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H.W. WILSON COMPANY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Alexandria, Virginia USA, March 15, 2005 — The Special Libraries Association (SLA) this year will present its H.W. Wilson Company Award to three exemplary information professionals. The award recognizes the author(s) of an outstanding article published in Information Outlook, SLA’s magazine.

The 2005 winners are: Laura N. “Lolly” Gasaway (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John J. DiGilio (Thomson West, Los Angeles); and Gayle Lynn-Nelson (LexisNexis, New York).

The award committee honored Gasaway for her Information Outlook column, “Copyright Corner,” that appeared monthly from September 1998 till December 2004. DiGilio and Lynn-Nelson are honored for their November 2004 article “The Millennial Invasion: Are you ready?”
The annual award is sponsored by the H.W. Wilson Company. The prize will be presented, along with other SLA honors, on June 5 at 7 p.m. at the SLA 2005 Annual Conference in Toronto.

The committee praised Gasaway as a “shining light” for Information Outlook. Committee Chair Christine De Bow Klein, in the award letter, wrote that “Gasaway’s body of work defined our professional concerns and understanding, emphasizing our professional responsibilities…” She said Gasaway’s columns “positioned us to become leaders in the area of copyright and personal property issues.”

De Bow Klein commended DiGilio and Lynn-Nelson’s article. “We hope this is the first of many articles that will highlight the cultural changes as well as the impact of technology on the delivery of our information products…The committee hopes this article is the beginning of an important discussion the entire SLA membership will engage in over the next few years.”

More information about SLA awards and honors can be found at www.sla.org/awards.

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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 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 www.sla.org.