2012 Conference in Chicago, IL

• Dow Jones & Company - Gold Sponsor of Marketing for the rest of us: a guide for introverts, 10 am on July 18; Co-sponsor, LMD Open House, 8 pm July 15th
• BST America - Silver Sponsor of Challenges of buying and selling content in 2012, 8 am on July 18
• ProQuest Dialog - Bronze Sponsor of Tales from the trenches: contract negotiation is not for the faint of heart, 10 am on July 17
• Prenax/Basch Subscriptions - Sponsor of the Karen J. Switt award

The generous support of our vendor partners help pay for the high cost of annual conference activities, especially

• Session costs for speakers and AV
• Open house expenses
• Underwriting meal costs for ticketed events.

Thank you for your support!

If you would like to become a partner, please contact :

Leslie Farison (farisonll@appstate.edu)
Vendor Partnering Chair, 2012

If you deal with any of these vendors or stop by their booth at SLA Annual Conference, please thank them for their support of Leadership and Management Division activities.

Thank you to our 2010 Vendor Partners who are helping us provide quality events at the SLA 2010 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Our spotlight sessions will also be available through this year's Virtual Component of the conference.

This year we would like to thank:

• EBSCO – Open
  House (Sunday)
• Dialog/Proquest-
  Spotlight sessions: Your Personal Brand (Monday) ; Negotiating Up
  (Tuesday)
• BSTAmerica-
  Content Buying Round Table (Wednesday)
• C. Berger Group-
  Karen J. Switt Award (presented during Annual Business Meeting
  (Tuesday)

Interested in becoming our Vendor Partner? Please contact our Rebecca Vargha, our Vendor Partner Chair.

 - Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division

Session Handouts

Several of the LMD sessions were "experiential" such as the one on Dynamic Communication, and so did not have handouts or presentation slides. However, some of the events have been reported in blogs including here in Impact (Conference Category). Feel free to contribute your impressions!

Available presentations, handouts or speaker notes are also housed on the SLA 2009 Conference Handouts page (and the LMD website) and include:

Monday

Social Networking: the Essence of Innovation(PDF, large file) / Jay Liebowitz

To stimulate innovation, people need to reach out beyond their own area.
Social networking research highlights the importance of carefully
constructing one's social networks to best leverage knowledge
internally and externally. Organizations should aim to provide enabling
mechanisms to stimulate knowledge discovery. Leibowitz discussed how
social networking can lead to innovation, based on his book "Social
Networking: The Essence of Innovation"

LMD Business Luncheon Presentation – No Excuses (PDF) / Stephen Abram

As part of the the LMD business meeting, Stephen Abram, the globe-trotting
past-president of SLA shared stories about innovative leaders from
around the world, focusing on their strategies and successes, and
illustrating how we can learn from the practices of others. Abram's
goal is to inspire us to become innovative leaders.

Tuesday

Critical Thinking (PDF) / Rebecca Jones, Dee Wallace

Critical thinking is a key competency for all information professionals. It
leads to results such as sharper competitive intelligence products,
clearer, more persuasive proposals and udget justifications, more
effective problem solving, and better taxonomies. How we can improve
our critical thinking skills and engage them in our work?

*** Thank you to our Partners and LMD Members

Patricia Cia is Coordinator, Technical Services & LIbrary
Systems at Langara College. She is a LMD Director and Member of the
Centennial Commission. Patricia can be reached at pcia@langara.bc.ca

2009 Conference in Washington, DC

• BST
• Dialog/Proquest
• IEEE
• Zubal Books
• Basch Subscriptions
• Karen J. Switt Award: C. Berger Group

Accessing Information — Solving the Unique Learning and Training Needs of Organizations

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decrease. Corporate universities, the growth in corporate learning divisions and the creation of core competencies are emblematic of the important role information plays in corporate learning and training. Librarians and information professionals, by providing the latest information, have a unique role in guiding corporate learning.

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Learners can link from the competency map directly into the full text of articles or appropriate book summary. The mapping process integrates learning content into LMS-driven or CLO-created learning objects. Having the content, knowing how it fits into the needs of a specific organization and providing the content from a corporate portal, LMS or easy to use interface, brings the information where it is needed and allows it to have an impact.

Accessing Information — Solving the Unique Learning and Training Needs of Organizations

Corporations need to stay informed and having unlimited access to premium content that is unique to the needs of an individual organization is a trend that is likely to increase rather than decrease. Corporate universities, the growth in corporate learning divisions and the creation of core competencies are emblematic of the important role information plays in corporate learning and training. Librarians and information professionals, by providing the latest information, have a unique role in guiding corporate learning.

EBSCO Publishing provides premium information resources that support corporate learning and training through the combination of Business Book Review® and Business Source® Corporate.
These are resources that are frequently integrated into corporate portals and intranets or used through Learning Management Systems (LMS). The process involves the use of keyword and relevance feedback monitoring techniques along with an XML gateway for direct integration.

Learn more about Business Book Review® and Business Source Corporate®

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters offers all information professionals the Quantum2 leadership development program. It provides resources to help you lead change and enhance the value and visibility of information services in your organization.

The Quantum2 program is built around ten interwoven strategic and business competencies. Within the Quantum2 leadership circle, you’ll find workshops, case studies, white papers, and links to additional resources to help you build on your strengths and develop new skills.

Quantum2 is available at no charge to information professionals worldwide. Our goal is to inspire you to increase your visibility and value, by sharing best practices, ideas, and insights on HOW to do it. Take a look at the resources on the website or sign up for a session today!  http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/quantum2/ 

Betty Jo Hibberd
Senior Manager, Information Professional Market
Thomson Reuters
Phone: 215.823.5323 | Mobile: 215.778.4887
betty.jo.hibberd@thomsonreuters.com

ebrary, a leading provider of e-content services and technology, is very pleased to be sponsoring the Leadership and Management Division and participating on the panel during the Content Buying Roundtable at the Special Library Association Conference. All members are invited and encouraged to attend the Roundtable as well as visit the ebrary booth (#242).

ebrary launches new Engineering and Business e-book databases

During SLA, ebrary is launching two new subscription databases of e-books, manuals and other authoritative content in Engineering and Business. The company aims to help end-users quickly and easily find the relevant and timely information they need to be more productive and innovative.

Designed for corporations, these new databases feature thousands of current, full-text titles from renowned publishers and are available under a simultaneous, multi-user access model. They will continue to grow at no additional cost throughout the subscription term.

Learn more about the new databases

ebrary launches new Engineering and Business e-book databases

ebrary, a leading provider of e-content services and technology, is very pleased to be sponsoring the Leadership and Management Division and participating on the panel during the Content Buying Roundtable at the Special Library Association Conference. All members are invited and encouraged to attend the Roundtable as well as visit the ebrary booth (#242).

During SLA, ebrary is launching two new subscription databases of e-books, manuals and other authoritative content in Engineering and Business.  The company aims to help end-users quickly and easily find the relevant and timely information they need to be more productive and innovative.

Designed for corporations, these new databases feature thousands of current, full-text titles from renowned publishers and are available under a simultaneous, multi-user access model.  They will continue to grow at no additional cost throughout the subscription term. 

With contributing publishers such as Elsevier, CRC Press, Pennwell Publishing, John Wiley & Sons and The McGraw-Hill Companies, ebrary’s new Engineering Database covers a wide range of engineering topics such as Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Environmental, Materials, Mechanics, and Petroleum Engineering.

ebrary’s new Business Database covers key topics in Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, and Accounting from such esteemed publishers as AMACOM, Elsevier, Kogan-Page, and McGraw-Hill Professional.

Ebrary will offer a 10% discount on the new business and engineering collections at SLA .

In addition to subscription e-book databases, institutions may use the ebrary system to purchase individual titles and even distribute their own digitized materials in PDF online. All content in the ebrary system integrates with multiple online resources and information on the web through InfoTools and is delivered via a single customizable interface.

Also note that ebrary offers more than 16 e-book databases designed for academic libraries in all academic subject areas. For more information about ebrary products please visit  http://www.ebrary.com

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Multiple Search Options – ebrary offers advanced and simple, by full-text, keyword, subject or author.  We also support Boolean, proximity, and federated search, and integrate with your existing search engine technology.

Personal Bookshelves automatically store links to bookmarks, highlights, and notes, providing an archive of research.

Automatic Citations when text is printed or copied and pasted into Word or any text application.  Citations include an automatic URL hyperlink back to the source.