Information Outlook, Vol. 6, No. 5, May 2002
Cynthia V. Hill is New President-Elect for SLA
Cynthia V. Hill is the new president-elect of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Hill is a manager at SunLibrary, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Palo Alto, California, USA, and also serves on the adjunct faculty at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science. Hill and the newly elected members of SLA's Board of Directors will be installed June 13, 2002 at SLA's 93rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California. At this time Bill Fisher, professor at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science in San Jose, California, will also be sworn in as the 83rd president of SLA. Hill will serve as president-elect of SLA until June 2003, when her one-year term as SLA president begins.
Others elected to the SLA Board of Directors for the 2002-2003 Association include:
Chapter cabinet chair-elect: Davenport "Dav" Robertson, chief, Library and Information Services Branch, National Institute of Environment Health Sciences/ National Institute of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA; Division cabinet chair-elect: Pam Rollo, director, Information Resources for Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, New York, USA; At-Large Directors: Jesus Lau, dean of Information Services and Accreditation, Universidad Autonoma de Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; and Barbara M. Spiegelman, president, Spiegelman Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Dee Magnoni, president of Magnoni Group in Portland, Oregon, USA, will fill the vacant director position.
Several current SLA officers will assume new positions for 2002-2003: Hope N. Tillman, past-president; Stephanie Tolson, chapter cabinet chair; and Karen Kreizman-Reczek, division cabinet chair. Continuing to serve on the board of directors: Marjorie M.K. Hlava, director; David Stern, director; Christine De Bow Klein, director; and Richard Geiger, treasurer.
NRL Librarian Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
SLA member Laurie Stackpole, chief librarian of the Navy Research Laboratory (NRL), is the recipient of a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
Stackpole directs the Ruth H. Hooker Research Library, a specialized scientific and technical information resource servicing NRL and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). In this capacity, she plans, develops and implements a broad program of information services, giving oversight to and participating in the design and development of systems that provide NRL and ONR researchers with around-the-clock access to scientific and technical information.
A partial excerpt from the award citation reads: "For meritorious achievement and service to the United States Navy and the Naval Research Laboratory for her pioneering work in developing and applying digital library technologies… Ms. Stackpole is especially commended for her role as a founding member of the Consortium of Naval Libraries, in helping to develop an electronic licensing program that has saved $5 million over the past three years and provided critical information resources at the desktops of 90,000 users…"
Stackpole received an M.L.S. at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. She also holds an M.A. in physics from Smith College (Northampton, MA) and an A.B. in physics from Trinity College in Washington, D.C.
SLA Member Dr. Stone Passes Away
Elizabeth (Betty) W. Stone died March 6, 2002, at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C., due to complications from pneumonia and a lung infection.
Stone was a past president of ALA, DCLA and DCSLA, as well as Dean Emerita of the School of Library and Information Services at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Stone received the SLA Professional Award in 1988 for her innovative service to the library community, including the founding of the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE), creation of the metropolitan Washington Joint Spring Workshop and her efforts to establish a Roundtable on Continuing Education by IFLA.
Stone was also the recipient of SLA's Rose L. Vormelker Award in 2000.
Whitmell Exits From the Canadian Library Association
Vicki Whitmell has left the Canadian Library Association to seek new challenges in the library and information community, effective March 20, 2002.
Longtime CLA member Gwynneth Evans has agreed to take on the management of current CLA projects while the executive council undertakes a search for a new executive director.
President Margaret Law and Vice-President Wendy Newman met with the full staff March 21, 2002. They are enthusiastic about the direction of the association and continue to be committed to providing the best possible service to the membership.
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