`SLA Stars' Selected for Awards and Honors

`SLA Stars' Selected for Awards and Honors

March 08, 2006

Class of the Profession Tapped for Excellence, Accomplishments

    ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has selected 18
outstanding individuals as recipients for its 2006 Awards
and Honors.  These "stars in the SLA
constellation" will be recognized at the Opening
General Session of the SLA 2006 Annual Conference on
Sunday, 11 June, which begins at 6:30 p.m.  SLA 2006 will
take place 11-14 June at the Baltimore Convention Center.

    SLA President Pamela Rollo (New York Public Library)
declared, "Our 2006 honorees light the way to
innovation for the global community of information
professionals, and they deserve our praise and celebration.
 They live the values of our community: leadership, service,
courage and continuous learning through creative action. 
Their accomplishments provide results and demonstrate
accountability, collaboration and partnership. They set the
standard for information professionals worldwide, so they
are very deserving of recognition by SLA."

    Candidates for SLA Awards and Honors were reviewed and
considered by the SLA Awards and Honors Committee, chaired
this year by Cindy Hill (Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara,
California) and then confirmed by the SLA Board of
Directors.

    The 2006 SLA Honorees are:

    SLA Hall of Fame Inductees: Jacqueline Desoer (San
Francisco) 

    John Cotton Dana Award: Judith J. Field (Wayne State
University, Detroit) 

    Rose L. Vormelker Award: Barbara Beverley (Empire State
Development, Albany, New York)

    Fellows of the Special Libraries Association: Jan
Chindlund, (McDonald's Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois),
Sue Henczel, (CAVAL, Ltd., Victoria, Australia), Marjorie
Hlava (Access Innovations, Albuquerque, New Mexico), Neil
Infield (The British Library, London), and Juanita
Richardson (CEDROM-SNi, Toronto) 

    Dialog and Thomson Scientific present the SLA
President's Award: Lisl Zach (Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge)

    SLA Professional Award, presented by Springer: Pam
Osborne (Mercy Corps, Portland, Oregon)

    Factiva Leadership Award: Ilene Strongin-Garry
(InterContinental Hotels Group, Atlanta) 

    Honorary Member of SLA: Raymond Kurzweil (Kurzweil
Technologies, North Andover, Massachusetts)

    LexisNexis Innovations in Technology Award: R. James
King (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC)

    Member Achievement Award: Ann Sweeney (European
Commission Delegation to the United States, Washington, DC)
and Karen Takle Quinn (Notre Dame de Namur University,
Belmont, California)

    H.W. Wilson Award: Rebecca Augustyniak, Amy Finley,
Dawn Aguero, Blair Monroe, and Brian Arsenault (Florida
State University, Tallahassee).

    Diversity Leadership Development Award: Angela Gooden
(University of Cincinnati), Mangala Krishnamurthy
(University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), and Widharto Widharto
(SEAMEO BIOTROP, Bogor, Indonesia) 

    Award descriptions and detailed biographical
information for the 2006 SLA Honorees can be found online
at http://www.sla.org/awards . 

    About SLA

    The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit
global organization for innovative information
professionals and their strategic partners.  SLA serves
approximately 11,000 members in 75 countries who work in
the information profession, including corporate, academic
and government information specialists.  SLA promotes and
strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and
networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on
the Web at http://www.sla.org . 

    For more information, please contact:

     John Crosby
     the Special Libraries Association
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Special Libraries Association