The Social Science Division, comprised of information professionals from foundations, universities, think tanks, national and international organizations, and more, strives to provide a forum for the exchange of information on social science librarianship. Our five sections are Geography and Maps; International Relations; Labor Issues; Nonprofits; and Public Policy.
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Last week, you met our Past Chair, Marilyn Bromley. Today, I'd like to introduce Ann Sweeney, our International Relations Section Chair.
If you've been at an SLA conference or leadership summit recently, you've probably seen and heard Ann. In addition to chairing the DSOC International Relations Section and organizing the always-popular International Reception at the annual conference for more than a decade, she is currently Past Division Cabinet Chair.
Within DSOC, Ann has previously served as Chair, PR Chair, and Global Strategies Task Force Chair. In 2006, she received the SLA Member Achievement Award, and in 2009 she received the DSOC Gale Group Murray Wortzel Award.
At the European Union’s European Commission Delegation, Ann has served for 18 years as Librarian, Webmaster, and now Senior Information & Communication Officer: Electronic Publications. Ann’s 30+ years’ career as a librarian spans positions at the Columbia University Graduate Business Library, the US Defense Intelligence Agency, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, Information for Business, the National Academy of Sciences – Transportation Research Board (TRB), and public libraries.
In addition to all of that, she somehow finds time to volunteer with the Lubuto Library Project and attended the Lusaka, Zambia, September 2007 opening of the first Lubuto Library for street children.
Ann’s undergraduate degree is in Romance Languages and Political Science; her Master of Science in Library Service is from Columbia University.
Ann encourages all SLA 2011 attendees to come to the International Reception sponsored by Dow Jones on Monday evening, June 13. Not only is it THE networking event of the conference, you will see the DSOC Gale Cengage Murray Wortzel Award and the SLA Europe Information Professional 2011 Award bestowed.
Over the next couple of weeks, I would like to introduce you to the Social Science Division board and committee members. This blog has already introduced you to me, your 2011 chair, and Brandy King, chair-elect. Next up is our past chair, Marilyn Bromley.
Marilyn is Library Director of the BNA Library. She joined DSOC when the Labor Caucus became a section of DSOC and has been active in the division ever since. She was still a new member in 2008 when Greta Ober called to ask her to accept a nomination for chair-elect, but quickly said "yes."
"As a member of the DC chapter, I knew lots of DSOC members and without exception, they were great people! It was one of the easiest SLA decisions I've ever made," she said.
Marilyn has BA from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College) and a MSLS from Catholic University. She's worked at the BNA Library since 1983 and became Library Director in 1994. In addition to managing the Library, she's responsible for our competitve intelligence service, and is involved with other Library staff in copyright and permissions services, the BNA intranet, publishing a directory of federal and state courts for BNA Books, serving as an in-house consultant on the information professional market, and traditional reference and research for employees. She is also active in the SLA Legal Division, and was DC/SLA president in the 1990s.
As past-chair, Marilyn is responsible for fundraising for the Philadelphia conference, nominations for board positions, and is chair of the awards committee, which is currently accepting nominations for the Murray Wortzel award, generously funded by Gale Cengage.
When Marilyn sent me her bio, she closed with the following message to members: "I hope to see many of you in Philadelphia, just a short train ride for many of us. And if I call to ask you to run for DSOC office, say yes - you won't regret it!"
