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2009 SLA Board of Directors Candidates Announced

Alexandria, Virginia, 26 February 2008 - The SLA Nominating Committee presented 10 highly qualified candidates to the sitting Board for election to the 2009 SLA Board of Directors. Today all 10 SLA members presented were accepted as viable candidates for election. Recommendations of potential candidates were collected from among the current SLA membership and presented to the Nominating Committee in January 2008.

In keeping with the desires of the association, exceptional talent was sought, as well as professionally diverse and regional representation. Candidates will speak at the SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in Seattle, 15-18 June, 2008.

This year, in an effort to expose each candidate to a wider audience of members, the association will videotape and post each candidate's speech to the Website and YouTube, offer members the ability to hear the candidate speeches live, and schedule additional ad-hoc opportunities for the members to meet the candidates during SLA 2008 in Seattle. Elections will be held electronically in mid-September 2008.

The accepted candidates for election to the 2009 SLA Board of Directors are:

For President-elect:

• Janice C. Anderson, Access Sciences Corporation, Houston, Texas
• Anne Caputo, Dow Jones & Company, Washington, D.C.

For Chapter Cabinet Chair-elect:

• Cynthia Barrancotto, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, Texas
• Ruth Wolfish, IEEE, Piscataway, New Jersey

For Division Cabinet Chair-elect:

• Holly Chong-Williams, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia
• Ann Sweeney, European Union - European Commission Delegation, Washington, D.C.

For Director (Two to be elected):

• Jessica Baumgart, Renesys, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Michael Kim, University of Miami Library, Coral Gables, Florida
• Daniel Lee, Navigator Ltd, Toronto, Ontario
• Nettie Seaberry, National Minority Supplier Development Council, New York City

For more information about SLA's governance practices and leadership, please visit the Board of Directors section of our Website at http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/index.cfm.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries 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 www.sla.org.