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NB: Our financial year runs from April 1 to March 31. ** Schools who are members of ISLN by September 15 **
 * have the following entitlements to discounted ISLN-related professional development, **
 * including Hands on Literacy: **


 * 20% discount for library staff **
 * 10% discount for all other staff at the school **

Free membership
Anyone can:
 * 1) Attend all general network meetings - or other events as invited by ISLN;
 * 2) Participate in the Red Dot Awards and other public initiatives;
 * 3) Access to the wiki;
 * 4) Access the list of international schools in Singapore list on the wiki;
 * 5) Be invited to general events, e.g., author ;
 * 6) Receive email notification of general information from ISLN -- fill in the RSS subs form on the ISLN homepage ;

Paid membership
If you wish, you can become a member of ISLN.

Members have these additional rights: >> >> >>> >>> **NB: To qualify for the discount for the biennial Hands on Literacy conference in November, you must sign up by September 1, 2010.** >>> >> >> >> >> >> The member categories are: > **Personal— $50 ** > Open to professional staff currently employed in school libraries in Singapore. Professional membership will entitle that person to attend meetings, vote, receive correspondence and to enjoy a ** 20% discount ** on professional development and training offered by the society. > > **School - from $75 - $250 ** > · Less than 500 students = **$ 75** per annum > · 500 to 999 students = **$ 125** per annum > · 1000 and 1999 students = ** $ 175 ** per annum > · Over 2000 students = **$ 250** per annum > Open to schools in Singapore that currently employ library staff, **where a school includes multiple campuses operating under one name**. > School Membership will entitle **nominated staff** ( those people holding the post of Librarian or Teacher-Librarian or person(s) in charge of a library (no maximum number) ) to attend meetings, vote, receive correspondence and to enjoy a **20% discoun**t on professional development and training offered by the society for those nominated staff. > **Additional staff members** employed by the member institution associated with the member library will receive a **10% discount** on professional development and training. > > **Associate— $35 ** > Open to teaching/library assistants, university students, staff of non‐profit organisations. Associates may attend meetings, receive correspondence and to enjoy a ** 20% discount ** on professional development and training offered by the society. > **Corporate— $100 ** > Open to agencies and businesses with an interest in school libraries.
 * 1) **Attend AGMs**;
 * 1) **Voting privileges**, whenever a member vote is required (at AGMs and other meetings);
 * 1) **Conference/PD discount**
 * 2) **20% discount for Associate, Personal, and Corporate**
 * 3) **For School members, 20% discount for nominated library staff & 10% discount for other staff at the school**
 * 1) **Banking benefits**, e.g., get the benefit of the ISLN bank account for money transfers for PD and other events (e.g., the Bangkok event where we all had to transfer money);
 * 1) **Participation in promotions** like the Red Dot Awards -- free books for those members who signed up early and/or right to order books through ISLN;
 * 1) **Receive and send messages as a member of the ISLN Google Group listserv**, e.g., more detailed and/or more exclusive information than non-members receive -- and the ease of sending notices to all other members using the ISLN Google Group email list; the Google Group also allows members to upload files to be shared with other members (but not with the general public, as uploaded files on the wiki are).
 * 1) **Access to liaison information and liaison rights**, as negotiated by our Liaison Officer, with other librarian groups such as IASL and the National Book Development Council;
 * 1) **Eligible for any Lucky Door Prizes** at network meetings;

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