a basic bachelor's degree with a Degree/Diploma in Library Science, subscribe to the objects of the association and pay an admission fee of Rs.10/- and a life membership fee of Rs.600/- (Rupees Six Hundred) either in full or in two installments, i.e., RS.300/-falling within the period of the same financial year of the association.

KLA Gold Medal & Prof. C. A. Augustine Holy Cross Endowment Awards 2013, on 29 April 2013 at 3.00 pm at the Lecture Hall, DLIS, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

v. Two Day Training cum Workshop on "Koha" during 7–8 March 2013, jointly organized by KLA Ernakulam Region and the School of Library and Information Science, Rajagiri College at Rajagiri College School of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kochi vi.

One Day Workshop on DSpace Digital Library, 19 January 2013 at Seminar Hall, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studie, Pangad, Kochi, organized by KLA Ernakulam Region.

Half Day Workshop on Information Security Awareness on 1 Dec. 2012 at the DLIS Lecture Hall, Kerala University Library, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, organized by KLA State Committee in collaboration with C-DAC, Hyderabad.

Baby, Professor and Head, DLIS, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences on 16 Nov. 2012, at MG Uni.

Invited Talk on "Impact of Mass media on Reading" by Mrs Priya A.S., famous Malayalam novelist and short story writer on 21 Nov. 2012 at Library Hall, CUSAT, Cochin, organized by KLA Ernakulam Region.

KLA-NIC National Workshop on E-Granthalaya, 11–13 September 2012, LBS Institute of Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.

Binoy K. Kadavan (High Court of Kerala) on 10 July 2012 at the Ernakulam Public Library Hall.

Three Day Workshop on KOHA (Batch II), 24–26 May 2012, Calicut University Library, KLA Kozhikkode Region.

Career orientation Programme for Library and Information Science (LIS) Students, 12 May 2012, KE College Mannanam, KLA Kottayam Region.

Three Day Workshop on KOHA, 26–29 April 2012, Calicut University Library, KLA Kozhikkode Region.

Prof. K.A.Isaac Commemoration Lecture 2011 by Shri T. P. Sreenivasan IFS (Retd) on the topic "Education for a changing world", 2 Dec. 2011, DLIS, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

For details visit KLA Website In order to encourage the students who undergo Graduate and Post Graduate Courses in Library and Information Science, KLA has instituted Gold medal awards to the first rank holders in Kerala, Calicut and Mahatma Gandhi Universities.