2007'02.01.Thu
`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: +1-703-647-4916 Email: jcrosby@sla.org SOURCE Special Libraries Association
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