Dear Colleagues: The Asian Chapter of the Special Libraries Association in conjunction with the Science-Technology Division of the Special Libraries Association is offering a very unique award for one Asia based Master's level student in the field of Library and Information Science who has a particular interest in a career related to some aspect of the field of Science and Technology librarianship. The award will fund the costs associated with traveling to Washington, D.C. in June 2009, to attend the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference, which also happens to be the SLA's 100th Anniversary. The US$ 1800 Award will cover economy class air fare, lodging while in Washington, D.C., conference registration, a one year membership in the SLA, and incidental expenses. More details about the award including application requirements are attached. The deadline for applying is 31 December 2008. The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org. The Asian chapter of SLA is one of the largest chapters, covering a geographical area consisting of over 20 Asian countries. The Asian Chapter organizes workshops, seminars, meetings and training as well as networking opportunities for Asian information professionals by linking them to their counterparts throughout Asia and the rest of the world and also offers an awards program. For more information on the Asian Chapter, please visit http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/index.html We believe that this SLA Asian Chapter Award provides an exceptional opportunity for a talented student to travel to the US and to enhance their skills and understanding of librarianship through meeting a large number of top level information professionals from around the world as well as attending Conference sessions and a very large Information Exhibition. We would very much appreciate your help in publicizing this Award among the students in your program. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Scott Davidson, Chairman, Awards Committee, SLA Asian Chapter at scottjdavidson@gmail.com or to Debal C Kar, SLA Asian Chapter President at dckar@teri.re.sin Regards, Debal C Kar President, SLA Asian Chapter Fellow, Library and Information Centre Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003, India Tel. (+91 11) 2468 2100 / 2468 2111 Extn 2724, 9811392242 (Mobile) Fax (+91 11) 2468 2144 / 2468 2145 E-mail dckar@teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.