Training courses and workshops - A1-Training (ET1 - ET12) 

1.1     LIS courses should be conducted by qualified professionals with library and information science qualifications or by library science educators. Courses on related areas to LIS including information technology, intellectual property, educational and learning development and management must be conducted by practitioners or educators qualified in their respective fields. Participation in general leadership courses and programmes are also admissible.

 1.2     Courses should be organized or jointly organized by recognized institutions and organizations in Singapore or overseas. These include the Library Association of Singapore, other recognized national or state library and information associations, recognized libraries, reputable educational institutions, recognized training companies and library and information services vendors.

1.3       In-house training courses to develop and upgrade professional skills and knowledge in library and information work organized by the applicant’s library are acceptable activities. This includes work related training on newly introduced library products and services. However on-the-job and orientation training to equip staff to perform his/her job cannot be included.

 1.4      Training on systems, databases, library resources and services used by the applicant's library and conducted by vendors are acceptable for inclusion in this category. They can also be used in the Industry knowledge Development (ID) category. Other product briefings and demonstrations by vendors should be entered in the Industry Knowledge Development (Part B) category.

 1.5      E-learning courses, online and web conferences must be related to LIS or allied disciplines. They should have a cumulated duration of at least 2 hours to complete. 

1.6       Applicants whose work involved responsibilities for subject librarianship or specific industry information work may also add points from attending conferences and seminars on the subject area or industry sector. 

1.7       Internship programmes should be offered by recognized libraries here and abroad. 

 1.8      Applicants who are involved in more than one activity in the same event (e.g. as a participant of the conference as well as Chair of a session at the conference) can only select one activity for submission.

Professional activities – A2 - Professional activities (EP1 - EP7)

 2.1      Professional activities refer to those organized by LAS and its various committees and sub-committees.

 2.2      To earn points from participation in committees, applicants must remain in the Committee for a continuous period of 12 months.

 2.3      Points are also awarded (EP3) for participation in ad-hoc committees lasting less then1 year, e.g. in conference organizing committees, project committees, etc. The duration of the ad-hoc committee should be at least 3 months.

 2.4      Individuals who carry out project work or ad-hoc profession-related assignments (e.g. as Internal Auditor) initiated by the LAS Council can claim points in this category

2.5       Council members and chairs of LAS committees can only claim points in this capacity and not be eligible for additional points for participating in any other LAS committees

3.1       For the purpose of calculating points for authors of conference paper, the writing and presenting activities are accounted for separately. Thus a single author who writes as well as presents the paper will gain points for writing the paper (134 points) and also presenting the paper (50 points). For joint authors who write but not present, the points awarded is for writing as one of 2 authors (124 points). Please see point chart for scenarios where there are more than 2 authors.

3.2       For poster presentations at conferences, points are given to applicants for preparing and/or presenting the poster.

 3.3      For other publications and activities listed in the section “Authorship”, joint authors or presenters shall share the points equally.

 3.4      To qualify for EA10 and EA11, an article must be published in journals, magazines, newsletter or any serial publications in print or in an official website or blog of a recognized library or organization. Applicants can record more than one article of the required length in their submission.

 3.5     In lieu of article length, applicants who contribute 5 or more short articles (200 words each) in a newsletter, blog or official publication is deemed to have fulfilled this condition. Similarly for points awarded to more than 2,000 word length articles.

3.6       An article written for conference and later published in journal, will be enter once only in either category EA1-EA4, or EA8 – EA9. 

3.7       Individuals who conduct information sharing sessions on their experience and participation in LIS conferences and other professional activities in formal settings for at least 45 minutes can claim points in this category  

 

 5.1      Generally, any activities that enable a participant to keep updated on developments in the profession and the industry (as opposed to skills and expertise development) are considered as industry knowledge development activities.

 5.2      Examples of activities in item (ID-1) are talks by local or visiting professionals, discussion forums and special groups’ meetings organized by LAS or established institutions and libraries. All such activities should be opened to all LAS members.

 5.3      Applicants may also earn the allocated points in (ID-1) for participation in business meetings at invitation of LAS council and committees and attendance at AGM.

5.4       Applicants will not be assigned points for activities that they organize or participate in as part of their job operational requirement.

 

Personal development activities PD1 - PD2

6.1       Applicants may use extra points earned in the Industry knowledge development activities for tallying in the Personal development activities group.