SLA SPONSORED AWARD NAMING PRACTICE

I. Practice

It is the practice that a sponsored award shall carry the name of its sponsor only if the sponsor agrees to long-term support (minimum 5 years) for the award.

As of October 1998, the Association has only two such awards: The H.W. Wilson Company Award (H.W. Wilson Award) and the Factiva Leadership Award -- Competencies for the 21st Century (Factiva Leadership Award).

II. Purpose

The purpose is to ensure that any sponsored award, if it is to serve as an exposure vehicle for sponsoring company, is supported by the sponsor for at least 5 years in order to create some continuity in the Awards and Honors Program.

III. Guidelines and Procedures

Sponsored SLA awards shall be officially named without reference to the sponsor, unless the sponsor agrees to long-term support of the award. When the sponsored award is promoted, given to its recipient(s), or named in press releases, etc., it shall be referred to as the "Award, sponsored by."

When an SLA committee is established whose primary task is to select the award recipient(s) of an SLA sponsored award, that committee shall be named for the award and not for the award sponsor, unless the sponsor agrees to long-term support of the award.

IV. Responsibility

The SLA Director, Public Relations is responsible for all aspects of the Awards and Honors Program, under the direction of the Executive Director and with the assistance of SLA officers and staff.

Approved: October 1998