Eight New Jersey special librarians have been President of the Special Libraries Association. Five of the national Presidents were also President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.
- Frank Spaulding 1986-1987
- Efren W. Gonzalez 1971-1972
- Frank E. McKenna 1966-1967
- Winifred Sewell 1960-1961
- Katherine L. Kinder 1956-1957
- Betty Joy Cole 1946-1947
- Alma C. Mitchill 1938-1940
- John Cotton Dana 1909-1911
In December 2017, the SLA Board approved the merger of two chapters located in New Jersey, The Greater Princeton-Trenton Chapter and the New Jersey Chapter.
| New Jersey Chapter |
Greater Princeton-Trenton Chapter |
| 2022 Emma C. Moore |
| 2021 Angela Pagliaro |
| 2020 Janet Cooper Weiss |
| 2019 Janet Cooper Weiss |
| 2018 Karen Botkin |
2017 Danielle Cramer |
| 2017 Claudia Cuca |
2016 Pat Dawson |
| 2016 Claudia Cuca |
2012 Zana Etter |
| 2015 Sonal Shukla |
2011 Susan Moss |
| 2014 Sonal Shukla |
2010 Melissa Brown |
| 2013 Ben Beit-Zuri |
2009 Donna Wolf |
| 2012 Sherry Markowitz |
2008 Karen McQuillen |
| 2011 Sherry Markowitz |
2007 Michelle Brewer |
| 2010 Sandra Baker |
2005-06 Connie Paul |
| 2009 Eric Schwarz |
2004-05 Jan Watterworth |
| 2008 Barbara Burton |
2003-04 Mitchell Brown |
| 2007 Carol Feltes |
2002-03 Ruth Weitzenfeld |
| 2006 Ruth Wolfish |
2001-02 Susan Moss |
| 2004-05 Jeannine Creazzo |
2000-01 Mary Steiner |
| 2003-04 Elizabeth Arnold |
1999-2000 Ellie Fogarty |
| 2002-03 Miranda Scott |
1998-99 Jane Holmquist |
| 2001-02 Rita Reisman |
1997-98 Brian D. Lewin |
| 2000-01 Anne Kneller |
1996-97 Anne D. Stark |
| 1999-2000 Laura Antos |
1995-96 Karen McQuillen |
| 1998-99 Carol Gillen |
1994-95 Jayashri Nagaraja |
| 1997-98 Jean M. Carrigan |
1993-94 Carol B. Paszamant |
| 1996-97 Renee Massoud |
1992-93 Janet Cooper Weiss |
| 1995-96 Diane Klaiber |
1991-92 Bryan S. Young |
| 1994-95 Aimee Ruzicka |
1990-91 Jeanne Tomar (Forester) |
| 1993-94 Melissa Young |
1989-90 Marilyn Halpern |
| 1992-93 Anne Garty |
1988-89 Carol H. Reese |
| 1991-92 Barbara Ciccone |
1987-88 Lucille P. Paras |
| 1990-91 Joseph Canose |
1986-87 Hinda Greenberg |
| 1989-90 Ann Kelsey |
1985-86 Maxine Goldsmith |
| 1988-89 Sheila Cassels |
1984-85 Hope Tillman |
| 1987-88 Joanne Lustig |
1983-84 June Bente |
| 1986-87 Sharon Mosenkis |
1982-83 Yvonne Smith |
| 1985-86 Mary Jane Miller |
1981-82 Janet Williams |
| 1984-85 Ingrid Memming |
1980-81 Elizabeth Steckman |
| 1983-84 Carol E. Kornfeld |
1979-80 Joyce Russell |
| 1982-83 Ann W. Talcott |
1978-79 Ann Silver (resigned) / Joyce Russell |
| 1981-82 Florence Clark |
1977-78 Rosemary Allen Little |
| 1980-81 Virginia Fortney |
1976-77 Richard Caron |
| 1979-80 Winifred Sayers |
1975-76 Fern Cloak |
| 1978-79 Annette Corth |
1974-75 Fern Linsley |
| 1977-78 Frank Spalding |
1973-74 Joyce Jordan |
| 1976-77 Reginald W. Smith |
1972-73 Susan Roumfort |
| 1975-76 Alfred M. Anzalone |
1971-72 Jean Anderson |
| 1974-75 Boris A. Anzlowar |
1970-71 Angela Giral Irby |
| 1973-74 Mary F. (Musco) Bondarovich |
1969-70 Glendon Odell |
| 1972-73 Patricia M. (Dudeck) Hodge |
1968-69 Marylee Sturgis |
| 1971-72 Ruth M. Pravetz |
1967-68 Bill Fisher |
| 1970-71 Mayra P. Scarborough |
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| 1969-70 Shirley W. Bolles |
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| 1968-69 Judith C. Leondar |
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| 1967-68 Don T. Ho |
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| 1966-67 Rita L. Goodermonte |
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| 1965-66 Maguerite K. Moran |
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| 1964-65 Robert G. Krupp |
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| 1963-64 Ellis Mount |
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| 1962-63 Mary McDermott |
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| 1961-62 C. Alice Rankin |
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| 1960-61 E. Marie Murphy |
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| 1959-60 Frank E. McKenna |
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| 1957-59 Francis Vierling |
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| 1955-57 Florence Carlton |
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| 1953-55 Genevieve Ford |
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| 1951-53 Katherine L. Kinder |
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| 1949-51 Hazel Levins |
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| 1947-49 Alma C. Mitchell |
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| 1945-47 Helen Buzzell |
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| 1943-45 Jane Ulrey |
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| 1941-42 Marguerite Rummell |
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| 1939-41 Betty Joy Cole |
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| 1937-38 Marion C. Manley |
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| 1935-37 Alma C. Mitchell |
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