SLA CALLS FOR AWARDS & HONORS NOMINATIONS
If you have a nomination for the 2001-2002 Awards and Honors Program, you must have it in the mail by December 7, 2001. The only exceptions are nominations for the International Special Librarians Day Award, which must be received by May 18, 2001.
Since 1948, SLA has used its Awards and Honors Program to recognize standouts in the information profession. Award winners will be chosen by select committees and approved by SLA's Board of Directors at the SLA Winter Meeting in Chicago, IL, January 24-26, 2002. The winners will be announced after the Winter Meeting and officially recognized at SLA's 93rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA, June 8-13, 2002.
SLA chapters, divisions, caucuses, and individual members can submit nominations. Only SLA members in good standing may be nominated for an award (the exceptions are the Professional Award, Honorary Member, and Media Awards). For complete listings and descriptions of all SLA Awards and Honors, committee information, or a PDF version of the SLA Awards and Honors Brochure, visit Virtual SLA at www.sla.org.
The H.W. Wilson Company Award goes to the author of the best article in Information Outlook® during the 2001 publication year. The Factiva 21st Century Competencies in Action Award requires a separate application, which can be acquired by contacting Barbara Burton by phone at 1.609.627.2341 or email at barbara.burton@factiva.com.
SLA Awards and Honors nominations should be sent directly to the Public Communication Department at SLA's International Headquarters. To request an award nomination form or a brochure, contact Anthony Blue at 1.202.939.3633 or email: anthony@sla.org.
Lettis Takes New Position
Lucy Lettis, a principal at Andersen (formerly Arthur Andersen), has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of Business Intelligence. The position reports to Andersen's new Center for Strategic Innovation, headquartered in New York. The Center is a market-oriented "idea center" that focuses on senior executive issues by exploiting innovative business knowledge and original research. In her new role, Lettis will work on establishing, managing, and integrating the global research agenda for Andersen. Her particular concentration will be on competitive positioning of the firm's thought leadership activities and the identification of new market opportunities. Lettis was formerly director of Andersen's Business Information Network and the AskNetwork, a fee-based information services consultancy.
INFO PROS IN THE PRESS
Inc.'s Posse Corrals Business News
A group of five special librarians (and SLA members) at the business Inc. magazine emerged from behind the scenes in the October 16, 2001 issue. The librarians, dubbed "The Posse," were acknowledged for their work monitoring "the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of business publications." The magazine also acknowledged the importance of information professionals in general, saying that "Corporate librarians act as filters and resource consultants for companies that are struggling to overcome information overload."
Inc.'s Posse includes Genevieve Foskett, corporate librarian at Highsmith Inc.; Lisa Guedea Careño, library director at Goshen College; Christine Klein, director of knowledge and information management at Lifecare Inc.; Jean Mayhew, director of information and learning at United Technologies Research Center; and Lisa Zwickey, senior research specialist at J.J. Keller & Associates.
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