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Praveen Kumar Jain and Lynne McCay Honored by SLA for
Going "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty"
The 2008 Professional Award, sponsored by Springer, rewards volunteer leader dedication and innovation
Alexandria, Virginia, November 26, 2008 -- Two dedicated volunteer leaders have been named recipients of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Professional Award. The SLA Professional Award recognizes a special event, major achievement or specific significant contribution by an SLA member that advances the association's goals and objectives. The awards for 2008 are presented to Praveen Kumar (P.K.) Jain, for his successful efforts in growing and improving the Asian Chapter of SLA, and Lynne McCay, for her tireless dedication to the success of SLA's Annual Conference programming over many years. This award is sponsored by Springer, which annually provides each recipient with a cash award of US$ 1,000.
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"The SLA Professional Award is granted to volunteer leaders who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and have shown their dedication to SLA time and time again. Both P.K. and Lynne have had an enormous impact on the association," said SLA Chief Executive Officer Janice R. Lachance. "I am pleased that their commitment is being recognized by their peers with this well deserved honor."
Praveen Kumar "P.K." Jain
P.K. Jain, with 21 years of experience in the field of library and information science, has been an SLA member since 2000 and works currently as deputy librarian with the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India. Jain is a past president of the SLA Asian Chapter (2002-2004) and presently holds the position of co-secretary for the year 2007-08. He was a member of the Organizing Committee for the very first SLA Asian Chapter meeting held in December 2005 in New Delhi, and is the organizing secretary for the International Conference of Asian Special Libraries being held in Delhi, 26-28 November, 2008. Jain has expanded the chapter's Web site and developed a regular newsletter for the chapter. His marketing of SLA and continued arrangement of SLA representation at library conferences in Asia has resulted in a more vibrant Asian Chapter, with a larger membership and more widespread recognition for SLA in the region.
Lynne McCay
Lynne McCay, an SLA member since 1980, has been active both in the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the association as well as the Social Science Division, the Leadership and Management Division, the Information Technology Division and the News Division. In choosing McCay for the award, the 2008 Awards Committee cited her extraordinary commitment of time, her perseverance in completing projects, and her dedication to the association, the profession and her colleagues. McCay has served in many leadership positions including director and secretary on the SLA Board of Directors, as Washington, D.C. Chapter president, and as chair of the association's Government Relations Committee. McCay chaired the SLA Program Planners Committee for the SLA Annual Conference in Philadelphia in 2000, producing a well-respected conference. She then offered significant, timely and critical assistance to the program planners for the 2007 Annual Conference in Denver. She is currently a member of the SLA Centennial Commission and is working to plan another SLA Annual Conference in 2009. Because of McCay's contributions, year after year, SLA has seen improvements to conference programming and execution.
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association 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.
Note to Editors and Producers: Images, b-roll, supporting interviews and testimonies are available for use in coverage of this story. Please contact the SLA Director of PR, Cara Schatz at 703.647.4917 or cara@sla.org for more information.
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