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Asian Chapter News
Official Newsletter of Asian Chapter of the Special Libraries Association
Website: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas
Inside this issue:
• Message from the President
• SLA Asian Chapter Board
Members - 2011
• Notes on a recent trip to India
• International Conference of
Asian Special Libraries
• Asian Chapter Awards 2011
• SLA Asian Professional Award :
An Experience of a winner
• 2010 Outstanding Achievement
in Business Librarianship Award
• National Seminar on Re-engineering
the Information Profession for the
Emerging Knowledge Society
• My experience at New Orleans
• Bonnie-hilditch International
Librarian Award
• SLA Asian Chapter and TCS-IRC
workshop
• Glimpses of the winners of 2010
SLA Asian Chapter Awards
Editorial Team:
Editors : Shantanu Ganguly
Members
Co-ordinator :
:
Jane Macoustra
H. Anil Kumar
T. S. Kumbar
M. Nandeesha
Jetty Sridevi
P. K. Jain
ISSN: 1793-2289 (Print)
ISSN: 1793-2297 (Electronic)
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Message From the President
Seasons Greetings !!
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the year 2011, as the new
President of the SLA Asian chapter. Year 2010 was very momentous one,
full of activities and generated lot of interest and curiosity. The past
President Ms Kyoko Sato and her team did their best to keep the chapter
alive and kicking. ICoASL 2011, happening in Tokyo during Feb 2011 is a
turning point, as its moving out of India, thanks to Japan SLA. I only hope
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this conference and other events will go to all participating countries, thus making the
Chapter truly Asian !!
During 2011, we would like to have 'more members', 'more communication, 'more events'
and 'more learning and sharing'. I hereby call upon all the existing members to attract
more professionals into our fold so that Asian chapter becomes a force to recon with,
globally. SLA being a 'not- for- profit' organization, provides lot of scope for development
of the community and throws up few challenges.
The chapter in collaboration with Business and Finance Division and few sponsors have
been able to promote three awards whereby the winners will be assisted to travel and
attend the SLA annual conference at Philadelphia, USA, during June 2011. More details are
available in the following pages and also in the chapter portal. I invite all members to make
use of these opportunities. In this connection, many other chapters and divisions have
announced several awards.
Beginning next year, the selection of the chapter board will be more streamlined as we plan
to constitute new ' Nomination committee', which will draft guidelines and deploy the
same for the board of 2012. We also plan to bring in more method and procedures in our
activities to increase transparency, accountability and buy-in from members.
Please join me in wishing the very best for the Board of 2011 and also come out with your
ideas and suggestions to take this chapter to newer heights.
Warm regards,
B. P. Prakash
President - SLA Asian Chapter.
Global Head, Information Resource Centre
Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India.
bp.prakash@tcs.com
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President
President-elect
Past President
Secretary
Directors
Treasurer
Nominations
Memberships
Awards
Sponsorships & Programs
Training & Mentoring
Editorial
Portal Management
Executive Board
Advisory Board
Board Members
Chapter Cabinet
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SLA Asian Chapter Board Members - 2011
Position Name
Welcome to
Elected Positions (Executive Board)
B P Prakash, India
New Members of
Asian Chapter-SLA
Harish Chandra, India
Kyoko Sato, Japan
Medha V Joshi, India
Maqsood A Shaheen, Pakistan
Jeanette Reagan, Australia
Jane Macoustra, UK
Jay Bhatt, USA
Operational Committee Memebers
Sushma Arora (Chair), India
Kyoko Sato, Japan
Scott Davidson, Singapore
Jane Macoustra, UK
Debal C Kar (Chair), India
Nagappa B, India
Shivmohan Kahar, India
Ben Keefe, Hong Kong
P K Jain (Chair), India
Jeanette Reagan, Australia
Kyoko Sato, Japan
Harish Chandra, India
K V Satyanarayana, India
Kishore Ingale (Chair), India
Yamakawa, Japan
Salek Chand, India
Tariq Ashraf, India
Lata Suresh, India
Meera Gaikaiwari (Chair), India
Shubhada Nagarkar, India
Anita Pujari, India
Shantanu Ganguly (Editor), India
H. Anil Kumar, India
T S Kumbar, India
M Nandeesha, India
Jetty Sridevi, India
Manish Ranjan (Web Master), India
Organizational Structure of the Chapter
President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Directors.
Executive board + Chairs of all Operational Committees,
including editor & webmaster.
Executive board + all operating committee members +
country representatives.
All past presidents of the chapter
{David McCaughan, Japan (2002/03), P K Jain, India (2002/03),
Damodar Adhikari, Nepal ( 2004), Jane Macoustra, UK (2005/06),
Scott Davidson, Singapore (2007), Debal C Kar, India (2008),
Maqsood A Shaheen, Pakistan (2009) and Kyoko Sato, Japan (2010)}
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1. Abhilasha M
2. Abhilasha V Mulimani
3. Anuradha Shedbalkar
4. Aparna Nair
5. Ashwini Sutar
6. Dhanashree Date
7. Dhanashree P More
8. Kavita Wayal
9. Khaleelahmed Haveri
10. Kina Khimani
11. Kush Sibbu
12. Mahesh Panaskar
13. Mrudula Chirmule
14. Nagappa B
15. Nirupma Umesh Bawdekar
16. P Vishkhi
17. Pratibha W
18. Priti N. Suman
19. Priti Suman
20. Raj Kumar Bhardwaj
21. Rupali Kumbhar
22. Rupali S Kumbhar
23. Sadanand S. Valanju
24. Sadanand Valanju
25. Sandeep Gore
26. Santosh Salve
27. Saurabh P
28. Saurabh S Prasad
29. Shashi P. Singh
30. Shveta Giri
31. Shweta Patwardhan
32. Sruthi Chandran
33. Tejal Patel
34. Uday Ambre
35. Vrushali Sagun Kulkarni

I am sure that many of us have considered the possibility of
travelling to places such as India, but there always seem to
be many challenges to actually going. These can include the
issues we face in learning about different cultures and also
the 16-20 hour flight to get there.
The Libraries and Information Services in Astronomy
Conferences (LISA) are held every four years, each in a
different country. They are quite small, usually about 100
delegates, and concentrate on issues pertinent to the
astronomical community and specialised scientific research
communities. This international community is very
cooperative and although meetings are four years apart,
they are seen as an opportunity for colleagues to put faces to
the names with whom they interact regularly via web and
internet services.
In early December 2009, the LISA Organising Committee
advised that it would like to honour a group of librarians
considered to be the LISA mentors, for their unique services
rendered by their dedication to the profession and which
need to be emulated by the new generation of librarians.
Four librarians from the USA, six librarians from India and
two former astronomy librarians from Australia, Robyn
Shobbrook and I, were to be honoured at this ceremony. The
felicitation ceremony was a very moving experience for us
all.
The conference proceedings will be published in due course
as part of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference
Series.
The LISA VI was to held from 14-17 February 2010 at the
International University Campus of Astronomy and
Astrophysics (IUCAA), based within the University of Pune
Campus. Pune University is referred to as the Oxford of the
East.
http://libibm.iucaa.ernet.in/conf/index.php/LISA/conf
Three years ago at the SLA Annual Conference 2006, I
shared a room with two SLA members from Pune, Meera
Gaikaiwari and Pradnya Joshi and the LISA Conference
offer the opportunity to meet with them again. Meera
suggested I present a seminar to the local library community
prior to the LISA Conference. This seminar was attended by
a group of about 30 people and included students, library
professionals and IT professionals. My topic was based on
my past work, Ontologies, Thesauri and metadata standards
as resource discovery tools. Meera and the current Asian
Chapter Secretary, then arranged for us to meet for dinner
which was very pleasant.
Notes on a recent trip to India
By Jeanette Regan, Regan Research Services
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As the International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
was to be held shortly after, February 23-27, I decided that
this was an opportunity not to be missed. ICDL is also held
every 4 years and the chief organiser is Dr Debal Kar, a noted
SLA Asian Chapter representative and former Asian
Chapter President. SLA was a co-sponsor of the event and
arranged for the SLA President, Anne Caputo, to be a
keynote speaker. There were over 600 delegates from 40
countries with many of the keynote speakers were from
Europe, and one from Australia. A gathering for SLA
members was held on the last evening of the conference and
was great to meet these local members and see their
enthusiasm for our profession and our association.
ICDL breakfast sessions were held each morning for a group
of about 15 delegates. These three sessions covered the
topics of standards, multilingual issues in the digital world
and copyright. Six speakers were given up to 10 minutes to
put forward their view and this included time for questions.
It was a very interesting method of brainstorming, and we
came away enlightened from the discussions.
Three items in particular from these sessions highlighted
differences between Western countries and India:
• Whereas newspapers are in decline in the West, this is
not the case in India. We were advised that about 20 new
titles have appeared in the last five years and
newspapers are still considered a very important media
here.
• India is a multilingual country. There are 22 official
languages and hundreds of dialects - some of which do
not have a written form; Hindi is taught throughout
India and declared by their Constitution as the official
language. English however, is the language of business.
In effect, most people speak at least three languages –
their traditional regional language, Hindi and English.
• Power outages and brown-outs happen often, so most
businesses and institutions have generators that cut-in
automatically. Institutions and large businesses do rely
on the internet, but this can be slow and unreliable,
because of connectivity problems. There is then an issue
regarding the integrity of digital resources that was
highlighted at ICDL. It was also emphasised that
microfilms are still the only stable and reliable
preservation format. It is very easy to digitise resources
and not consider the issues of long-term access. It is our
responsibility to ensure that polices and resources are in
place for the preservation services required to support
our collections.
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As this was my first trip to India, I decided to take advantage
of the opportunity and travel more widely accompanied by
my spouse.
We spent the days between the two conferences travelling.
Time was short which meant that we were changing cities
almost daily for a week, and there was just so much to see!
Some of our highlights for this part of the trip included:
• an overnight stay at a hill station south of Pune at
Mahabaleshwar;
• visiting Ghandi's ashram in Ahmedabad and an
amazing stepwell, and then having time with a colleague
and her family; flying to Jaipur to begin the trip referred
to as the Indian Golden Triangle of Jaipur, Agra (and the
Taj Mahal) and Delhi; and the ICDL conference in New
Delhi
The intensity caused by the density of every aspect of India
hits you. The density of population – both human and
animal; the traffic noise and congestion; the extremes of
beauty of the artistry in the buildings and artifacts and the
immense wealth compared to the poverty of many. But
colour is celebrated and most of the huge number and
variety of trucks and other vehicles are very colourfully
decorated.
Because the last two monsoons in India have been poor the
country was in drought. The south of the country especially
was dry and dusty. However, the Golden Triangle 's wide
plains of very fertile soil support crops of wheat, corn, sugar
cane, and potatoes which were all very green.
After Delhi we travelled south to Bangalore where Dr
Christina Birdie had arranged for us to stay at the Indian
Institute of Astrophysics. She is the librarian at this institute
and highly regarded for her work. In the Institute's library
one air-conditioned room has been set aside for rare
materials and a few instruments. The difficulty of preserving
these items is immense and many other institutions are still
grappling with how they may manage.
I was invited by TCS to attend the Special Libraries
Association (SLA), USA Annual Conference to
receive an international award at their Annual
Conference and Info Expo held at New Orleans
during 13th to 16th June. I was selected for the
award because I had won a contest for the best
write-up on "The greatest challenge facing the
information profession in developing countries
and what skills must the new business information
professional possess".
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The Indian middle class now numbers some 90 million
people. Education is therefore very competitive, and school
children that we met all realised the importance of excellent
results. A high proportion of the professionals we met are
continuing their study or have a PhD.
At Pune University and especially at IUCAA, a large number
of the research community had relatives studying in
England, the USA or Australia.
My connections in India meant that we were able to hear
more personal stories of how people live and learn about
Indian culture. It seems that the lifestyle for professionals is
similar in all countries.
We were away for a month. Our overall impressions were of:
That things happen in 'Indian time', though the transport we
used was on time for us;
As labour is cheap and it is better to employ many people
rather than using mechanised methods.
Security is paramount, but we felt safe at all times; and
Regulations and standards on OHS issues vary greatly from
place to place.
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all those that
made this trip an amazing insight into life in India for
Patrick and I. This trip would not have been possible without
the support of the LISA VI Conference and especially its
Organising Committee.
I would like to thank those colleagues who took special time
and care to introduce us to their families, their lifestyles and
their culture and food. Some of these people had not met me
previously, and so their generosity was doubled. These
include Meera Gaikaiwari and Pradnya Yogesh in Pune,
Nishtha Anilkumar in Ahmedabad, Christina Birdie and
Geetha Sheshadri in Bangalore. I look forward to continuing
these friendships in the future.
SLA - B&F Division Award Conferred to Ms. Sneh Lata Sharma
Apart from being an SLA professional member, I
also served as a Board Member of
the SLA Asian Chapter. I am also
helping in developing the SLA
Asian Chapter Website.
Ms. Sneh Lata Sharma
Manager
(Information Resource Centre)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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International Conference of
(ICoASL 2011)
on
Building User Trust: The Key to Special Libraries Renaissance in the Digital Era
S L A A s i a n C h a p t e r i s o r g a n i z i n g a n
“International conference of Asian Special
Libraries (ICoASL 2011)” in association with
Japan Special Libraries Association during 10-12
February 2011 in Tokyo, Japan at United Nations
University, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. The first ICoASL
was successfully organized in New Delhi, India
during 25-28 November 2008 and about 400
participants from more than 20 countries attended
the same.
The principal objective of ICoASL is to provide a
platform for exchange of knowledge and skills
relevant to Information Professionals in Asia with a
global perspective.
This Conference is expected to attract more than 400
participants from Japan, India, China, Taiwan, Asia,
U.S. and the globe. You are invited to attend the
same.
Asian Special Libraries
ICoASL 2011 Sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Other Sponsors
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Thematic areas
Main theme is “Building User Trust: The Key to
Special Libraries Renaissance in the Digital Era”.
Online resources are making information available
desktop bypassing libraries. The conference aims to
place special focus on user services that must be
developed, strengthened, and re-engineered to build
user trust in the value and importance of special
libraries as primary resources for reference and
research in the digital ere. The conference will
discuss all aspects of special libraries. Each theme
will be divided into several sub-themes as details
below:
• New dimensions in special libraries services
• Services meeting strategic directions of parent
organizations
• Branding special library services
• Library management- strategic direction, best
practice, staffing, marketing, competency etc.
• Performance Indicators for comparative
Evaluation.
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Early Career Award 2011 (Business & Finance
Division and Asian Chapter)
The Award is given to a budding Library and
Information Science (LIS) professional or to a
student currently enrolled in an Asian graduate-level
programme in the LIS field. The purpose of the award
is to provide an opportunity for an Asian library
professional to attend the annual Special Libraries
Association (SLA) conference. The award will cover
conference registration, lodging and airfare, up to
but not exceeding US $2,000 for the SLA annual
conference which will be held in Philadelphia, USA,
June 12-15, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY / CRITERIA
1. Be a current SLA member of the Asian Chapter & of
the Business and Finance Division as of 1st March
2011.
2. The professional must have worked in the field for
5 years or less or currently be enrolled in an Asian
graduate-level programme in the LIS field.
3. Candidate should reside or work in Asia and be
working currently in a Library, Information
Centre, or other information handling capacity or
be enrolled in a Graduate level LIS programme.
SLA Asian Librarian Award 2011 (Sponsored
by IEEE and Asian Chapter)
The Award will be presented to a librarian working in
Asia in a field related to Computer Science, Science &
Technology or Engineering. The purpose of the
award is to provide an opportunity for an Asian
librarian to attend the annual Special Libraries
Association (SLA) conference. The award will cover
conference registration, lodging and airfare, up to,
but not exceeding US $2,000. The SLA annual
conference will be held in Philadelphia, USA, June
12-15, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY
1. Be a current member of the Asian Chapter & SLA.
2. Candidate must reside or work in Asia and be
working currently in a Library or Information
Centre, library school, or other information
capacity as an LIS profession.
ASIAN CHAPTER AWARDS 2011
3. Candidate must be in a position or an organization
related to Computer Science, Science &
Technology and/or Engineering.
SLA Asian Professional Award 2011
(Sponsored by Balani Infotech, IGroup and Asian
Chapter)
The award will be presented to a library &
information professional working in India and the
Sub-continent. The purpose of the award is to
provide an opportunity for the professional to attend
the annual Special Libraries Association (SLA)
conference. The award will cover conference
registration, lodging and airfare, up to but not
exceeding Rs. 75000 (US$1500). This year's SLA
annual conference will be held in Philadelphia, USA,
June 12-15, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY / CRITIRIA
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1. Be a current member of Asian Chapter & SLA as on
1st March 2011.
2. Candidate should be from any the following
countries- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Nepal and Bhutan.
3. Candidate should reside or work in one of the
above countries and be working currently in a
Library or Information Centre, library school or
other information handling capacity.
The Awards Committee reserves the right to
withheld the award and its decision will be final.
Write an essay on the topic given for each award not
more than 750 words and include a current resume
and relevant materials as outlined in the criteria for
the award.
All applications for the award must be received by
1 March 2011 (all applicants must have joined the
SLA Asian Chapter by 1 March 2011). Essays will be
judged by the SLA Asian Chapter Awards
Committee. Applicants will receive notification of
award status by 1st April 2011. Nominations and all
accompanying materials should be sent to The
Chair- Awards Committee, at asiansla@gmail.com
For more details please visit:
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/
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SLA Asian Professional Award 2010:
An Experience of a Winner
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Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras
At the outset, I am glad to express my gratitude to the
Chair-Award Committee, all members, President, SLA
Asia Chapter, Jury of the Award for considering my
name for the award. The sponsorer M/S Balani
Infotech, IGroup, as well as Asian Chapter deserve
deep appreciation as without their active support it
would not have been materialized to attend the
Conference. Primarily, the award has provided me an
opportunity to attend SLA Annual Conference and
INFO - EXPO at New Orleans, U.S.A during 13-16th
June 2010.
I utilized this opportunity to develop and renew my
professional relations with library and information
professionals from around the world through
participation in the technical sessions, registration,
inaugural and valedictory functions, visiting INFO-
EXPO. I met all SLA leaders at one place and heard all
candidates for SLA Board of Directors competing for
the election. I attended SLA Opening General Session
and Awards Presentation on 13th June 2010 and heard
keynote speakers James Carville and Mary Matalin. In
addition to this, I also delivered an invited talk on
Quality Assurance for Stakeholders through ISO
9001:2008 Standard : A Doorway for Asian Libraries.
This opportunity also strengthened my relations with
Indian professionals who attended the same.
Outstanding Achievement in
Business Librarianship Award
Business & Finance Division of the Special Libraries
Association (SLA) proudly announced Sushma Arora
as the recipient of the 2010 Outstanding
Achievement in Business Librarianship Award,
sponsored by BNA, Inc. in the SLA Annual
Conference 2010 at New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Sushma Arora's initiative, business acumen and
tenacity have raised awareness of the critical role that
librarians serve at Tata Consultancy Services.
Her work transforming the delivery of library
services towards an embedded model at her branch is
exemplary. As a result of Sushma's efforts, librarians
-- now referred to as "domain information service
providers" -- are happier with the nature of their
work, and the company understands the value that
librarians bring to the table as "integral team
members for the business groups."
By redefining position descriptions and work
initiatives, Ms. Arora more clearly aligned her team
to the organization's goals. The organization
recognized the role of information professionals in
the success of the organization. This transformation
in the perception of librarians demonstrates the
potential for all information professionals to prove
their value in their organizations.
Sushma Arora
General Manager, LIC
Tata Consultancy Services
New Delhi India
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National Seminar on
"Re-engineering the Information Profession
for the Emerging Knowledge Society"
organized by SLA Asian Chapter and Ajay Kumar Garg
A National Seminar on "Re-engineering the
Information Profession for the Emerging
Knowledge Society" was held on Saturday, 20
November 2010 at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering
College, Ghaziabad.
The National Seminar was divided into four sessions,
which consists of the Inaugural Session, Technical
Session I, Technical Session II and Valedictory
Session. About 150 delegates (Library and
Information Science Professionals) from Ghaziabad,
Noida, Delhi, Kanpur, Aligarh, Janshi, Meerut,
Modinagar and many other cities in India
participated in this Seminar. The following
distinguished persons delivered talks on the theme of
the seminar.
- Dr. R. B. L. Goswami, Former VC, CCS
University, Meerut.
- Dr. V. N. Shukla, Director, C-DAC, Noida.
Engineering College, Ghaziabad.
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- Dr. Shantanu Ganguly, TERI, New Delhi and
Director, SLA-Asian Chapter.
- Dr. Jaideep Sharma, Associate Professor,
IGNOU, New Delhi.
- Dr. G. Mahesh, Senior Scientist, NISCAIR, New
Delhi.
- Dr. P. K. Bhattacharya, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi.
- Mr. Rajesh Singh, Deputy Librarian, Delhi
University.
- Mr. P. K. Jain, Librarian, IEG, Delhi and Board
Member, SLA-Asian Chapter.
"This National Seminar highlighted the relevance of
'reengineering' as concept applicable in the area of
Library and Information Science. The participants
found the seminar to be very useful and informative.
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My SLA Experience at New Orleans, USA
Background
Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA organizes an
annual conference each year in different states of America
and has done so since 1909. This year the conference was
organized at one of the most beautiful and serene states -
New Orleans. It is a life-time achievement and a great
opportunity for library and information science
professionals to attend this wonderful, scintillating
conference. SLA's corporate logo is “Connecting People
and Information”. In every sense the logo is true because it
gives an ample opportunity for information professionals
to acquire knowledge, expertise, and valuable skills by
learning from the experiences of others. Attendance at this
conference has nurtured my experiences and thoughts
which have been reshuffled several times through
discussion with renowned experts in the field of Library
and Information Science, and Knowledge Management
Professionals. I am now connected to several experts and
leading information professionals. This was my first visit
to the US and attendance at the SLA conference at New
Orleans. I would like to extend my personal thanks to the
Science and Technology Division for providing such
excellent hospitality. All the newcomers of the Science and
Technology Division were invited to a lavish lunch in one
of the renowned French quarter restaurants in New
Orleans.
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Dr. Shantanu Ganguly
Fellow, Librarian and Area Governor
TERI, New Delhi, India
(New comers are anxiously waiting to assemble
and proceed for the Lunch)
(Science and Technology Division Business
and Awards Breakfast at the Convention Center)
Bonnie-Hilditch International
Librarian Award
Conferred to
Dr. Shantanu Ganguly
Fellow, Librarian and Area Governor
TERI, New Delhi, India
I would like to extend my warm thanks to the Science
and Technology Division of the Special Libraries
Association, for selecting me to honour me with the
most prestigious Bonnie-Hilditch International
Librarian Award. Further thanks go to them for also
sponsoring and giving me a chance to attend New
Orleans. I am also thankful and indebted to the Chair,
of the Sci-Tech Division and Award Chair for
selecting and conferring me with this award. I feel
very proud to receive this award. This conference
brings honour to my organisation TERI, who I am
representing. I had the opportunity getting to know
all the Science Library and Information Professionals
and I enjoyed being able to network with them. It was
an excellent platform where we could meet and
exchange ideas amongst our peers.
The science and technology division is a very special
group of information professionals in the field of
science and technology. I attended its breakfast
session and I am very impressed with the
professionals of this division. It was great learning
experience for me.
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SLA Asian Chapter and TCS-IRC Workshop
on
SUCCESS STORIES
26th February 2011
at
Tata Consultancy Services, Pune
Many of us come across many situations/challenges
in our professional life and some of these challenges
are really tough and some times we find out some
creative solutions for same. Some of these are
situations / problems can be arrive at other libraries
too and there could be alternate solutions for same.
If professionals who have implemented or followed
some innovative way /methodology which turned out
to be a big success then its worth sharing with others
too. Others can deploy similar approach for
situations at their end or can think in similar
direction for other problems.
Some times there is need to do some experiments
about which we may have some apprehensions but it
turn out to be very productive in long run (may be
after some fine tuning) Sharing such SUCCESS
STORIES / experiences, small initiatives / problem
solving approach /methods etc (* which resulted in
well established processes*) can be shared with
others.
Where various success stories will be presented by
speakers like Ms Anita Pujari from DNA, Ms Parinita
Samant from Hexaware, Ms Jyoti Chitale from
Cummins College of Engg Mr Venkat from Times of
India, Mr Ashutosh Joshi from Mahindra &
Mahindra, Mr Narayan Barse & Mr Sandeep Bhavsar
from VPM's Bedekar College, Mr. Mangesh Ghodke
from L & T, Mr. Praveen Vaidya from Tolani
Maritime Inst and Mr Dharmendra Sachan from
EXIM Bank.
Outline of program
10. 00 Introduction and formal welcome
10.15 Brief about SLA Activities
10.30 to 5.00 Case Presentations
Registrations
Registrations will open on Friday the 4th Feb 2011
and total 100 participants on first come first served
basis will be registered on payment of registrations
fee of INR 150.
Why Join SLA?
SLA Asian Chapter News | Vol. 7 | Issue 1 | 2011
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 decisionmaking
aid
In particular, you can:
• Receive “Information Outlook", our
periodical. Also contribute articles to this
periodical.
• Have free access to learning resource on our
web
• Apply for the following grants and awards
from SLA
• SLA scholarships for studies: Masters
Degree, PhD, Post M.L.S Study
• SLA Endowment Fund Grant
• SLA Awards and Honors
• Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research
Fund
• David R.Bender Fund for International
Development
• Grants & Scholoarships offered by the
Chapters & Divisions
• Other grants announced from time to time
For more details please see our web page:
http://www.sla.org/content/membership/index.cfm
Contributions to next Asian Chapter
Newsletter
We're always eager to receive articles for the Asian
Chapter Newsletter. Please send articles about
your accomplishments, library developments,
innovative practices, interesting websites, trends
in the information industry, the application of
new technologies, book reviews, and upcoming
events that you'd like to publicize to Dr. Shantanu
Ganguly at editor.asianchapter@gmail.com
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Glimpses of the winners of 2010 SLA Asian Chapter Awards
The Asian Chapter has awarded three professions from Asia to attend the 2010 SLA Annual Conference in New
Orleans. Asian Chapter has received many applications from well-qualified applicants this year. The most difficult
part for the award committee is the realization that the chapter have a limited number of awards to offer and
aspirants are more. All the awardees attended 2010 SLA conference in New Orleans, LA, USA.
2. Winner of SLA Asian Professional Award
sponsored Balani Infotech, IGroup and Asian
Chapter, SLA was conferred to Dr. Harish Chandra,
Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras, Chennai, India. He got Indian Rs. 75000 as
award money to travel USA and Citation.
1. Winner of SLA Asian Early Career Award
Sponsored by Business & Finance Division and Asian
Chapter, SLA - Ms. Wan-Ching Wu (Renee),
Student, Dept. of LIS, National Taiwan University,
Taiwan. She got US$ 2500 as award money to travel
USA and Citation.
3. Winner of SLA Asian Librarian Award sponsored
by IEEE and Asian Chapter, SLA conferred to Mr.
Parveen Babbar, Assistant Librarian, IGNOU, Delhi,
India. He got US$ 1500 as award money to travel
USA and Citation.
Congratulations to all the winners!!
SLA Asian Chapter News | Vol. 7 | Issue 1 |
2011
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