SLA Social Science Division Blog

New Member Update

Welcome to our newest members who joined DSOC or a DSOC section in July through October! We are very glad to have you and look forward to hearing from you during the year.

Keshia Garnett, Wheeling IL
Kim Stucko, Croton NY
Craig Haggit, Lancaster PA
Annie Kuebler, Philadelphia PA
Lauren Walker, Ann Arbor MI
Tommie Conrad, Irvine  KY
Peter Droese, Boston MA
Celia Davis, Oakland CA
Corinthia Price, Copiague NY
Barbara Beverley, Schenectady NY
Gretchen Sauvey, Washington DC
Jennifer Warner, Boston MA
Elizabeth Lerner, Cambridge MA
Katherine Litwin, Chicago IL
Jason Rowlett,  Santa Clara CA
Tari Nelson-Zagar, Seattle WA
Nicole Norris, Raleigh NC
Leo Hollenbeck, Windsor Mill MD
Virginia Richards, Washington DC
Emma Curtis, New York NY
Ganaganur MaNjunath, Mumbai, India
Roni Glover, Houston TX
Kristin Rousseau Latham , Phoenix AZ
Prabhash Rath,  Pune, India
Asha Gadre,  Pune, India
Nanaji Shewale,  Pune, India
Sage Hulsebus,  Silver Spring MD
David Martin,  Iowa City IA

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SLA Name Change Discussion

As you've probably heard by now, the proposed name for us to vote on is Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals, or ASKPro.  What do you think of it?  Comment here!

Also, a reminder that you can follow the discussion about the name change and hear other people's opinions at http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23slaname, even if you don't have a Twitter account. 

Some reactions:

Thought-provoking:

• mebs The SLA name change is a challenge for us to walk our talk. Can we see ourselves as strategic players w/in our org?
• FactixResearch Does "strategic" really add anything to proposed SLA name change? Assn of Knowledge Pros stands well on its own. 

Disappointed:

• annenb Sounds like they just took a bunch of high-scoring words and tossed them together. Doesn't flow. Really not thrilled with ASKPro
• gregorymelody Membership dues increase + name change = dropped membership

Amusing:

• wanderingjess The ASKPro is starting to sound like something you'd buy from a late night infomercial.
• EmZeeGee Proposal for #slaname: the Association for Librarians Like Me.

SLA Alignment Update: A Name Has Been Chosen!

This just in from SLA President Gloria Zamora:

The Board earlier today voted on a new name for the association!  It will be presented to the entire membership next week along with details about the voting process.  All members will get a chance to vote on the name before the end of the year.

DSOC Member named SLA Fellow

Congratulations to Nancy Minter for being named a 2009 SLA Fellow! Gloria Zamora, SLA President, noted that SLA Fellows are an unrivaled group of dedicated and intelligent professionals.  The honor of SLA Fellow is given annually to SLA members to recognize leadership in their career as information professionals or librarians. Fellowship in SLA is bestowed on mid-career professionals in recognition of past, present and future service to the association and the profession.

Nancy Minter has been an active member of both the Social Science Division and the Washington, D.C., Chapter of SLA for more than 20 years.  At the chapter level, Minter served as president-elect, president, and past president (1998-2001) and was instrumental in developing new sponsorship policies and mentoring programs.  She has also held the positions of nominating chair and awards chair, and she received the chapter’s Board of Directors Award in both 1995 and 1997. Minter served as chair-elect, chair, and past chair of the Social Science Division (2003-2005) and as annual conference program planner (2000-2002), and she received a Planners Recognition Award in 2001.  Minter also served as membership chair (2003) and public relations chair (1997-2001).  For her services to the division, the association, and the profession, she was named recipient of the 2007 Thomson-Gale Murray Wortzel Award presented by the Social Science Division. She is currently on the 2010 Annual Conference Program Advisory Council and is the director of Library and Information Services at The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.

The other 2009 SLA Fellows are Ellie Briscoe, Stacey Greenwell, Pam Rollo and Tony Stankus.