Board Watch
Claire Lysnes
Let’s focus first on a topic that has generated much discussion amongst the SLA Toronto Chapter members – the SLA Alignment Project and the proposed association name change to the Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals. As you may know, SLA members will be asked to voice their opinion on this proposal by casting an electronic vote in a special referendum that will begin on 16 November and end 9 December. The result will be announced on 10 December. The SLA Toronto Chapter strongly urges all of its members to vote after equipping themselves with knowledge and information about the Alignment Project from the sources below. Please note that the scope of the vote will not extend to an acronym of the proposed name. The Toronto Chapter’s Alignment Ambassadors are Rebecca Jones (Rebecca@dysartjones.com) and Kim Silk (kim.silk@rotman.utoronto.ca). Please feel free to reach out to them (or to the Chapter Discussion List) to ask questions, voice concerns, and share your thoughts on the Alignment Project and the proposed association name change. In addition, we welcome you to join Rebecca and Kim for an in-person and webinar roundtable discussion on this topic, which will take place on November 25th at 5:30 p.m. Please watch the website and the Chapter Discussion List for further details. You can find many details on the Alignment Project here:
Alignment Portal - An overview of how the project started, who was interviewed & how, and research findings.
Alignment Wiki - A central storing place for presentations, member discussion on the name change, and other Alignment tools.
Alignment Project - For earlier presentations and information about the Alignment since the initiative was first announced.
SLA Name Change Wiki - SLA members are having a lively discussion on the subject of changing the association's name to better reflect the value information professionals add to their organizations. Add your voice to the conversation. Other updates about the Alignment Project: How We Got Here… from Gloria Zamora, SLA President
At the January 2009 Leadership Summit, SLA CEO Janice Lachance and I presented the results of two years of extensive alignment research. Following that meeting we continued refining the direction of the alignment project and made great strides in communicating information and research findings to all SLA members. Over the last year, as more members reviewed this alignment information, they started recognizing that the time has come to go down the name change road once more. Janice Lachance and I announced at this year’s SLA 2009 Annual Conference that, based on the findings of the alignment research, the Board of Directors had voted to pursue a name change for SLA. Read more. Naming Research Results Posted
A lot of members have asked about the research done in arriving at the proposed new name Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals. We have just posted a PowerPoint summary of that research conducted with corporate, academic, healthcare and government professionals as well as information technology, human resources, marketing, strategic planning and information professionals across all sectors. Read more. Name Change Discussion Forum
There has been a whole lot of great discussion happening around the association in various forums. Many have asked about a central place where all of these thoughts can be shared amongst all of the members. I do want to encourage everyone to keep talking and voicing their opinions and comments. Please take some time to read the research in the Alignment Portal, and once you have, share your thoughts in any number of forums. Read more.
2010 SLA Board of Directors Election Results
When the polls closed, 2802 SLA members had cast their ballots and participated in the election. The results are finalized and the winners are:
2010 SLA President- Elect (three-year term on board): Cindy Romaine, Romainiacs Intelligence Services, Beaverton, Oregon 2010 Treasurer (three-year term on board):
Dan Trefethen, Boeing, Seattle, Washington 2010 Division Cabinet Chair-Elect (three-year term on board):
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Inc., Niwot, Colorado 2010 Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect (three-year term on board):
Liz Blankson-Hemans, Dialog, London Romaine and the other newly-elected board members will begin their terms on the SLA Board of Directors on January 1, 2010, and participate in their first board meeting during the association’s Annual Leadership Summit later that month in St. Louis. Learn more about the elected board members. Read more. 2009 Fellows of SLA
“The SLA Fellows are an unrivaled group of intelligent and dedicated professionals. I am confident that these five SLA members will continue to be important assets to this organization and the profession,” said SLA President Gloria Zamora. “I congratulate and thank them for their service to SLA thus far, and I look forward to seeing what they do with their talent and drive as they move into the next leg of their SLA journey.” The honor of Fellow of SLA is given annually to SLA members to recognize leadership in their career as information professionals or librarians. Fellowship in SLA is bestowed on mid-career professionals in recognition of past, present and future service to the association and the profession. The 2009 Fellows are: - Ellie Briscoe
- Stacey Greenwell
- Nancy Minter
- Pam Rollo
- Tony Stankus
Nominations for 2010 are OPEN for Fellows and Rising Stars! Nominate someone in your chapter or division today! Read more about the 2009 Fellows. Recruitment Campaign On!
Who knows the value of SLA membership better than you? There has never been a time when SLA has delivered so much value to its members. There has never been a time when members have needed their association more to prove their value to their employers, keep their skills on the cutting edge, or possibly have a network to assist in securing their next position. Encourage all of your members to invite someone they know to the next chapter meeting or a work colleague to experience a Click U course along with them. It will give them an opportunity to share first-hand what SLA means to them and provide an opportunity to invite them to join SLA. Or it’s as simple as sending an e-mail.
The Recruit-a-Member campaign is on until 31 December. All the information and tools needed are available on the SLA website. Bulletin editors or web masters can download an ad from the Bulletin Editors Electronic Resource Center. Read more. The SLA Big Easy
For a genuine New Orleans experience, SLA 2010 will feature two local keynoters. Come hear a spirited discussion between Democratic strategist, commentator, and "Ragin' Cajun" James Carville and his equally sharp-witted wife, Republican Mary Matalin, also a strategist, author and commentator. If you have seen them on CNN, you know that you can expect to see some sparks fly! Register today for SLA 2010. 2010 Call for Papers: “Entering SLA’s Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll”
SLA Contributed Papers
An opportunity to share your knowledge! How are you putting your hard work into action? How are you using the long-planned, expertly-vetted, SME-approved technologies in your library? How are your users responding to these new services? If you have a success story to tell your colleagues, we would love to hear it! SLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2010 Annual Conference in the "Southern and Soulful City" of New Orleans, Louisiana, with the theme "Entering SLA's Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll!" Accepted papers will also be published on the SLA website. Every SLA member is eligible and encouraged to apply. Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review, and the best will be selected for development into full papers, which are due 7 May 2010. Read more. Creating the Future - SLA Leadership Summit 2010
If you're a leader, you simply must attend the upcoming summit. You'll learn practical skills to grow in your leadership role in SLA or other volunteer organizations... Read more and register. SLA Now Has a Taxonomy Division!
“SLA members demonstrate expertise across a very broad spectrum of industries and disciplines, and the profession is rapidly growing to include an even wider range of career tracks,” said SLA Chief Executive Officer Janice R. Lachance. “With so many of our current members asking for the creation of a taxonomy division, it is clear that info pros are providing these type of value-added services to their employers, making information easier and faster to find, saving users valuable time, and ultimately contributing to cost-savings and a healthy bottom-line.” The leadership of this new division will be: Chair: Margie Hlava, Access Innovations, Inc.
Chair-Elect: Hannah Rubin, Library of Congress
Secretary: Mary Chitty, Cambridge Healthtech,
Treasurer: Janice Keeler, NERA Economic Consulting Read more. SLA Joins Alliance Calling for Investigation into Google Books Settlement
SLA has signed on to join the newly formed Open Book Alliance which seeks resolution on issues of copyright, access, anti-trust and privacy in the Google Books Settlement case. The formation of this unique alliance bringing together SLA with non-profits, library groups, corporations, and other consumer groups to call for a detailed investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the Google Books Settlement is being widely reported by the news media today. Read more. Is There Room on Your Resume for Additional Expertise?
As an SLA member you have access to hundreds of video tutorials to broaden your skills and test the waters of new technologies. Create Excel charts like a pro, discover Photoshop, master your Mac, or even explore your film making abilities. You’ll be amazed at how much is at your fingertips. Your SLA membership is all you need to get started. Ready to jump in? Simply: - Go to www.sla.org/innovate and log in to the SLA website with your SLA member information
- Click “Atomic Learning” link to see your access info for the learning site. (appears on the lower right corner)
- Go to the Atomic Learning page and log in using the access info displayed.
Need help? Contact membership@sla.org or +1.703.647-4900. SLA Centennial Flickr group
We now have over 1000 images in the group. While we are building an impressive collection of images, most were taken within the last 2-3 years. We would particularly like to see older photos from chapter events and conferences of years past. We realize that many of those images would need to be scanned, but imagine what a nice addition those images would be to your unit’s website or digital archives. Please consider looking through your old photos and scanning them for our Centennial celebration. To submit photos, you have two options: Send an email to: slawebsite@gmail.com
Subject line: Flickr photos
Submit the photos as attachments Or if you have a Flickr account, you can share your photos with the group that way. All (appropriate) images are welcome. The more, the merrier! Please remember to tag your photos with "sla100". See our Flickr group and more on the Centennial website.
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