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It's that time of year again when we look to the members of the Division to nominate potential recipients of the Karen J. Switt Award and the Distinguished Member Award.

The Karen J. Switt Award recognizes a member's significant contribution to, and leadership in, information management during the past five years.

The Distinguished. Member Award is for service to the Division and is intended for someone nearing retirement for their contribution to the Division over a long period of time.

For further details about the awards, please refer to our division's wiki at http://wiki.sla.org/display/SLALMD/Awards.

To nominate someone for either award, please send an email to either of the Awards Committee co-chairs, Carol Ginsburg  (Carol.Ginsburg@bstamerica.com) or Stephen Kochoff (stak.kochoff@gmail.com)  by March 25, 2011.

Past awardees include:

2010 - Libby Trudell
2009 - Deb Hunt
2008 - Cindy Hill
. . . and more

Many thanks for your support in recognizing our division stars.

Congratulations to Dee Magnoni who has assumed the reins as Chair of the Leadership & Management Division. Welcome also to the 2011 LMD Board. There are some new and some returning faces who will help make our division have a successful 2011.

We also thank Bill Fisher for his leadership and guidance in 2010 as well as all the 2010 LMD board who volunteered their time and expertise, especially the 2010 (New Orleans) Program Planning team )Cindy Hill, Mimi Calter, Pat Currie Blume, Beth Hatcher, Cynthia Eastman (Hospitality))!

Your 2011 Executive Board is:

Dee Magnoni (Chair), Bill Fisher (Past Chair), Rebecca Vargha (Chair-Elect), Ethel Salonen (Secretary), Joel Berger (Treasurer), Karen Reczek (Director).

Dee will be announcing Section and Committee Chairs later.

Welcome Rebecca and Karen!

Voting is now open for the following SLA LMD Candidates for 2011:

Chair-elect: Rebecca Vargha

Rebecca B. Vargha is Librarian, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has held that position since 2001 and is also an adjunct faculty member at SILS. Prior to her tenure at SILS, Rebecca Vargha held several positions at large corporations and organizations in North Carolina. These include Senior Research Specialist in Information Research at Nortel Networks, Research and Information Analyst and Library Coordinator at SAS Institute, and Associate Librarian at the National Humanities Center.

She is a long-standing member of SLA and held various committee posts over more than two decades, including serving on the SLA Board of Directors, Division Cabinet Chair and Chair-elect and President of the North Carolina Chapter as well as Chair of the Museums, Arts and Humanities Division.

Rebecca B. Vargha is a recent past president (2008) of SLA. She is a regular international conference speaker sharing her knowledge and expertise with diverse audiences in the field of library and information science. In 2009, she served on the LMD Nominating Committee and currently serves on the LMD Advisory Council as Partner Relations Chair

Director: Karen Reczek

Karen Reczek is currently in transition. Previously, Karen was Sr. Manager, Information Resources Center at Bureau Veritas (BV) for 14 years where she managed the corporate information center, including the competitive intelligence and knowledge management functions. Prior to joining BV, Karen worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb for 8 years.

She has been a very active member of SLA since 1989. She was a founding member and first Chair of both the Knowledge Management and Competitive Intelligence Divisions. She also served as Chair of the Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Division and as President of the Upstate NY Chapter. Karen has held many elected and appointed positions at the SLA International level, including serving a term on the SLA Board of Directors, Chair of the 2006 Annual Conference Advisory Council, and as a member of the Centennial Commission.

Karen is an adjunct faculty at the University at Buffalo, serves as the SLA Student Group Faculty Advisory, and is the current Chair of the LIS Advisory Board.

Please vote by October 15th, 5pm EST by completing this survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/938TD57

Respectfully submitted,

Carol L Ginsburg FSLA
Managing Director
BST America
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212 741-0831 (satellite office)

Jennifer Brank
Assistant Library Director
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
P: 215.979.1728 F: 215.979.1020
JBrank@duanemorris.com
www.duanemorris.com

Whether in person or through the virtual interface, a great time was had by all who attended SLA 2010 in New Orleans. 

Congratulations to Libby Trudell on receiving the Karen J. Switt award!

Some presentation slides are available through the SLA website. Jill Hurst-Wahl has reviewed the Consultant's section session on her blog Digitization 101. 

Thank you again to all those who participated. Please submit event summaries, links to your blog postings, and other comments to Impact, the LMD blog. 

And of course, thank you to our vendor partners without whom we could not have brought you the great sessions and networking events:

• 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)

 - Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division

Only a few more days until SLA 2010 in New Orleans. Find the LMD sessions using our a 2-page handout, noting sessions we are currently highlighting in Impact, the LMD blog. If you are creating your own agenda, pages of note in the SLA 2010 Conference Guide are:  Sunday, page 34 (Open House), Monday pages 38 (2 sessions), 44 (2 sessions) and 46; for Tuesday pages 53, 55, 61, 62 and 66; and Wednesday, pages 69 and 72.

Sessions include LMD's two (2) Spotlight sessions which will be made available this year through the 2010 Virtual Component

• Your Personal Brand & Social Media (Monday, June 14, 8:00 to 9:30 am)
• Negotiating up: Achieving your Goals with Internal Clients (Tuesday, June 15, 8:00 to 9:30 am)

See you there!

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 (Monday)

See also our Vendors Partner page for more information

We have been busily working on bringing you an exciting selection of CE Courses,General Sessions, Annual Business Meeting, Afternoon Tea and other networking opportunities. The list of activities is now available on the LMD wiki with more details to come.

If you took advantage of the Early early-bird specials, please note that the CE Courses and the Business Meeting & Tea are ticketed events. See SLA website for details

This year, spotlight sessions will also be available virtually. As usual, the Leadership & Management Division has two Spotlight Sessions (Your Personal Brand and Social Media on June 14th from 8:00am - 9:30am ; Negotiating Up: Achieving Your Goals with Internal Clients on June 15 from 8:00am - 9:30am)

Libby Trudell has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the 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. The San Andreas Chapter nominated Libby and outlined some of her many contributions to SLA. Thank you to the C. Berger Group for sponsoring this award.

Congratulations Libby!

Barbie Keiser  and Stephen Kochoff

Awards Committee Co-Chairs 

Dear Colleagues,
The Nominating Committee for SLA's Leadership and Management Division announced the successful candidates for the following positions:

Chair-elect:  Dee Magnoni
Dee Magnoni is currently the library director at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA. Dee was hired as the library's first director in 2002 and had the privilege of setting up much of the services and resources from scratch, including a realia collection that engages several of the students' intelligences. Dee previously worked in both business and engineering libraries within corporate America and academia. Previous employers include Weiden + Kennedy, MIT, and Helix Technology Corporation. Dee received her MLS from SUNY-Albany (1992) and her BA from Lehigh University (1986). In SLA Dee is the current chair of the Engineering Division; past Chair, Boston Chapter; past Chair, Professional Development Advisory Council; past Board of Directors member; past Chair, IT Division; past President, Rhode Island Chapter.

Secretary:  Ethel M Salonen
Ethel M Salonen is Department Head for Information Services at The MITRE Corporation.  Ethel has extensive experience in the information services industry and has held professional positions in academia, corporate information centers, and sales management.  She has held a number of positions within SLA including SLA President from 2004-2005, member of the SLA Board of Directors from 1993-1996, and her recent awards include SLA Fellow (2001) and SLA President's Award (2002).  Ethel M. Salonen holds a Bachelor in Earth and Space Science and a Masters in Liberal Studies/Applied Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Masters in Library Science from C.W. Post College/Long Island University.

Candidates will take office in January 2010.

Respectfully submitted,