Business & Finance Division Awards
Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Business Librarianship
This award recognizes a Division member that has made an outstanding contribution to the field of business and finance librarianship and information science.
Distinguished Member Award
This award is intended to honor individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the field of business librarianship throughout the course of their career.
Distinguished Leadership & Service Award
The purpose of this award is to acknowledge an individual who has distinguished himself or herself as a leader through demonstrated commitment to service.
Professional Grants and Student Stipends
The Division offers professional grant awards and student stipend awards to help cover expenses at the SLA Annual Conference.
- Professional Grants:
- Description
- Past Recipients
- Application
- Student Stipends:
- Description
- Past Recipients
- Application
International Travel Award
This award is offered to an information professional from a developing country to help cover expenses at the SLA Annual Conference.
B&F Division/SLA Europe Early Career Awards These awards are offered to current European library and information science students and those in the first 5 years of their information careers to attend, for the first time, an SLA conference.
Achievement in Academic Business Librarianship Award
The intent of the award is to recognize the accomplishments of librarians who are new to the field of academic business librarianship.
Centers of Excellence
The purpose of the COE Awards is to recognize quality and excellence in libraries and information centers within the Business & Finance Division.