Corrinne Campbell for Division Cabinet Chair-elect
Corinne Campbell has been employed by The Boeing Company since 1966, and has managed the Libraries for the Puget Sound area from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983 to the present.
Education: B.A. in English with honors from Washington State University Masters in Librarianship from the University of Washington.
SLA Member Since: 1966
SLA Chapter Activities: Pacific Northwest Chapter: past-president and past program chair and has served on many chapter committees.
SLA Division Activities: Library Management Division: chair, chair-elect, past chair
SLA Association-level Activities: Chair of the 1997 Seattle Conference, and was deputy program chair of the 1981 Atlanta Conference.
Other Professional Activities: member of the Conference Board Information Services Advisory Council (ISAC) and the Industrial Technical Information Managers Group (ITIMG); member of the Washington Library Network Executive Council )1977-1979). Presentations given at a variety of conferences, including SLA conferences, the Conference Board ISAC, ITIMG, the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), the Association of Information and Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC), and the Online/CD-ROM Conference. She has been both a visiting lecturer and guest speaker at the University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. She has been a loaned executive from The Boeing Company to United Way and served for three years on the board of New Beginnings, and was president of that board for two years. Board of Trustees of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra member, board secretary, vice president, and chair of the marketing committee (1985-present).
Publications:
"Reaching the Promised Land,"an Interview with Eugenie Prime, Information Outlook (1997). , "Managing Information as a Strategic Asset: Corporate Intranet Development and the Role of the Company Library," white paper for the Conference Board ISAC (1998).
Campbell on the Questions:
Corinne Campbell
What is the most critical issue(s) facing SLA today and how do you, as a candidate for the Board of Directors, see yourself formulating policies addressing those issues?
In my view, the essential and continuing role of SLA-whether at the Association, division or chapter level-is professional development. This is accomplished through the traditional venues of conference sessions, continuing education courses, substantive local chapter meetings, and a vibrant professional journal, Information Outlook. Increasingly, professional development also includes the use of distance learning and the exchange of information through listserv discussions and e-mail. One role of the Board is to encourage the Association staff to be aware of member development needs and to provide needed opportunities, to encourage divisions in their educational efforts, and to make it easier for members to find and use these opportunities. We must ensure that the Association budget accommodates this emphasis. It also includes making members aware of new opportunities to use their core competencies and skills to help their organizations manage information and knowledge.
How do your see technology affecting the way SLA provides services to its members?
I believe that SLA has done a good job in communicating electronically with its members. The web site and the various listservs make communication easier and provide up-to-date information. Most chapters and divisions also have well-developed sites and listservs. There are, however, two risks in this approach. One is that the SLA member may become overwhelmed with the vast number of these "communication opportunities," and may suffer from the proverbial information overload. The other is that we still live in an age of unequal access to the web and e-mail. Therefore, my cautionary view is that, for the near term, we need multimedia communication, i.e., electronic and traditional.
Where do you see the information profession going in the new millennium?
As we enter the new millennium we are entering an exciting time for information professionals. For the first time in many years, we are seeing articles that discuss the shortage of librarians. Our strong service orientation and traditional library and information center services are highly valued. In addition, the role of the web, the emergence of knowledge management initiatives, and the need for information management in non-library areas offer new opportunities. Increasingly, information specialists are teaming with customers on a variety of projects, including competitive intelligence and new business opportunities. Skills such as thesaurus development, the development and understanding of classification schemes or taxonomies, the need for metadata, and our understanding of search engines and information retrieval are creating a renewed demand and respect for our professional skills.
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