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Latest Press Releases
SLA to Honor 5 New Fellows at 2012 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO
Alexandria, Virginia, 1 February 2012--Scott Brown, Ann Cullen, Ruth Kneale, Chris Olson, and Roberto Sarmiento have been named Fellows of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The five information professionals will be honored on 15 July at SLA's 2012 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Chicago. 
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Information Professionals Recognized for Early-Career Achievements
Alexandria, VA., 25 January 2012 - Information professionals working on Wall Street, at a leading classical music publisher, at National Public Radio, and in support of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs have been named 2012 Rising Stars of the Special Libraries Association (SLA).
Deb Hunt Voted President-Elect of SLA
Alexandria, Virginia, 3 October 2011--The 2011 election for the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Board of Directors drew to a close on Wednesday, 28 September, with 2,393 SLA members casting their votes.
Debal Kar Receives 2011 ProQuest & Dialog Member Achievement Award
Alexandria, Virginia, 16 August 2011 - The Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Asian Chapter comprises information professionals from more than 20 countries. The challenges of bringing these librarians together are formidable, but Debal Kar has overcome them on several occasions.
Lynne McCay Receives SLA's Prestigious John Cotton Dana Award
Alexandria, Virginia, 3 August 2011--Lynne McCay, an information professional who contributed tirelessly to both her workplace and her profession for several decades, was awarded the Special Libraries Association's highest honor at its 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia on June 12.
SLA Inducts Two into Hall of Fame at 2011 Annual Conference
Alexandria, Virginia, 20 July 2011--Decades of leadership, mentoring and service to the information profession were recognized on June 12 as Susan DiMattia and Doris Helfer were inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association.
Peggy Garvin Named Recipient of 2011 Dow Jones Leadership Award
Alexandria, Virginia, 11 July 2011--Peggy Garvin, long considered a role model for her fellow information professionals, was honored by thousands of them during the opening ceremony of the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO on 12 June.
Thousands of Information Professionals Converge in Philadelphia for SLA Annual Conference
Alexandria, VA, 30 June, 2011 -- Philadelphia is a city known primarily for its historical attractions. But the future, not the past, was what over 4,300 information professionals came to talk about during the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) 2011 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO from 12 - 15 June.
Two Recognized for Widespread Mentoring Contribution to Information Profession
Alexandria, Virginia, 24 June 2011 - Mary Talley, TalleyPartners, and Judith Tapiero, The Organized Library, have been named recipients of the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Rose L. Vormelker Award.
SLA Recognizes Information Professional for Diversity and Leadership
Alexandria, Virginia, 25 May 2011--Elizabeth "Eli" Edwards, a temporary research librarian at the Seattle-based law firm of Foster Pepper PLLC, is the recipient of the 2011 Diversity and Leadership Development Program (DLDP) Award, granted by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), and sponsored by EBSCO.
SLA Recognizes New Fellows
Alexandria, Virginia, 11 May 2011--Kate Arnold, Leoma Dunn, Karen Huffman, James King and Marlene Vogelsang were honored as the 2011 class of SLA Fellows at the Special Libraries Association's 2011 Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
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