President’s Corner: Board Recognizes Student Achievement Submitted by Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.gov
At the August Board meeting, the Board unanimously approved two additional student scholarships this year in view of the extraordinary number of applicants, the quality of the applicant pool, and the recommendation of the Scholarship Committee headed by Michael Kolakowski. The Board action reflects the strong commitment of this chapter to students. Scholarship Committee members Anne Caputo, Sage Hulsebus, and Michael Kolakowski are commended for their conscientious work handling a high number of applications in a timely manner and for being in attendance at the Board meeting for the discussion of scholarships. Another action regarding students was a decision to send a letter this fall to Rebecca Vargha, SLA President, concerning student membership. Current SLA policy for student membership requires two courses a semester. For some on the Board who worked full-time and went to library school part-time, registering for two courses every semester was not feasible. We are suggesting that this policy be reviewed with the possibility of accepting student members who are committed to becoming information professionals but find that one course a semester is all that they can handle with full-time work, the cost of tuition, and family responsibilities. Opening up student membership will bring in more student members who may continue as SLA members after graduation. Several newly appointed members of the Board were introduced at the August 15 meeting: Marina Kusinko, metrics master, Meg McGinn, printed calendar, and Lea Wade, newsletter editor. Others, such as Sabrina Pacifici, newly appointed News Group Chair, may be present at the September Board meeting. We welcome our new members. They join elected and appointed Board members who are serving 18 months rather than 12 months during this transition period for the association. Our fall elections for Board positions beginning January 2007 will occur in October. With the experienced Nominations Committee headed by Susan Fifer Canby, we have two candidates for each position. Ballots will be cast via Survey Monkey for those with email access. Those who don't will receive paper ballots from Elections Committee Chair Ellie Briscoe.
September 2006 Volume 67 No. 1 http://www.sla.org/Chapter/cdc
Inside this issue: President’s Corner ………1 Student Scholarships ……3 SLA News …………….. 4 Nomination Slate ……….9 Libraries for Africa’s Street Children ……………. …14 Member News ……….. 15 Report on Don King’s SLA presentation…………… 16
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