Association of Strategic Knowledge Professionals (ASKPro): Name change for SLA?
Laura Woods: Am I a “Strategic Knowledge Professional”? Organising Chaos, October 19, 2009
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Originally appeared in the March 1938 issue of Special Libraries. SLA’s motto/slogan “Putting Knowledge to Work” was originally coined in 1915 or 1916 by John C. Lapp.- Rebecca B. Ranin: Miss Rankin’s Proposals. Special Libraries, Volume 87, Issue 4, 1996, pages 265-266 Full text » (SJSU ScholarWorks)
Originally appeared in the September 1924 issue of Special Libraries as one of two “Proposals for Reorganization”.