Current SLA Conference
SLA 2009 Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration, Washington, DC, USA, 14 - 17 June.
Travel & Hotel Information
Housing opened January 2009.
***Rates do not include 14.5% occupancy tax***
The year 2009 marked the centennial of the founding of the Special Libraries Association as an organization dedicated to serving the needs and interests of professionals who handle specialized information and research services.
For almost 100 years, SLA has served as the leading association representing special librarians and information specialists around the world. As SLA prepares for its second century of service, it does so amid sweeping technological changes that are not only reshaping the information industry, but redefining the role that the Association and the profession will play in the future. To respond effectively, SLA has embarked a thorough examination, the SLA Alignment Project to bring clarity and unity to its core identity its values.
As we move closer to the year-long SLA Centennial Celebration, the SLA Centennial Commission would like to get you started on your way NOW, with the launch of the SLA Centennial Web site. Learn more about SLA and its members through a collection of profiles, recollections, and oral histories.
- Commission Chair: Dav Robertson, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- Tom Calcagni, Chief Communications Strategist, SLA, Alexandria, Virginia
- David Cappoli, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
- Patricia Cia, Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Nick Collison, Prenax, New York City (formerly of the United Kingdom)
- Kristin Foldvik, Director, Events, SLA, Alexandria, Virginia
- Stacey Greenwell, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- DeVonne Henry, Director, Exhibits, SLA, Alexandria, Virginia
- Jill Konieczko, US News & World Report, Washington, D.C.
- Karen Kreizman Reczek, Bureau Veritas, Buffalo, New York
- John Larrier, Elsevier, New York City
- Lynne McCay, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Tamika McCollough, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina *
* Tamika McCollough is the designated Conference Planners’ Liaison to the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division.
Tamika McCollough is a cum laude graduate of the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University and earned a B.A. degree in Biology from UNC at Chapel Hill. She has been involved with professional organizations since she was a library school student, and she currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the North Carolina Chapter of SLA. She also serves as a member of the Professional Development Coordinating Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
The Centennial Commission has started work on the theme and the activities surrounding the anniversary using ideas submitted by the SLA members.
Rev. June 2009