SLA Alignment Wiki

Welcome to the SLA's new Alignment Wiki.

A place where members and Alignment Ambassadors may share their ideas on selected topics.  See below for links to information currently available about SLA's Alignment Project or go to Add then Attachment for additional materials:

ALIGNMENT PRESENTATIONS

• Answers to FAQ About Alignment Research and Name Change - http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/33587698/SLA+Alignment+Name+Change+FAQ+by+RPH+11-09.ppt* *
• Positioning Information Professionals for the Future - An easy-to-understand summary of the Alignment research - http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/34701754/Positioning+Info+Pros+for+the+Future.pdf 
  *This is a large PDF, so save first. Once you open, from your Print dialog box, click on the Advanced button in the lower left, check the "Print as image" box then click Okay.
• Presentation by Gloria Zamora and Anne Caputo to Washington, D.C. Chapter, May 2009  http://www.sla.org/Presentations/Alignment_DCSLA_ZamoraCaputo052809.ppt
• Positioning SLA for the Future - New edition! http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/33587698/Positioning+SLA+for+Future.pdf

ALIGNMENT RESOURCES

• SLA Alignment Portal - Excellent and easy summary of Alignment research http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/alignment/portal/index.html
• SLA Alignment Project Homepage http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/alignment/index.cfm
• Aligning the Profession for the Future - Executive Summary with Links to Resources - http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/33587698/ExecSummrywithLinkstoPortalresourcesDRAFT.doc
• SLA Steps for Alignment Process - http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/33587698/SLA_Steps_for_Alignment_Process_2009.doc
• Alignment Ambassador Q & A - http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/33587698/Alignment+Ambassador+QandA.doc

ARTICLES / BLOGS / TWITTER / OTHER COMMENTARY

• Article by Jill Strand and Dave Shumaker in the current issue of Information Outlook (http://www.sla.org/io/2009/11/770.cfm) Contains brief, clearly-written stories about other members' alignment strategies
• Aligning the Information Center to Create the Future" by Amy Affelt in Information Outlook, June 2009 http://wiki.sla.org/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=33587698
• Summary of Alignment Issues, blog post by Janice Lachance http://slaconnections.typepad.com/executive_connections/2009/06/why-sla-must-consider-a-name-change.html
• Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change, blog post by Gloria Zamora http://slaconnections.typepad.com/executive_connections/2009/06/guest-blogger-sla-president-gloria-zamora-join-the-tribe.html
• Follow the name change conversation on Twitter with this RSS feed.  (Also available on the SLA Name Change page)  http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23slaname
• Align in 09 Steps are featured on the SLA Blog: http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/.
• First Step for Alignment: Seek and Destroy Jargon - http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/2009/10/align-in-09-step-1-action-you-can-take-now-to-increase-your-value-in-the-workplace-.html.

Current Alignment Ambassadors

Please email Jill Strand and Cara Schatz your name, email address and unit if you're interested in becoming an Alignment Ambassador.  Here is a List of SLA Alignment Ambassadors (Excel spreadsheet.) 

The address for the Alignment Ambassador discussion list is sla-align-ambassadors@sla.lyris.net. You can manage your list settings, view all messages on all your lists and change your email addresses by logging in here:  http://sla.lyris.net/read/login/

Forum Discussions on SLA's Alignment Initiatives

• Action to Take Now to Increase your Value
• Alignment Ambassador Job Description
• Getting to the Heart of SLA's Alignment Project
• List of Alignment Ambassadors
• Member Alignment Stories
• SLA Name Change
• Tools for Alignment Ambassadors
• Unit Alignment Activities

Useful Links

• SLA Alignment Project on sla.org

Need help getting started?

• Review Wikis 101 for an overview about wikis and some basics
• General documentation for Confluence
• User Guide