Laura Warner and I just returned from beautiful Atlanta, Georgia for the SLA Leadership Summit. Not surprisingly, participating SLAers were tweeting up a storm! To see the conversation over the 2 days of meetings and discussion, visit Twitter and then search for the hashtag we used, #slaleads.
In addition to reconnecting with old friends, making new connections, and planning world domination, we had a chance to get to know our SLA Board and to discuss their vision and strategy for 2012. Even though we all voted back in the fall, you may wish to remind yourself of who’s who on the SLA Board of Directors. Take a look at. Having spent a few days with all these fine people, I encourage you to contact them with any ideas you may have for the association.
One interesting resource I learned about while at Leadership Summit was the SLA Leadership Connections blog. One part of this blog I find really useful is the Chapter Idea Bank where chapter members from all over the world add their ideas for sharing. This is definitely a resource I’m going to check out!
One of the most exciting and inspiring announcements to come out of Leadership Summit were the 2012 Rising Stars. Information professionals working on Wall Street, at a leading classical music publisher, at National Public Radio, and in support of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs have been named 2012 Rising Stars of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). To get to know them, visit here. The Rising Stars will be recognized and awarded at the 2012 SLA Annual Conference this coming July.
— Kim Silk
SLA Toronto’s President-Elect