Dear All, As you may aware that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is organizing many programmes for the Corporation School Children since 2003 through its various chapters to promote reading habits and also to motivate the students to use the Library. SALIS is organizing similar programmes in this year also as part of National Library Week Celebrations. The details of the programmes are given below: Objective of the Programmes: 1. To promote Information Literacy/Reading Habits of Corporation School Children Programme Type: Speech Competition Topics: 1. Role of Libraries in Nation Building (OR) 2. Role of Libraries in Career Development of Students Eligibility: Students of Corporation Schools studying IX, X, XI and XII standards. Fee: No Fee Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Preliminary Round : 05.11.2006 – 09.30 A.M Time : 5 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 FINAL Round: Date: 12.11.2006 Time: 9.30 A. Time: 10 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 A panel of judges will select the winners based on the following criteria 1. Oratory Skill 2. Body Language 3. Contents Prizes: First prize : Books worth Rs.1000/- (minimum) Second prize: Books worth Rs.750/- Third prize : Books worth Rs.500/- The winners will receive the above prizes during the National Library Week Celebrations between 14th and 20th, November 2006 at Chennai The date & time of the function will be intimated to the winners to receive the prices. For further details of the programme and registration of names, kindly contact: Mr. P.Panneer Selvam Programme Co-ordinator SALIS Chennai Chapter B2- Solai Apartments (Opp to MGR garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai – 600 089 e-mail: salis_info@yahoo.com cell: 9841103912 All are cordially invited for the programme. Kindly inform the same to all the concerned. . Thank you. Wish you all a very HAPPY DEEPAVALI & RAMZAAN ---------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah@yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com