The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced the results of its association-wide vote on a new name for the organisation. Voting in record numbers, SLA members failed to approve a proposal to change the organisation's name to the Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals. Fifty percent of those members eligible to vote participated in the referendum, with 2071 voting yes and 3225 voting no.
The name change proposal stemmed from the findings of the Alignment Project, an intensive two-year research effort aimed at understanding the value of the information and knowledge professional in today's marketplace and how to best communicate that value. According to SLA 2009 President, Gloria Zamora, while the SLA will retain its current name, the Association will go forward with developing opportunities for its members to use the Alignment findings to demonstrate their contributions to the organisations that employ them.
SLA is a nonprofit global organisation for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves about 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists.
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