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PDS Points

The following chart of PDS points have been updated and approved by the PDS Board on 24 Feb 2009. Note that for the inaugural implementation from Jan 2009 to Jan 2010, the number of required points is pro-rated to half for any one-year period from Jan 2008 to Dec 2009. The required points for various parts (i.e. ED, ID and PD) will be halved as well.The inaugural implementation is valid until the assessment quarter of Jan 2010. For example, a person applying for PDS award for the Apr 2009 assessment only need to accumulate 500 (instead of 1000) for activities undertaken from Apr 2008 to Mar 2009 (or from Mar 08 - Feb 09 or Feb 08 - Mar 09) [See chart in Application Schedule]. Applications after Jan 2010 assessment quarter will revert back to normal - i.e. 1,000 points for activities carried out in a 2 year period.
 
 
Updated and approved by PDS Board on 24 Feb 2009
 

 

ACTIVITIES

POINTS

CAP

A)

Expertise Development (500 points)

 

 

 

Training

 

350

1

Participate in course/workshop on specific LIS area (half day)

27

 

2

Participate in course/workshop on specific LIS area (1 day)

34

 

3

Participate in course/workshop on specific LIS area (2-4 day)

48

 

4

Participate in course/workshop on specific LIS area (5-10 day)

70

 

5

Participate in course/workshop on specific LIS area (>10 day)

160

 

6

Participate in Conference/seminar (half day)

17

 

7

Participate in Conference/seminar (1-day)

24

 

8

Participate in Conference/seminar (2-day)

38

 

9

Participate in Conference/seminar (> 3-day)

52

 

10

Participation in e-learning course or online conference

27

 

11

Participate in library internship (3-5 days)

62

 

12

Participate in library internship (> 5 days)

124

 

 

Professional activities

 

350

13

Chair conference session and seminar

29

 

14

Speaker at professional forum or seminar

70

 

15

Participate as ad-hoc committee member (at least 3 months)

54

 

16

Participate as committee member of professional body (per year)

125

 

17

Participate as committee chair or council member of LAS (per year)

156

 

18

Participate as office holder of LAS Council (per year)

176

 

19

Participate in LAS mentorship scheme 

88

 

 

Authorship

 

350

20

Write and/or present paper at a conference as main author

184

 

21

Write and/or present paper at a conference as joint author

174

 

22

Present paper only at conference

50

 

23

Edit conference proceeding or book

162

 

24

Prepare and/or present poster at conference (1 to 2 authors)

60

 

25

Prepare and/or present poster at conference (3 to 4 authors)

46

 

26

Publish scholarly article in refereed journal or publication as main author

220

 

27

Publish scholarly article in refereed journal or publication as joint author

200

 

28

Write short article in published magazine, bulletin or official blogs (> 1,000 words) or at least 5 short articles each of about 200 words in length

44

 

29

Write feature article in published magazine, news bulletin (>2,000 words) or at least 10 short articles each of about 200 words in length

68

 

30

Write course materials for professional development activities

44

 

31

Conduct professional course or workshop (half-day)

117

 

32

Conduct professional course or workshop (> 1 day) 

180

 

33

Conduct in-house sharing session on LIS conference & related activities (at least 45 mins)

50

 

 

Professional reading and Self study

 

200

34

Professional reading as evidenced by certified reading log or contributed annotated bibliography or reviews in LAS website  (per year)

100

 

35

Participation in study group or reading circle (registered with LAS) (per year)

100

 

36

Maintain blog or equivalent on your professional reading and opinions on professional issues

100

 

37

Independent learning project with documentation (per year)

100

 

 

 

 

 

B) Industry Knowledge Development (300 points)   No caps
1 Participate in library related talks, forums, discussion sessions and business meetings (e.g. AGM, Council & Committee meetings) organized by LAS or other libraries 46  
2 Participate in product/services briefing & demonstrations by vendor 36  
3 Attend library related exhibitions 24  
4 Study visit to other libraries (local and overseas)  46  
5 Study tour to other libraries (local and overseas) > 3 days 70  
C) Personal Development (100 points)   No caps
1 Participate in any self-development or productivity course not directly related to library and information work (half day) 26  
2 Participate in any self-development or productivity course not directly related to library and information work (> half day) 32