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March 9, 2006
The New SLA President-elect (in June)
Well, I won. Now the real work starts! Wheeee.
Stephen
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SLA ANNOUNCES FIRST BOARD OF DIRECTORS eVOTE RESULTS
Thought Leader Stephen Abram to Serve as President-Elect
Alexandria, Virginia, 9 March 2005 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) announces the results of its 2006 Board of Directors elections today. The 2006 election was the first SLA has conducted using an Internet-based voting system. Of the 2,870 members of the Association who voted, 93 percent of them cast their ballots online.
Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation at SirsiDynix and a leading thinker in the North American library community, was elected to serve as the association’s next President-Elect. His term as SLA President will begin in January 2008.
Abram and the other newly-elected board members will be installed to the SLA Board of Directors at the Association’s 97th Annual Conference in Baltimore, 11-14 June. Others elected include:
Treasurer:
Sylvia James, Principal, Sylvia James Consultancy, West Sussex, UK
Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect:
Libby Trudell, Senior Vice President, Dialog, Sunnyvale, California
Division Cabinet Chair-Elect:
Robyn Frank, Robyn Frank Strategic Partners, Fulton, Maryland
At-Large Directors:
Kate Arnold, Head of Knowledge Management, NHS Direct Online, Hampshire, UK
Tamika Barnes McCollough, Head of Reference and Information Literacy, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro.
For more information on the newly-elected members of the SLA Board of Directors, please visit the 2006 Election Results page on the SLA Web site.
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than approximately 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.
Posted by stephen at March 9, 2006 12:08 PM
Comments
Congratulations, Stephen! Well done.
Posted by: Connie Crosby at March 9, 2006 1:40 PM
Congrats, Stephen! How lucky the SLA is to have you at the helm.
Posted by: Teresa Koltzenburg at March 9, 2006 7:16 PM
Congratulations! I look forward to the impact you will make on the organization.
Posted by: Jill Hurst-Wahl at March 10, 2006 8:18 AM
Looking forward to a fun and exciting year! /DDD
Posted by: Dave Davis at March 10, 2006 8:24 AM
Congratulations, Stephen! This is great news. I look forward to seeing you in Baltimore. All the best.
Rick
Posted by: Rick Mastroianni at March 10, 2006 8:42 AM
Congrats Stephen! As always it would be a great pleasure working with you!
Posted by: Eugene Barsky at March 10, 2006 11:46 AM
Congratulations! I'm really looking forward to having your vision, energy, and commitment leading our association.
Posted by: Christina Zeller at March 10, 2006 2:31 PM
What great news, Stephen - congratulations! I look forward to the innovation (and fun) you'll continue to bring to SLA in the coming years!
Posted by: Ruth Kneale at March 10, 2006 3:01 PM
Congrats Stephen! The adjective "thought leader" is well deserved. Since I took your course, I discovered a complete new world (web 2.0) and now subscribe to 50+ blogs/sites. Your course has had a significant impact both on my personal interests and the direction of my project at work (Comprehensive Information Management Project in the Office of the JAG). Thanks again and have fun during your term! -patrick
Posted by: Patrick Cormier at March 11, 2006 2:21 PM
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http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/
Posted by: James Governor at July 13, 2006 12:12 PM