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The Special Libraries Association Conference & Info-Expo (SLA) is the annual conference and exposition of the Special Libraries Association – in general a three-days conference with two-days pre-conference activities (continuing education/certificate classes). It is produced for Information Professionals, Collections Managers, Research/Intelligence Professionals, Information Center Managers, Knowledge Managers, Web Developers, Information Analysts, Consultants, Content Managers, Educators, Content Rights Managers, Library/Information School Students… And the Ambitious.

Of special Knowledge Management interest:

  • SLA Knowledge Management Community (was: Division or Section) program: conference sessions, continuing education sessions and networking events
  • Pre-conference certification classes: Knowledge Management/ Knowledge Services Certificate program (2007-2019)
  • Knowledge Executive Institute (1997-1999)
  • Conferernce Themes: Knowledge Leaders for the New Millennium: Creators of the Information Future (1999)
  • Conference Tracks: Knowledge Management: What We Do (1999)

Conference History:

116th SLA 2025 Annual Conference, June 7-10, 2025, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conference Theme: Creative Transformation

    Note: The SLA Team is working on locking down the venue and dates for the 2025 Annual Conference! Stay tuned for more information soon.

    Conference program TBD

    2025 Tracks:
    Innovative Technology
    Leadership & Management
    Marketing & Competitive Intelligence
    Knowledge & Record Management
    Data Science & Research

115th SLA 2024 Annual Conference, July 14-16, 2024, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

Conference Theme: Collaboration for Innovation (115th Year Celebration)

    Conference program TBD

    Tracks:
    Data Science & Research
    New & Innovative Technologies
    KMR – Knowledge and Records Management: The Modern Information Professional
    Competitive Intelligence
    Leadership & Management Skills

    KMR Track Sessions:
    Recommendations for a Seamless Transition to a New Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
    Engaging Generative AI to Enhance Your CI Practice
    News Aggregation and Monitoring – Current State of the Market, Evolving Trends & What will be the Future
    Search, Discovery, AI, ML, LLMs, and GPTs: Are you sure you know how they work?
    International Perspectives on Evidence-based Collection Development in Libraries
    Sci Tech 101: Introduction to Research Data Management
    What are they learning? How are they learning it? Information literacy preparation for the workforce and as professional development [presented by: the SLA Data Community] Building Taxonomies from the Bottom Up and Top Down: Technologies and Collaboration
    Do You Still Need Your Integrated Library System
    GenAI in the Field: Reality vs Hype

    KMR Track Posters: The Modern Information Professional (Posters)
    An Easy Introduction to Koha, the Best and Most Wonderful ILS Ever!
    Comprehensive Database Reevaluation: Starting from Scratch – Impossible Task or Unique Opportunity?
    Geology in Your Kitchen
    The IR Venn Diagram: Diversity in Technology, Content, Users, and Roles in Specialized institutional Repositories
    Finding Water Data and Information for Communities Along the Atlantic Coast

    KMR Track Roundtables:
    Mathematics Roundtable
    Taxonomy Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Collaboration in Taxonomy Development and Maintenance

    Others:
    What Library and Information Science Students Learn Today (Concurrent Session)
    A Semantic Layer Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Management and Information Findability (Poster)
    Leveraging Your Worth as an Info Pro – A Panel Discussion (General Session)
    Charting Our Course: Information Professionals as AI Navigators (Keynote)

SLA 2023 Annual Conference, May 16-19, 2023, Detroit, Michigan, USA / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Looking Back, Forging Ahead
(in conjunction with the Medical Library Association (MLA) Conference, branded as MLA | SLA ’23)

    SLA Education Sessions:
    Data Literacy for Info Pros
    Maintaining and Managing a Changing Taxonomy: Taxonomy Governance Fundamentals (CANCELLED)
    Introduction to Knowledge Graphs (CANCELLED)

    Panel Discussions:
    Advanced Taxonomy Issues: The Response of Controlled Vocabularies to the Evolving Domains of Health and Healthcare (CANCELLED)

    SLA Contributed Papers Session:
    Identifying Knowledge Practices in an Infodemic Era: Rediscovering the Professional Identities of LIS Professionals in an Infodiverse Environment (was: Identifying Infodiversity Knowledge Practices in an Infodemic Era )

    Virtual Papers
    Developing and Validating the Nursing Student Misinformation Attitudes, Confi dence, and Knowledge Assessment Tool

    Lightning Talks:
    Partnering for Research in Healthcare and Computable Biomedical Knowledge
    Academic Publishing Is Not Neutral: Explorations of Bias and Constructed Authority in Health and Science Knowledge Production in a Term-Long Course for Students

    Lunch Events:
    Empowering Knowledge Managers with Technology to Power Next Generation Discovery and Search Tools

    MLA Tracks:
    Education
    Clinical Support
    Professionalism & Leadership
    Innovation & Research
    Health Equity & Global Health
    Information Management
    Information Services

    Co-located Conferences:
    Medical Library Association (MLA) Conference

SLA 2022 Annual Conference, July 31 – August 2, 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Source Forward

    Note: The conference was originally scheduled for July 29 – August 2, 2022, It is being presented in person and on demand (virtually)

    Education Sessions: “knowledge” and “learning”
    Personal Knowledge Management (PKM): Building a Foundation for Growth
    Research Sources and Methodologies for Taxonomy Development
    When Knowledge Management Fails, and What to Do About It
    Communities of Practice: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
    Empowering Collaboration for Connecting Data, Information, and Insights to Foresight
    Leverage AI to Identify and Resolve Learning Gaps in Your Organization

    Panels:
    Current challenges and advanced taxonomy topics

    Community Meetings & Events:
    Information Knowledge Practices in Special Libraries in Asia

SLA 2021 Annual Conference, August 3-13, 2021, Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Destination Everywhere

    Note: August 3-13: On-demand content (available until Aug 31) and community events; August 11-13: Live session days (Interactive Education)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Community (and others)
    KMunity Knowledge Cafe
    Developing, Implementing and Resetting a Knowledge Management Strategy in a Time of Uncertainty
    Maximizing the Value of a Knowledge Management Benchmark
    Knowledge Capture for the Tick Tock Generation
    Operation Management Rythm: Prioritizing
    Top 10 Factors of a Successful Text & Data Mining Project
    7 Attributes to Coming Together in Dialogue

    Education Sessions: Other Communities
    Disinformation Defense in a Shifting Landscape… What Does this Mean for You?
    E Ola Ka ‘Ike Hawai’i (Hawaian Knowledge Lives)
    Harvesting Knowledge through Collaboration: How a group of Alberta business librarians sprouted from the ground up
    Managing Knowledge Services Across an Enterprise (Masterclass)
    Knowledge Management Concepts for Special Librarians

    Others:
    Implementation of National and State Wide Transportation Knowledge Management Initiatives: The Role of Knowledge Management Professionals (contributed paper)
    The Five Cs of Knowledge Management in Special Libraries: Capture, Curate, Connect, Collaborate, and Create (sponsored session)
    Go From Chaos to Knowledge Management in Minutes (sponsored session)
    Benefits of Knowledge Management (KM) Systems (solutions showcase)

SLA 2020 Annual Conference, October 5-16, 2020, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Driving Forward

    Note: Education sessions: pre-recorded/on demand sessions (Oct 5-13) and live sessions (Oct 14-16); Continuing education courses (Oct 19-30); The conference was scheduled for June 6–9, 2020 and Oct 15-19, 2020

    Post-conference Courses:
    What am I Supposed to Do with This (Taxonomy) Now? (Oct 26, 27, 28, 29); Pssst… what’s an ontology? (CANCELLED)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Community (and others)
    Knowledge Management Knowledge Sharing: An Open Space to Discuss and Share Knowledge Management Practices (live, CANCELLED); Bringing Analog People into a Digital World: Learn How to Make Change-Resistant Staff and Clients Comfortable With New Technologies; From Intern to Knowledge Manager: 5 Ways to Create Your Own Luck; Yes, Enterprise Wikis are Still Used for Knowledge Capture and Management!

    Education Sessions: Other Communities
    Mining Institutional Knowledge: Using Text and Data Mining to enhance Discovery (live; Advanced Masterclass); Applying Agile Principles to Ensure the Success of Your Knowledge Management Strategy; Rogue Knowledge Management: How to Nurture and Support Knowledge Management From the Ground Up; Be the Knowledge Consultant in DataDriven Initiatives

110th SLA 2019 Annual Conference, June 14–18, 2019, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Conference Theme: SLA Rocks

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); The Knowledge Audit: Evaluating Intellectual Capital Use (KMKS102)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    A How-to Guide to Engage Employees in Knowledge Management; Innovation Theatre: Is Innovation the Next Big Thing for Knowledge Management?

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Case Study: Understanding Knowledge Workers’ Document Creation, Description, and Storage (CDS) Conventions; Demystifying the Complexities of Knowledge Management & Librarianship in a High Tech Environment

    Hot Topic Sessions:
    Unlock Your Digital Vault and Create the Ultimate Knowledge Center

SLA 2018 Annual Conference, June 9–13, 2018, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Conference Theme: Bmore

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); The Knowledge Audit: Evaluating Intellectual Capital Use (KMKS102)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    The Seven Competencies of Highly Effective Knowledge Managers

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Information and Knowledge Services within the Maryland State Law Library

    Exhibitor TheaterPresentations:
    You can Implement a Knowledge Management Solution in Under 30 Minutes – We’ll Prove it!

SLA 2017 Annual Conference, June 16-20, 2017, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Conference Theme: The Future is NOW – in Business Information, Research & Librarianship

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); Change Management and Change Implementation in the Knowledge Domain (KMKS105)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge management Division (and others)
    Knowledge Management: Learning from Leaders; Taxonomies and Technologies for Managing Knowledge

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Linked Data: What’s New with Knowledge Organization on the Web?

    Exhibitor Theater Presentations:
    Emerging Technologies: Transforming Information Into Knowledge

    Division Events:

SLA 2016 Annual Conference, June 12-14, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Conference Theme:

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); Change Management and Change Implementation in the Knowledge Domain (KMKS105)

    Education Sessions:
    n.a.; Knowledge Retention Strategies for Information Professionals; Knowledge Café: Promoting Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Conversations in Your Organization; Managing the Information Professional at Home: Competencies and Challenges of Remote Workers (Masterclass)

    Division Events:
    n.a.

SLA 2015 Annual Conference, June 14-16, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Conference Theme: Be Revolutionary

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); The Knowledge Audit: Evaluating Intellectual Capital Use (KMKS102)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Ready, Fire, Aim: The essential steps before a knowledge management initiative; Social Enterprise – MITRE’s Knowledge Driven Enterprise; Let Freedom Ring! The highlights of heading out as an independent info pro (Quick Take); Shared Knowledge in Firms that Care and Cure; I Discuss That Topic in My Book (or Article)”: Proving expertise the “published author” way;

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Designing Aggregation and Knowledge Sharing Systems; Demystifying the Information Audit: From Knowledge Management (KM) to Enterprise Information Management (EIM) (Masterclass); Transforming Libraries: The First Knowledge-Sharing Tool Designed for Special Libraries

    Division Events:
    Putting Research Knowledge at the Heart of Development (Military Libraries Division Networking Breakfast)

SLA 2014 Annual Conference, June 8-10, 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Conference Theme: Beyond Borders

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); Knowledge Strategy: Developing the Enterprise-Wide Knowledge Culture (KMKS103)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Maximizing Consultant-Client Partnerships: Key Success Factors; Knowledge Management from the Trenches: Practical Tips for Making Knowledge Management Work in Your Organization; The Librarian is Where? Supporting Clients Across Miles and Timezones (Quick-Take); The Evolving Information Professional: Changing Roles, New Opportunities; Monitoring Social Media: Beyond Lurking–Data Mining and Putting the Pieces Together; Networking Naturally: Getting to the Heart of Information Sharing (Quick-Take); Information Overload: Taking Advantage of Taxonomies (Spotlight Session); Digital Humanities: What Does It Really Mean for Libraries and Cultural Institutions?; Recruiting a Champion: Getting C-Suite Support for Your Knowledge Management (KM) Project; Developing and Leading a Knowledge Sharing Culture (Spotlight Session)

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Transforming Libraries: The New Knowledge Services – From Collections to Connections

    Division Events:
    Leadership and Management Division & Knowledge Management Division Open House

SLA 2013 Annual Conference, June 9-11, 2013, San Diego, California, USA

Conference Theme: Connect, Collaborate, and Strategize

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); The Knowledge Audit: Evaluating Intellectual Capital Use (KMKS102)

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Thinking Strategically and Building the Future

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Organizing Knowledge (Spotlight Session); Just Say NO to Aimlessness! Strategic Leveraging of Social Media Content; The Key Success Factor for Knowledge Management… What Else? Change Management; Knowledge Management Content that Delivers: Learn from the Experience of Early Adopters; What’s All the Commotion about Knowledge Management Governance?; Never Underestimate the Art of Storytelling in Knowledge Management; SharePoint Speed Dating: Tips and Techniques from the Pros

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Leadership Roles in Knowledge Management: Grabbing New Opportunities!; University Faculty Issues and Knowledge Management (Contributed Paper)

    Exhibitor Theater Presentations:
    Make the Citation Connection with Web of Knowledge from Thomson Reuters

    Division Events:
    Knowledge Management Division Board Meeting; Leadership and Management Division & Knowledge Management Division Open House

SLA 2012 Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Conference Theme: The Future is Now!

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); Change Management and Change Implementation in the Knowledge Domain (KMKS105)

    Education Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Measures that Matter to Decision Makers; Using the Data Curation Profile as a Means to Engage Researchers; Project Management for Information and Knowledge Managers; Collaborative Insights; The New Knowledge Services – Next Steps for Career Professionals (Spotlight Session); Enterprise Search; Enterprise Search Roundtable; Social Media in Action; Metrics / Performance / ROI Panel – KM Cafe

    Education Sessions: Other Divisions
    Knowledge Management across the Health Care Spectrum; Skeptical Knowledge-Seeking: Business Research in the Age of ‘Truthiness’; Competitive Intelligence: Identifying, Managing, Disseminating and Leveraging Reliable, Current, Actionable Knowledge

    Division Events:
    Knowledge Management Division Board Meeting; Leadership and Management Division & Knowledge Management Division Open House; Knowledge Management Division Business Meeting and High Tea: Building and Sustaining Communities of Practice

SLA 2011 Annual Conference, 12-15 June, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Conference Theme: Future Ready 365! Are you ready today?

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services (KMKS101); The Knowledge Audit: Evaluating Intellectual Capital Use (KMKS102)

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Project Management for Knowledge Managers and Practitioners; Getting to the Heart of the Story: Qualitative Evaluation of Library Services Using Narrative Techniques; What Knowledge Managers and Practitioners Need to Know about SharePoint 2010; Building successful embedded services programs: a strategic approach; Text analytics, semantics, and search: a hands-on exploration of Knowledge Management applications

    Conference Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Records Management and the Knowledge Organization; Creating Client Luv: What Phenomenal Results Look Like; Knowledge in Judgment: Making Good Decisions (Spotlight Session); Collaboration Tools and Practices Enabling Knowledge Sharing; Capitalizing on Content to Grow Competencies (Spotlight Session); The Corporate Library in Turbulent Times (Need to Know Session); Folksonomies for Knowledge Sharing; Building an Innovative Environment (Need to Know Session); Creating Your Future the Peter Drucker Way (Spotlight Session); Knowledge Management Roundtable and Discussion; KM Café: Competencies and Careers

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    New Knowledge Services: The Next Decade; Cataloging to Knowledge Management: The Future of Tech Services

    Division Events:
    Knowledge Management Division Board Meeting; Leadership and Management Division & Knowledge Management Division Open House; Knowledge Management Division Business Meeting & Breakfast: Knowledge Management 101

SLA 2010 Annual Conference, June 13-16, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Conference Theme: Entering SLA’s Next Century: Let the Good Times Roll

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Critical Success Factors: Measuring Knowledge Services (KMKS08); The Knowledge Director: Competencies and Skills (KMKS12)

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Enterprise 2.0 as Knowledge Management 2.0; From Pattern Matching to Knowledge Discovery: Using Text Mining and Visualization Techniques

    Conference Sessions:
    Knowledge Continuity and Opportunities: The Future of Knowledge Managers (Spotlight Session); Knowledge Sharing Strategies and Roles; Delving Beyond the Published Record: Market Research & Knowledge Management; Taxonomies and Knowledge Management; Conversations, Knowledge Sharing and Spreading Ideas; Inherent Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Cafe: Conversation in the Round

    Division Events: Knowledge Management Division
    Knowledge Management Division Board of Directors Meeting; Leadership and Management and Knowledge Management Divisions Open House

100th SLA 2009 Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2009, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future (Celebrating SLA’s 100th birthday)

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    Introduction to Knowledge Management and Knowledge Service (KMKS01); Strategic Planning for Knowledge Management (KMKS05)

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Organizational Knowledge Retention: Challenges, Implications, Opportunities for the Information Profession; The Heart of the Story: Qualitative Evaluation of Library Services Using Narrative Techniques; Benchmarking: Knowledge Capture, Transfer, and Retention; Text Mining and Visualization for Research

    Conference Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Knowledge Management Roundtable: What’s New in Knowledge Management?; Expert Databases: Leveraging for Success; Conversation, Collaboration & Community: Web 2.0 Has Something for Everyone; Knowledge Management in Washington; Critical Thinking; Practical Strategies for Improving ROI (Spotlight Session); Knowledge Management without Borders; Knowledge Café

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    Diversity in Leadership: Generation X—The Changing Paradigm in a Knowledge-based Society; Imagining Knowledge Government Access in Virtual Worlds; SLA at 100: From Putting Knowledge to Work to Building the Knowledge Culture (Spotlight Session); Cyberinfrastructure and the New Construction of Knowledge: Will the University Survive?

    Division Events:
    Knowledge Management Division Board of Directors Meeting; Knowledge Management Division Reception; Knowledge Management Division Business Meeting: Managing Knowledge-Based Initiatives

99th SLA 2008 Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2008, Seattle, Washington, USA

Conference Theme: Breaking Rules, Building Bridges

    Pre-conference Certificate Classes:
    The Knowledge Management/Enterprise Content Management Connection (KMKS 07); The Knowledge Culture: Leadership and Knowledge Services (KMKS 06)

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Communities of Practice and Collaboration; The Embeddable Web: Web 2.0 and New Ways of Sharing Information; Knowledge Discovery and Ontologies Knowledge Management: Future Works; Mapping Knowledge and Knowledge Flows; Zero to Wiki in Half a Day; From Content to Context: Making Knowledge Management Effective

    Conference Sessions: Knowledge Management Division (and others)
    Knowledge Management Division Breakfast Roundtable: What’s New in Knowledge Management?; Knowledge Management at the Core: Facilitating Knowledge Sharing; What’s All the Buzz About Social Networking Applications?; Cyberinfrastructure: Informatics Across the Biological Sciences; Personal Knowledge Management: Your Quest to Find, Connect, Learn, and Explore; Educating the Next Generation of Knowledge Managers: How Library Schools, I-Schools, and the Profession Are Meeting the Challenge (panel); Knowledge Management in Seattle; Sharing Knowledge With After-Action Reviews; Knowledge Cafés

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    A Collaborative Approach to Knowledge Offshoring; Knowledge Management: Staffing Structures in Law Firms

    Division Events:
    Knowledge Management Division Board of Directors Meeting; Knowledge Management Division Business Meeting Luncheon

98th SLA 2007 Annual Conference, June 3-6, 2007, Denver, Colorado, USA

Conference Theme: Climbing to New Heights

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions (Click U Live):
    Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership for Library Profession; Wikis: Organizing your content and collaborating on the web

    Conference Sessions:
    n.a.

97th SLA 2006 Annual Conference, June 11-14, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Conference Theme: Where Tradition and Transformation Converge

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    n.a.

    Conference Sessions: Leadership and Management Division (and others)
    Knowledge Harvesting for Use in Planning; Competencies: Current & Future in the Knowledge Transfer Organization; Social Networking; Collaboration Tools: Using Social Software; Incorporating Knowledge Management (KM) into Service Offerings; KM Section Breakfast: Knowledge Management Roundtable

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    n.a.

96th SLA 2005 Annual Conference, June 5-8, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Conference Theme: Putting Knowledge To Work

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture; Building a Knowledge Exchanging Culture; Planning and Conducting an Information Audit

    Conference Sessions: Leadership and Management Division (and others)
    Embedded Librarians for Project Teams and Communities of Interest; Marketing Intangibles and Tangibles – Selling Information Services; Leadership and Management Division Communities of Practice

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    The Next Information Revolution; Who Owns Scientific Knowledge and Who Deserves To – Are Patents an Incentive for Innovation or an Obstacle to Further Development? (panel); Knowledge Sharing To Provide Security; Enter the Matrix – Social Network Analysis; Self-Archiving, Information Repositories, and Knowledge Management – What Can Corporate and Academic Libraries Learn from Each Other?

95th SLA 2004 Annual Conference, June 5-10, 2004, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Conference Theme: Putting Knowledge To Work

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Knowledge Management Benchmarking; Blogging for Information & Knowledge Exchange; Communities of Practice & Knowledge Management; Planning and Conducting an Information Audit

    Conference Sessions: Leadership and Management Division (and others)
    Reinventing Knowledge Management

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    State of the Information Profession from a 20,000 Feet-High Perspective; Practical Knowledge Management in the Law Firm: Initiatives in Action

94th SLA 2003 Annual Conference, June 7-12, 2003, New York City, Tennessee, USA

Conference Theme: Putting Knowledge To Work

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Knowledge Management Benchmarking; The Role of Information Professionals in Knowledge Management; Managing Corporate Archives: The New “Old” Knowledge Management Tool; Turning Ideas into Action: How You Can Make Knowledge Management Meaningful

    Conference Sessions: Library Management Division > Knowledge Management Section
    Knowledge Management Breakfast Roundtable
    n.a.

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    n.a.; Contributed Papers (Sharing Knowledge and Expertise Across Departments: Creating a Database to Address Knowledge Management Issues and Concerns)

93rd SLA 2002 Annual Conference, June 8-13, 2002, Los Angeles, California, USA

Conference Theme: Putting Knowledge to Work

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions: (Strategic Learning Sessions)
    Turning Ideas into Action: How You Can Make Knowledge Management Meaningful; Managing Corporate Archives–The New “Old” Knowledge Management Tool

    Conference Sessions:
    Beyond Programs and Systems: Organization Design for Knowledge; Knowledge Management: User-Driven Approaches at Biopharmaceutical Companies; Platforms of Access: Integrating Pipeline Data into Business Processes; Shepherding a Knowledge Initiative through the Enterprise; Evidence Based Practice: Put Your Knowledge to Work; Knowledge Management and the Power of Storytelling; Professional Papers (Keeping Knowledge Management Alive; Putting Knowledge to Work Effectively; E-Training: Implementing a Successful Knowledge Management Solution; Leveraging Knowledge: Impact on Low-Cost Planetary Mission Design)

92nd SLA 2001 Annual Conference, June 9-14, 2001, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Conference Theme: An Information Odyssey: Seizing the Competitive Advantage

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    The Information Audit as a First Step Towards Effective Knowledge Management; Managing Corporate Archives: The New “Old” Knowledge Management Tool; Knowledge Mapping Toolkit; Skills for the Knowledge Economy; Turning Ideas into Action: How You Can Make Knowledge Management Meaningful

    Conference Sessions: Library Management Division > Knowledge Management Section
    Knowledge Management Section Breakfast Roundtable: The Emerging Role of Information Professionals in Knowledge Management
    n.a.

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    n.a.

91st SLA 2000 Annual Conference, June 10-15, 2000, Philadelphia, Pennsilvanya, USA

Conference Theme: Independence to Interdependence: The Next Phase in the Information Revolution

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Knowledge Management: Cases, Complexities & Competencies; Knowledge Management: Gaining and Keeping Control in the Small Special Library; Towards a New Librarianship: Making Knowledge Management Real

    Conference Sessions:
    n.a.

90th SLA 1999 Annual Conference, June 10-15, 1999, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Conference Theme: Knowledge Leaders for the New Millennium: Creators of the Information Future

    Pre-conference Workshops:
    Knowledge Executive Institute, Jun 3-5

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Knowledge Management: Cases, Complexities & Competencies; Creating a Knowledge Map of Your Organization

    Conference Tracks: Knowledge Management: What We Do
    PAM Vendor Update; Making Core Competencies Work For You; Marketing Data: Changing Platforms, Uses and Challenges Investment Services Roundtable; Trends In The Global Marketplace – Legal Supermarkets; Finding Roots: Your Own and Others; Census 2000: The U.S. Census Bureau and the New Millennium; Identifying and Valuing Your Firm’s Intellectual Capital; Overview of Data Mining and Its Importance to Librarians; Government Data: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; Hot Technologies: The Future is Now; Biopharmaceutical Roundtable Speaker; ROI and Beyond: Instruments and Applications; Dead Technologies; Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate? Transferring Non-Titled Property; Biopharmaceutical Roundtable Meeting; Is a Bibliographic Database Necessary at the Core?

89th SLA 1998 Annual Conference, June 6-11, 1998, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Theme: Leadership, Performance, Excellence: Information Professionals in the Driver’s Seat

    Pre-conference Workshops:
    Knowledge Executive Institute, Jun 4-6

    Pre-conference Continuing Education Sessions:
    Building the Corporate Intranet Knowledge Center; Knowledge Management for Competitive Intelligence: New Opportunities for the Corporate Library

    Conference Sessions: Library Management Division > Knowledge Management Section
    n.a.; Knowledge Management: A Practitioner’s Perspective; Building a Knowledge Management Framework: Strategic Opportunities for Information Professionals; Knowledge Management Roundtable Discussion

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    n.a.

88th SLA 1997 Annual Conference, June 7-12, 1997, Seattle, Washington, USA

Conference Theme: Change as Opportunity: Information Professionals at the Crossroads!

    Pre-conference Workshops:
    Knowledge Executive Institute, Jun 5-7

    Continuing Education Sessions:
    Creating an Information Audit; Building the Corporate Intranet Knowledge Center; The Corporate Memory: Managing Internal Information

    Conference Sessions: Library Management Division > Knowledge Management Section
    Knowledge Management Roundtable Discussion: An informal roundtable discussion for knowledge managers; Knowledge Management: Implementation Strategies

    Conference Sessions: Other Divisions
    The Information Resource Audit: First Step to the Knowledge Advantage; Maintaining a Knowledgebase for an Emerging Profession: Issues & Answers from the DHNet Project (professional paper/poster)

87th SLA 1996 Annual Conference, June 8-13, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Conference Theme: Information Revolution: Pathway to the 21st Century

    Conference Program n.a.

86th SLA 1995 Annual Conference, June 10-15, 1995, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Conference Theme: The Power of Information: Transforming the World

    Conference Program n.a.

85th SLA 1994 Annual Conference, June 11-16, 1994, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Conference Theme: Information Vision

    Conference Program n.a.

1st SLA Conference, November 5, 1909, New York City, New York, USA

    Conference Program n.a.
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