Congratulations to Penny Andrews, this year’s winner of the SLA Europe-LMD Early Career Conference Award.

Penny is currently the Library Graduate Trainee at Leeds Metropolitan University and has pursued studies centering around IP rights, information literacy, encryption, standards, computer-mediated communication, management, user-centered design, innovation and e-business.

Penny is an activist, writer, performer (Radio 4, Glastonbury), musician (Radio 1, Latitude, Wireless), producer and gadget freak. She is a Library Camp organizer, National Autistic Society Ambassador, and cerebral palsy sprinter.

 About the Award

The Early Career Conference Award (ECCA) was established in 2007. The purpose of the award is to provide the opportunity for those at the start of their career to attend the SLA Annual Conference, and benefit from the networking opportunities that SLA and SLA Europe provide.

The Award allows winners to attend the 2013 SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in San Diego, 9 – 11 June 2013.

Each Award is worth about $4000. It covers the full cost of Conference registration, hotel lodging, economy return airfare to San Diego, and meals and appropriate incidental expenses.

The LMD Award winner is paired with a mentor. Their mentor will brief them before the Conference, give guidance during the Conference, and maintain a link to the Division following the Conference.

Congratulations, Penny!

The awards committee is soliciting nominations from the Leadership and Management Division for the 2013 Karen J. Switt Leadership Award.

Each year, the Leadership & Management Division honors a member who has shown outstanding leadership, served as a role model for others, and contributed significantly to SLA. In 1999, the award was named in memory of Karen J. Switt, a much-admired and much-missed LMD member. For those of you who did not know Karen, here is a link to a November 29, 1999 article from the Chicago Tribune that describes her life.

 Here is a link to previous award winners since 1989.

 To nominate someone for this award, please send an email to Hope Tillman (hope@hopetillman.com).

Please include in your email why this individual exhibits the qualities of Karen J. Switt – outstanding leadership, a role model, and one has made significant contributions to SLA.

Deadline for nominations is close of business on Friday, May 17, 2013

The Leadership & Management Division Board includes elected officers, appointed Committee chairs (and co-chairs) as well as Section Chairs. See why you should actively participate.

Executive Board Members

Chair – Amy Affelt

Chair-elect – Martha Foote 

Treasurer – Doris Helfer

Secretary – Jill Strand

Director – Karen Reczek

Past Chair – Rebecca Vargha

Section Chairs

More information for Sections

Consulting Section – Juanita Richardson

Marketing Section – Chris Olson

Content Buying – Carol Ginsburg and Barbara Hirsh

Advisory Council

Chairs & Co-chairs listed

2013 Conference Program Planning – James Manasco

2014 Conference Program Planning – Leslie Farison

Archivist – Ken Watson

Communications Team – Communications Email Address

Email List Administrator – Connie Crosby

Webmaster – Esther Marie Jackson

Membership – Tom Rink

Professional Development – Billy Cook

Vendor Partnering – Leslie Farison

Strategic Planning – Dee Magnoni

Awards – Hope Tillman

Nominating –Rebecca Vargha

Alexandria, Virginia, September 27, 2012 – The Leadership and Management Division (LMD) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) announces the winners of the 2102 Joint European Chapter and LMD awards:  Anneli Sarkanen and Sarah Wolfenden.

Anneli Sarkanen was the winner of the 2012 SLA Europe/LMD Conference Award. The Conference Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the information profession amongst those living and working in Europe.  Anneli works as Information Officer at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, where she is highly regarded by the lawyers she works for. Among Anneli’s innovations has been the introduction of an internal wiki – which is used as a communication tool and knowledge repository, and to facilitate project management within the Field Fisher Waterhouse Library and Information Services team. Anneli is also an active member of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), and currently serves as Vice-Chair of their PR & Promotions Committee. When recommending Anneli, a former colleague stated that Anneli would be ‘an excellent ambassador for the information profession in London and the UK’.  The Conference Award provided  the successful applicant with an expenses-paid trip to the conference, along with the opportunity, after the conference, to get involved with the work of SLA Europe and the Leadership and Management Division (LMD). This award was generously supported by Dow Jones.

Sarah Wolfenden was one of five winners of the 2012 SLA Europe Early Career Conference Awards.  The Early Career Conference Award is given to one or more LIS professionals who are within the first five years of their career or are enrolled in a European graduate-level program in the LIS field. Sarah graduated from University College London with an MA in Library and Information Studies in 2008. Sarah has worked as Higher Education Advisor at Kingston College, overseeing the running of the Higher Education Centre which caters for approximately 1800 students, and is now Subject Liaison Librarian for Social Sciences at Brunel University.

About LMD
The Leadership and Management Division (LMD) draws its members from across the many arenas in which SLA members work. Members represent a wide range of experience, from seasoned senior managers to new information professionals interested in leadership and management concepts. LMD offers its members specialized programming and continuing education opportunities and an assortment of professional resources.

About SLA Europe
SLA Europe is a thriving network of information professionals: individuals and organisations within the UK and across Europe come together in SLA Europe to benefit from each others’ knowledge and experience.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves about 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the web at www.sla.org.

Alexandria, Virginia, September 25, 2012 – The Leadership and Management Division (LMD) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) announces their 2012 award winners: Hope Tillman and Jane Dysart.

Hope Tillman, was announced as the winner of the Karen J. Switt Award. Hope is a role model and quiet leader who does not need or invite the spotlight.  Hope has worked tirelessly for the profession and SLA.  She is a valued contributor and leader.  Hope Tillman is a trail blazer for the profession who embraces information dissemination, and access and manipulation technologies since the creation of the Internet.  Over the last two years, she and Dee Magnoni worked jointly on building the foundation for LMD webinars.  The current success of the LMD webinars is partly due to this very strong infrastructure. Hope Tillman is a technologist, librarian, author, an early adapter and promoter/trainer of appropriate uses of technology – always embracing the new and leading edge. Hope is former President of Special Libraries Association, and an SLA Fellow. This year’s Karen J. Switt Award was generously sponsored by Basch Subscriptions.

Jane Dysart was honored with the LMD Distinguished Member Award. Jane has been and is a coach and mentor for many LMD members.  Her workshops and institutes focus on the expansion of existing leadership skills and the honing of creative critical thinking.  Jane continues to place an emphasis on the need to provide continuing and meaningful professional development for senior leadership.  Jane is a Principal of Dysart & Jones Associates (D&J), an internationally recognized leader in library and information service consulting which focuses on assisting libraries in the areas of information management, strategic and business planning, service design, organizational structuring and market positioning, conference planning, information audit, customized workshops, facilitation, and team and management coaching. Jane is former President of Special Libraries Association, a recipient of the SLA John Cotton Dana Award, and an SLA Fellow.

About LMD
The Leadership and Management Division (LMD) draws its members from across the many arenas in which SLA members work. Members represent a wide range of experience, from seasoned senior managers to new information professionals interested in leadership and management concepts. LMD offers its members specialized programming and continuing education opportunities and an assortment of professional resources.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves about 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the web at www.sla.org.

The past twelve months were filled with a myriad of activities for LMD.  From a successful annual conference in Philadelphia with very popular programs to  virtual professional development opportunities in 2011 our division leadership team is working to bring the content requested by our membership.   The programming for Chicago is in place with many activities planned for the annual conference in 2012.  These are some of the highlights:

Two of our sessions at annual conference are designated as Spotlight Sessions:

1. Meaningful Measures: How Do Buyers and Sellers Show ROI?

2. Reinventing Library Skills

The range of other conference sessions is diverse from contract negotiation to marketing plus an architectural boat tour of Chicago and an open house.  There is something for everyone so make your plans soon to attend the SLA Annual Conference in 2012!  Our elections were held and new officers will be joining the leadership team next year.

We are on board with virtual professional development and hosted sessions in 2011 featuring Cindy Hill on Sept 22 and Matt Reis on Managing Conflicts on Oct 20.

Our new year starts off right with a  virtual session on Jan. 12, 2012 with Bethan Ruddock on Alternative Careers.  Wishing you a joyous holiday season!

Rebecca B. Vargha
Chair LMD 2012

Are you a strategic thinker who’s interested in taking your leadership abilities to the next level? Do you know someone who has the skills, desire and drive to help SLA members prepare for the future?

The SLA Nominating Committee needs your help finding the best possible slaie of candidates for the next SLA election.

http://www.sla.org/io/2011/09/1036.cfm

Congratulations to our newly elected LMD Board members who will take office on January 1, 2012:

• Chair-elect: Amy Affelt;
• Treasurer: Doris Helfer.

Thanks to everyone who voted.

Dee Magnoni, LMD Chair and Ned Potter, ECCA Winner (Photo by: Jim Tchobanoff)

This year the Leadership & Management Division (LMD) helped sponsor Ned Potter, a winner of the SLA Europe’s Early Career Conference Award (ECCA.)  Ned is an Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of York in the UK and was recently named a 2011 Movers and Shakers by Library Journal.  LJs profile of  Ned gives a fascinating look at a person who is very “inspiring, confident, clear-thinking, and worth listening to.”  Ned created a great video of his personal impressions of the SLA Conference and LMD.

The Leadership & Management Division has co-sponsored a deserving recipient of the SLA Europe’s ECCA beginning in 2009.  Previous award winners include:

2010 Chris Rhodes

2009 Laura Woods