Board Watch

Information sharing
Now, have you filled out the 2009 Salary Survey questionnaire? Here's another opportunity to share information with your professional community, and help bolster those requests for salary increases…which might be a tough sell in this economy. Having data, recent data, to present in a salary negotiation will, ultimately, benefit the membership as a whole…and it'll help *you*, too. Read more: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/06/information-sharing-.html

Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change
2 July marks the anniversary of SLA's founding. Our founder, John Cotton Dana, wrote that the name Special Libraries Association, “was chosen with some hesitation, and rather in default of a better.” When SLA undertook the Alignment Project more than two years ago, a name change was not in our plans. However, the research has made it abundantly clear that we must consider one. Read more: http://slaconnections.typepad.com/executive_connections/2009/06/why-sla-must-consider-a-name-change.html

It's in Your Hands
Eight members of SLA have agreed to serve on the new Information Outlook Advisory Council (IOAC), which will work with the editor of the magazine to set editorial direction and establish theme topics for upcoming issues. Read more: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/06/its-in-your-hands.html

Hearing from Your Peers
The Contributed Papers sessions (http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2009/Conference/contibpap.cfm) offer a chance to hear from your peers who have something to teach. Read more: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/06/hearing-from-your-peers.html

Eight Will be Great
What’s so great about eight? I’m sure many of you were asking that question when you received your January/February issue of Information Outlook. A flier included with the magazine stated "Eight is Great!" and announced that SLA will publish eight issues of Information Outlook in 2009, down from 12 issues in 2008. Read more: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/06/eight-will-be-great.html

What Do You Do for Young Professionals?
Christina de Castell, chair of the new SLA First Five Years Advisory Council (http://www.sla.org/content/community/committee/firstfive.cfm), would like your help in identifying existing SLA initiatives that are relevant to new professionals in their first five years. SLA staff will be assisting by creating a new section on the SLA Web site that will gather together relevant information and direct people to chapters and divisions who have awards, upcoming events, or other related material. Look for a Facebook group/page soon. Read more: http://slaconnections.typepad.com/leadership_connections/2009/05/what-do-you-do-for-young-professionals.html

Guest Message from SLA's New Membership Director!
A message from Paula Diaz, SLA’s new Membership Director - http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/05/guest-message-from-slas-new-membership-director-.html

SLA Honors 12 "Green Champions" With Special Presidential Citation
In recognition of Earth Day, SLA is proud to announce the 12 recipients of the 2008 SLA Presidential Citation honoring SLA "Knowledge to Go Green" Champions. The 2008 Green Citation, presented in early 2009, was a special one-year citation created by Past President of SLA Stephen Abram in recognition of the association’s commitment to green practices through the "Knowledge to Go Green" initiative. Press Release: http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/pressroom/pressrelease/09pr/pr2908.cfm Read more: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/04/sla-honors-12-green-champions-with-special-presidential-citation.html

President's Video Part III: What To Expect From Your SLA Leaders
This is the final video in a three-part series, and it looks at some of the ways that the SLA Board of Directors is working to be the best leaders they can for the profession and for SLA. Read more: http://slaconnections.typepad.com/executive_connections/2009/04/presidents-video-part-iii-what-to-expect-from-sla-leadersship-in-2009-.html