Information Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2002
Kreizman-Reczek Joins SLA Board
The SLA announces that Karen Kreizman-Reczek has been elected to the SLA Board of Directors. She will fill a vacancy following the resignation of director Lucy Lettis.
The SLA Board of Directors elected Kreizman-Reczek during their Annual Fall Board Meeting on October 19, 2001. She will make her first official appearance at the SLA Winter Meeting in Chicago, IL, January 24-26, 2002. Her term as director will run through 2003.
Kreizman-Reczek is the manager of the information resources center at ACTS Testing Labs, Inc., Buffalo, NY. She is also a visiting lecturer in the School of Information and Libraries Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo.
An active member of SLA since 1988, Kreizman-Reczek has served in a multitude of functions at the association, chapter, and division levels. She served as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee (1996-1997); Upstate New York Chapter: Bulletin Editor (2000 - present); Consulting Chair (2000/01 - present); Biological Sciences Division: Professional Development Committee Chair (1994-1995); and Engineering Division: Standards Roundtable Chair (1998-1999). Kreizman-Reczek's academic credentials include an MLS from the State University of New York ( SUNY) at Buffalo and a B.S. in Social Sciences and Humanities at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
SLA President Hope N. Tillman remarked, "We are very pleased that Karen will be joining us on the SLA Board of Directors and will be welcoming her at the Winter Meeting in Chicago. We look forward to her adding fresh ideas, drawing on her broad experience in various associations."
SLA Seeks Proposals
SLA is seeking innovative research proposals in the field of library and information science for the 2002 Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research Grant. Established in 1991 by Primark (formerly Disclosure), the research fund is an endowment designed to support projects that promote research on and advancement of library sciences, including ones focusing on projects that address the goals identified in the SLA Research Statement.
The Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research Grant is available internationally to both practitioners and academics. Doctoral students are also encouraged to apply. Membership in SLA is not a prerequisite for submitting a proposal. Recent awards have been close to $20,000, though projects with smaller budgets are also encouraged. Grant applications are reviewed by the SLA Research Committee based on the purpose and objectives of the proposed project, the significance of the topic to the profession, the project's methodology, the qualifications of the researcher, and the appropriateness of the project's budget and timetable.
The Goldspiel Grant application materials are available via Virtual SLA at www.sla.org. The deadline for proposals and applications is February 15, 2002. The deadline for resubmission of applications (if requested by the Research Committee) with additional explanations or formatting corrections is February 28, 2002. Grant winners will be determined at SLA's Board of Directors Meeting during the 93rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California, June 8-13, 2002. The winner will be notified in July of 2002.
For more information on the Steven I. Goldspiel Memorial Research Grant, application guidelines, grant contracts, or a listing of past Goldspiel projects and recipients, visit Virtual SLA or contact the Director of Information Resources, John Latham, by email at john@sla.org or by phone at 202-939-3639.
SLA Introduces its Online Annual Report
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has introduced its Online Annual Report. The report was developed as a resource tool for members and outside vendors, providing a quick and easy window into the past association year. The easy-to-navigate menu bar provides one stop access to association information. Find year in reviews on association programs, financial statements, a complete listing of corporate and individual support and awards and honors, and scholarship winners. For more information visit the public relations section at www.sla.org.
SLA Unveils KEx
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has unveiled the Knowledge Exchange (formerly the Information Resources Center). The mission of SLA's new Knowledge Exchange (KEx) will be to facilitate the exchange of knowledge within SLA's global community. With the guidance of the association's research committee, the KEx will support the creation and sharing of innovative research. In addition, the KEx will also create a Knowledge Exchange System within SLA's global headquarters and develop best practices databases, message boards, discussion lists, and chats for the benefit of SLA members. The KEx will continue fulfilling the Information Resource Center's (IRC) mission of preparing and maintaining more than forty information portals, providing interlibrary loans, reference and referral services, and maintaining CONSULT Online, a directory of SLA members serving as library consultants. The KEx is the first unit to be launched under SLA's new "Structuring for Strength" initiative, which is designed to guide the skills of information professionals and increase awareness of the critical role they play in a knowledge-based society.
Shaffer Honored with Commemorative Chair
SLA Executive Director, Roberta I. Shaffer, was recently honored with a Commemorative Chair by The Friends of the Texas State Law Library. The Commemorative Chair was donated in her honor by the law firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, DC, and will serve as a reading chair in the Tom C. Clark Building at Texas State Law Library in Austin, Texas. Ms. Shaffer served as the Director of Research Information Services at Covington and Burling from 1991 until 1999 and Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin prior to her appointment as Executive Director of SLA.
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