SLA ANNOUNCES BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
UNC’s Rebecca Vargha to be President-Elect

Alexandria, Virginia, 17 March 2005 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced the results of its 2005 Board of Directors elections today.

Rebecca Vargha, the Librarian at the School of Information and Library Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was elected to serve as the association’s next President-Elect. She will serve as SLA President beginning in June 2006.

Vargha and other newly-elected board members will be installed to the SLA Board of Directors at the association’s 96th Annual Conference in Toronto, 5-8 June. Others elected include:

Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect:

Anne Caputo, Director, Learning & Knowledge Programs, Factiva, Washington, D.C.

Division Cabinet Chair-Elect:

Agnes Mattis, Head, Corporate Library, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York.

At-Large Directors:

Cindy Romaine, Corporate Archivist, Nike, Beaverton, Oregon USA;

Roberto Sarmiento, Head Librarian, Transportation Library, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois USA.

For more information on the newly-elected members, please visit the Board Election Results Page on the SLA Web site. 

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The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than nearly 12,000 members in 83 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.