Seeking Nominations for LMD Award
NOTE: LMD Board Members and LMD members running for SLA-wide office in the year of nomination are not eligible for nomination.
SLA LMD 2019 Career Advancement Award
The LMD Awards Committee is soliciting nominations from the Leadership and Management Division membership for the 2019 Career Advancement Award. The LMD Career Advancement Award for an individual who, in the initial five years of his/her information career, demonstrates a keen interest in furthering LMD’s leadership initiatives and developments
LMD believes strongly in advancing the development of information professionals’ leadership and management abilities. The award is presented to an individual who, in the initial five years of his/her information career, demonstrates a keen interest in furthering LMD’s leadership initiatives and developments.
Nominations must be received by April 7, 2019, 11:59 pm EST. Please send questions and nominations to the LMD Awards Committee at LMDHonors.SLA@outlook.com.
SLA LMD Karen J. Switt Leadership Award
The LMD Awards Committee is soliciting nominations from the Leadership and Management Division membership for the 2019 Karen J. Switt Leadership Award. This award honors a member who has shown outstanding leadership, served as a role model for others, and contributed significantly to SLA. In 1999, the award was named in memory of Karen J. Switt, a much-admired and much-missed LMD member. For those of you who did not know Karen, here is a link to a November 29, 1999 article from the Chicago Tribune that describes her life. Click here for more information.
Nominations are accepted for anyone who is a member in good standing of SLA’s Leadership and Management Division. The nomination should include a description of the nominee’s leadership activities in the past five years, as described above. Self-nominations are accepted.
Nominations must be received by April 7, 2019, 11:59 pm EST. Please send questions and nominations to the LMD Awards Committee at awards@lmd.sla.org.
List of past awardees
LMD Professional Development Award
Leadership and Management Division (LMD) offers up to 2 professional development grants to help cover travel expenses for the SLA Leadership Symposium in January 2020.
Please see details, timeline and how to apply here
PAST AWARDS
SLA LMD Distinguished Member Award
This award is not necessarily intended to be an annual award or only for a single recent effort. This award is intended to be awarded occasionally for truly outstanding service over time to the Leadership and Management Division.