Dear professional, Greetings ! I invite you to join SLA (Special Libraries Association) USA, one of the oldest & reputed professional body in L&IS.. The annual membership fee is USD 40 or INR1900/= and payment can be done by online / credit card. http://www.sla.org/content/membership/joinsla/index.cfm There is also an option to send cheque / DD in Indian rupee to Mr. PK Jain, Chairman, SLA Asian membership committee. (Mr. P K Jain, Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave, DELHI- 110007. India Ph. 91-11-27667463, Fax: 91-11-27667410, Mobile : 09899110787, E-mail: pkjain1310@gmail.com, pkjain@iegindia.org ).You will get a due receipt from him and an acknowledgement from SLA head quarters subsequently. Pl arrange your payments quickly so that you can apply for many prestigious travel grants, awards, etc aimed at SLA Annual Conference to be held at Philadelphia, USA in June 2011. Announcements (on SLA website) asking applications for these awards/ grants are round the corner. Please pass on this message to fellow professionals, as well. Best wishes, Bp Prakash (President Elect- SLA Asian Chapter) Sr General Manager & Global Head, Information Resource Centre Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai. Mailto: bp.prakash@tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ ******************************************************************* Why Join SLA? Membership of SLA introduces you to an international community of information professionals. You can build career networks and promote professional development. The SLA culture will help you learn and share ways to turning information into corporate decision-making aid. In particular, you can: Receive “Information Outlook”, our periodical. Also contribute articles. Have free access to learning resource on our web Apply for following grants and awards from SLA o SLA scholarships for studies : Masters Degree, PhD, Post M.L.S. study o SLA Endowment Fund Grant o SLA Awards and Honors o Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research Fund o David R Bender Fund for International Development o Grants & Scholarships offered by various Chapters & Divisions Benefit from Click University Courses Webinars About SLA Asian Chapter Asian chapter of SLA was established in September 1999. The Asian chapter is one of the biggest chapters, covering a large geographical area consisting of over 20 countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Presently there are about 250 members of the Asian Chapter. The Chapter promotes many International, National and regional seminars & professional events. The Chapter is currently organizing ICoASL 2011 (Inter National Conference of Asian Special Libraries) in association with Japan SLA at Tokyo, from 10 - 12 Feb 2011. The Chapter also publishes Asian Chapter newsletter, regularly Related websites / URLs for more detailed information, SLA Asian Chapter http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ Special Library Association (SLA) http://www.sla.org/ ICoASL 2011 ( International Conference of Asian Special Libraries) http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL-2011.htm *************************************************************************************************** =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.