========================================================================= Kindly confirm your participation please. ========================================================================= DELNET - Developing Library Network and Asian Chapter- Special Libraries Association (SLA) cordially invite you to a lecture on �Advocating for the Value of Information Professionals in the Workplace� by Janice R. Lachance CEO, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at India International Centre, (Conference Room No. I ) 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi 11003 Tea : 6:00 pm RSVP : 011-2674222 A Brief Profile of Janice Lachance Janice R Lachance, SLA's Chief Executive Officer since 2003, is a popular speaker and commentator and the champion, spokesperson and global ambassador for SLA and its 11,000 members working in 75 countries on five continents. As CEO of SLA, Janice led a r eformulation of the association's mission, vision and value statements and its strategic plan. She also re-engineered the association's professional development program to meet the needs of information professionals across corporate, academic and governme nt settings by creating SLA's online Click University. She expanded SLA's public policy program, which has increased the association's influence in legislative, judicial and international proceedings, and has worked in support of an open, robust and indep endent Internet. Currently, she leads a multiyear comprehensive research effort to create a shared, evidence based vision of the future role of the information professional. She is also a member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFL A) President's Working Group on the Information Society, where she focuses on Internet governance issues. A leader in her profession, an expert in governance, and a dedicated community volunteer, she is a Member of the Joint Board of Directors and Chair of the CEO Advisory Board of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and The Center for Assoc iation Leadership. Janice is also a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a member of the Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Management of Library Associations. _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003@yahoo.co.in, sangskaul@gmail.com Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.