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SLIS alumnus, Gary Wiggins (MLS'71 and Ph.D.'85) has been selected for the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Hall of Fame award. The award was presented at the SLA Annual Conference, held this year in Denver, Colorado (June 3-6, 2007). The 45th Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, was one of the conference speakers.
"The Special Libraries Association (SLA) was founded in 1909 in the state of New York and is now the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide. Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings." [SLA website]
Gary Wiggins is the Director of the Chemical Informatics program at the Indiana University School of Informatics. He has "long been on the leading edge of providing information to chemists and his service to IU reflects his commitment to the chemical information profession", said Patricia Steele, Ruth Lilly University Dean of the IU Libraries. "He headed the IU Chemistry Library for 27 years." [IU press release]
Wiggins was selected as the School of Library and Information Science Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient in 2001. He has been the advisor to the SLIS Chemical Information Specializations for many years. The SLIS Specializations were first listed in the 1971-72 Bulletin.
Read more in the IU Media Relations Press Release:
"IU Chemical Informatics Innovator, Librarian Headed to Hall of Fame"
Posted June 06, 2007