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The LAS - YBP Grant

The LAS - YBP Grant is given to promote professional contributions from a librarian in collection development or technical services which include acquisitions, cataloguing and serials management. It also aims to provide an opportunity for a librarian to increase his or her professional knowledge and experience through research and/or paper presentation at a conference.

The Grant

The grant consists of a S$2,500 grant donated by YBP Library Services/Lindsay and Croft. The recipient shall use the award to conduct research in areas related to collection development or technical services, and/or to travel to and present a paper at a relevant conference. The inaugural award was presented at the LAS Conference in January 2007.

Criteria

The nominee works in the collection development or technical services areas; and has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership.

Evidence of the nominee’s accomplishments, as they are related to collection development or technical services could include such activities as:
1. Leadership in profession associations and / or activities at the local, regional, or national level
2. Contributions to the development, application, or utilisation of new or improved methods, techniques and routines
3. Contribution to the professional literature
4. Studies or research undertaken in collection development and / or technical services

Submission Procedure

Nominations shall include:

• Name of nominee
• Year nominee first entered the library profession
• Current position in collection development or technical services
• Year joined LAS
• A write-up stating the nominee’s accomplishments
• Curriculum vitae
• How the grant is intended to be used, e.g. details of research proposal or abstract of the paper to be presented at the conference and details of the conference
• Completion timeline

Application Form

Selection

Nominations must be received by Monday, 23 February 2009 by the LAS Secretariat. The LAS Awards Panel, appointed by the LAS Council, shall evaluate nominations received. The selection panel’s decision will be final. There is no restriction on the type of library where the nominee works.

Required Outcome

The recipient will be required to submit a report on how the grant was utilised and to prepare a report for publication in the Singapore Libraries Bulletin. The paper presented at a conference is to be published in the Singapore Journal of Library & Information Management, where rights permit. The report or paper is to be submitted by 31 December 2009.

LAS Outstanding Librarian Award 2007

Sponsored by Thomson Scientific

Dear LAS members

On 28 Sep, we invited you to nominate members who have contributed to LAS and the profession for 5 years or more for the LAS Outstanding Librarian Award 2007. On the day of closing on 8 Oct, at 12 noon, we received one nomination from Mr Lai Yeen Pong, who nominated Mrs Hedwig Anuar for the award.

The LAS Council evaluated the nomination, and decided that based on Mrs Anuar's very significant contributions to LAS and the profession, it would be more appropriate to accord her a new LAS Lifetime Contribution Award.

LAS will honour her at the launch of the Singapore Library Week on 1 Nov. The award will be presented to her by the Guest of Honour at the launch ceremony, and a video on her will be produced for the launch.

LAS will continue to present the Lifetime Contribution Award and the LAS Outstanding Librarian Award to deserving members. It is likely that we will invite nominations for the LAS Outstanding Librarian Award on a yearly basis, while the Lifetime Contribution Award will be awarded as and when we have a suitable candidate.

On behalf of the Council, I thank you for your support.

Regards,

Ngian Lek Choh
President, LAS

Mrs Hedgwig Anuar received the LAS Lifetime Contribution Award from
Dr Lee Boon Yang, accompanied by Ms Ngian Lek Choh.

LAS Overseas Library Conference Sponsorship 2008 - CONSAL XIV Conference

Introduction
The Library Association of Singapore has set aside funds to encourage attendance to the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) XIV Conference being held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 21-24 April 2009. CONSAL organizes a conference every three years and LAS supports the objectives of CONSAL as well as this conference. Conference details can be viewed at www.consal.org.

Purpose
The “LAS Overseas Library Conference Sponsorship 2008: CONSAL XIV Conference is offered to encourage professional growth and to strengthen our library community. The subsidies are to provide an opportunity for LAS members from all individual membership categories to benefit from knowledge gained from attending the CONSAL Conference and from networking forged with fellow professionals.

Qualifications
An applicant must be an active personal member in LAS.

Procedures for Award Applications
Complete the “Sponsorship Application Form” on opposite side and submit it by mail or e-mail; more details are provided on the form.

Deadline for Award Applications
All applications must be received by Wednesday, 3 December.

Administration of Award
The awards will be administered by the LAS Awards Panel and selection will be based on the information provided on the application. The panel's decision will be final. All applicants will be notified of their application outcome by 15 December.

Amount of Award
Up to 5 registration subsidies and 2 full packages (registration, airfare and hotel accommodations) will be offered. Registration amount will be at the early bird rate of US$70 for students and US$150 for all others. The recipients of the awards will be required to show proof of conference attendance and cost incurred during the conference.

Required Outcomes
The recipient must register directly to the conference organizers by 31 December 2008 to receive the early bird price. He/she will be required to share his/her experience and new knowledge gained at the conference, with LAS members by 31 July 2009, through any of the following ways:

• Submitting an article to the Singapore Library Bulletin
• Conducting a sharing session at a LAS Talk
• Any other way as proposed by the recipient and accepted by the LAS Awards Panel.

Application form