. Conference / Seminars / Courses Attended (Give details) i). International ii). National 8. Conference / Seminar s / Courses organized / conducted (Give details) 9. Invited Lectures delivered (in conferences / seminars / courses) (Give details) i). International ii). National 10. Membership details: Member of … (Give details) ? Name of the Journal - Editorial Board of a Journal ? Name of a committee ? Name of the Professional bodies and the position held ? Any other 11. Research Guidance at various levels (Give details) a. Master b. M.Phil c. Ph.D 12. Project(s) Undertaken and completed(give details) 13. Award / Medal / Citation / Honor / Fellowship Received (Give details) 14. Professional Activities – in the capacity of (Give name of the professional body, period and position) ? Member of Professional bodies ? Office-bearer of Professional body 15. Country (ries) visited in official capacity and purpose thereof (give details) 16. Contribution to the profession apart from the above (give details) 17. Please give your self-assessment as to why you may be selected for this award (100 words) 18. Enclose two References (along with details of name, designation, complete address, E-mail and Telephone Number of the referees) who are holding the responsible positions. Among them, one should be the head of the institution/head of the department of the organization where the applicant is working. 19. Any other details to be considered Declaration: Information given above are correct and true to the best of my knowledge. Date: Signature of the Applicant Place: Recommendation: 1. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact .No. Date Signature 2. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact No. Date Signature About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. He has also received many awards including SALIS Life Time Achievement Award More information about Dr. Harish Chandra is available at http://harishchandra.net/ Previous Year Award winners: 1. Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET – for the year 2004 2. Prof. (Dr.) M.Suriya, HOD, Dept of Library & Information Science & Librarian, Annamalai University – for the year 2005 3. Dr. P.V. Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore - for the year 2006 ------------------------------------------ A.Hariharan SALIS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.