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B&F Division Announces Centers of Excellence Recipient

Posted on 28 February 2013.

The Business & Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) proudly announces the winner of the twelfth annual Centers of Excellence Awards: the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, Purdue University Libraries, in the Management Category.

Management Category

The Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, Purdue University Libraries, is being recognized in the Management Category for the excellence the judges saw throughout the renovation/transformation project presented. The project, which spanned 5 years, applied comprehensive analysis, benchmarking, partnership building, and incremental implementation to a truly strategic objective. The resulting LearnLab is to be used as a model for future classrooms. An excellent example of how academic libraries can impact the student learning environment.

The Centers of Excellence Awards will be officially presented at the 2013 SLA Conference in San Diego, CA. The presentation of the awards will occur at the SLA Business & Finance Division Awards Ceremony & Reception.

Judges

The judges for the 2013 awards were Hope Bell, KMPG; Meredith Futral, Clemson University; and Cynthia Robinson, Bain Capital.

Background

The awards serve to recognize the best of “best practices” in three categories: Technology, Service, and Management. Any member of SLA can apply for consideration in any of the three categories and all entries are evaluated by a panel of judges who are members of the Business & Finance Division. The award winners represent excellence and quality at their highest levels, and in previous years have included such outstanding organizations as:

  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • National Geographic Society
  • Stanford University
  • New York Public Library
  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Cornell University

For a list of previous award recipients and further information, see the Centers of Excellence page.

Contact:

Michael M. Smith, Chair, Centers of Excellence Awards
SLA Business & Finance Division
Tel: 979.845.2902
michaelsmith@tamu.edu

Karen I. MacDonald, Chair
SLA Business & Finance Division
Tel: 330.672.1683
kmacdon4@kent.edu


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