Centennial Commission Announces Video Contest Winners

April 7, 2009

The SLA Centennial Commission Announces Winners

Information Professional of the Future Centennial Video Contest


Student Category Winner

The More Things Change....

Video Produced by:
Noni Vidal
Clarion University
View Video


Professional Category Winner

I Am SLA.

Video Produced by:
Lisa Wolfe, Geri Heberlie and Paula Martin
St. Louis Metro Area Chapter
View Video

View the winners and all of the submitted videos on the SLA YouTube group page

Each of the winning videos will receive the following:

• US$ 1,500 cash
• US$1,500 to attend the 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO, in Washington, D.C. June 2009
• US$ 1,000 for Chapter and Division programming

Centennial Home

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Cara Schatz
Director, Public Relations
Tel +1.703.647.4917
cara@sla.org

SLA Centennial Video Contest - VOTE NOW!

Voting is now open in the SLA Information Professional of Tomorrow video contest! Celebrate SLA's Centennial year by casting your ballot for your favorite video in the Student and the Professional category.

All SLA members can view the submitted videos here: http://www.youtube.com/group/sla100

Once you have watched all 16 of the videos, you can vote for your favorite videos at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AZPgPhfG1NAbQheNZtAiSQ_3d_3d

And just a few things to keep in mind:

• Voting will end on March 31, 2009, at 11:59pm (EDT).
• Winners will be announced on April 7, 2009.
• View the videos as much as you would like, but members may only vote once in each category.
• You will need your SLA membership ID to cast your ballot. If you've forgotten yours, not to worry! Instructions on how to retrieve it are included on the voting ballot through the link above.
• In case of a tie in either category, members of the SLA Centennial Commission and Video Contest Sub-committee will choose the winner(s).

The SLA Centennial Video Contest

The SLA Information Professional of the Future

John Cotton Dana ... 1909… Bretton Woods…

The founders of SLA had a vision for how to fill the networking and educational needs of special librarians. With the forming of SLA in 1909, these fabled past leaders created an amazing professional association. For 100 years SLA has grown and transformed itself, and the association that started as one idea, by one person, now serves a global market of over 11,000 information professionals, librarians, and their partners.

In 2009 SLA celebrates its 100th birthday and as we look toward a second century of service, we are asking the questions:

• What will the next 100 years of connecting people and information look like?

• Can you peer into the future and see SLA's leaders of tomorrow?

• Do you have an inspired vision of how SLA's members will change in 25, 50, or even 100 years?

Celebrate SLA's Centennial with your video representation of SLA's information professional of the future

Contest Theme

The SLA Information Professional of Tomorrow

Timeline

• Contest entry period November 1 - December 15, 2008
• Finalists announced at Leadership Summit, Savannah, Georgia, January 14 - 17, 2009
• Judging of finalists by SLA members January 14 - February 7, 2009
• Winners announced February 15, 2009
• Winners presented and all entries displayed at Annual Conference June 14 - 17, 2009

Prizes

There are two categories of entries: Student and Professional

The winning entry in each category will be awarded:

• $1,500 cash
• Up to $1,500 to attend the Centennial conference in Washington, DC, June 14-17, 2009
• Up to $1,000 for Chapter programming
• Up to $1,000 for Division programming

Complete Rules and Submission Information:

http://wiki.sla.org/display/CCWIKI/Centennial+Video+Contest

Promotional Video on YouTube:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yXR-e2tiDQs