The Special Libraries Association 2014 Annual Conference &
INFO-EXPO, held in Vancouver, Canada in June attracted nearly 2,500 information
professionals and representatives of SLA¹s exhibiting partners. Four UK
Libraries faculty took active roles in the conference.
· Jason Keinsley, Agriculture Librarian, serves as Chair Elect of the SLA Food,
Agriculture, and Nutrition Division and is the division’s program chair for the
2015 SLA Annual Conference in Boston.
· Valerie Perry, Director of Branch Libraries, is past chair of SLA’s Division
Cabinet.
· Alex Grigg, Library Manger at Lexmark, serves as
Chair of the SLA Technology Advisory Council.
· Stacey Greenwell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, served as
conference Chair of Contributed Papers. This year’s conference featured
three sessions of peer-reviewed paper presentations and the twelve papers will
be published online this summer. She presented a poster presentation
about her dissertation work and received the Best Poster Award.
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit international
organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic
partners. SLA serves information professionals in 68 countries in the
information profession, including corporate, academic and government
information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through
learning, advocacy and networking initiatives. For more information,
visit www.sla.org.
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