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SLA Votes to Keep the Name

According to a SLA press release, members of SLA have voted down the proposal to change the association  name to Association of Strategic Knowledge Professionals.

SLA Name Will Stay: Alignment of Association to Continue

Alexandria, Virginia, December 10, 2009- The Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced the results of its association-wide vote on a new name today. Voting in record numbers, SLA members failed to approve a proposal to change the organization's name to the Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals. 50 percent of those members eligible to vote participated in the referendum, with 2071 voting yes and 3225 voting no.
Read the full press release.

For more information and to participate in discussions of the vote see Twitter #slaname.

2010 SLA Annual Conference Call for Papers

SLA Annual Conference Call for Papers
"Entering SLA's Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll"
Success stories in action!

How are you putting your hard work into action? How are you using the long-planned, expertly-vetted, SME-approved technologies in your library? How are your users responding to these new services?

SLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2010 Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the theme "Entering SLA's Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll!" Accepted papers will also be published on the SLA Web site.

Every SLA member is eligible and encouraged to apply. Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of SLA members in a blind review, and the best will be selected for development into full papers, which are due 7 May 2010.

Requirements for Acceptance
Paper topics should be related to library science, information management, research or other issues related to customer service, technology, or administration in special libraries. Proposals will be judged on their relevance to the conference theme, "Let the Good Times Roll", as well on the strength of the idea, quality of the writing, and potential member interest.

Proposed papers must also meet these requirements:

• At least one author is a member of SLA.
• At least one author commits to presenting the paper at the annual conference.
• The proposal is received by the deadline (18 December 2009)
• The paper has not been published in or submitted to any other publication or conference planning group.
• The author (and any co-authors) must be willing to sign a copyright assignment form that will permit SLA to use the paper in various formats.

Full guidelines, including formatting instructions

Deadlines
Submit an abstract of your paper via e-mail to chris.mulready@boeing.com no later than 18 December 2009. Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length, which is roughly one page in 12-point text.

View papers presented at SLA's 2009 Annual Conference.