About SLA and the San Francisco Bay Chapter
About SLA
SLA (Special Libraries Association) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 12,000 members in 83 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists. SLA’s mission is to promote and strengthen its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives.
About the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter
Mission: The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter of SLA will offer its members services and activities which anticipate and are responsive to member needs. The Chapter will take advantage of changing technologies to foster communication among the membership and educate members about opportunities for professional activity and participation.
Members of the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter of SLA work in diverse information environments ranging from business and technical organizations to research, government and academic institutions. We are found in public and private corporations, law firms, colleges and universities, banks and financial institutions, newspapers, hospitals, research facilities, public libraries, and engineering and architectural firms. Although many members work in corporate and special libraries, others are managers, researchers, analysts, technical services specialists, and consultants.
Our members share common goals: networking with our colleagues, keeping up with technological advances, staying current about the information professions, and participating in ongoing professional development. Membership in the SF Chapter provides us with opportunities to achieve those goals.
Contact
For information about the chapter, contact the President-Elect (Membership Chair).
San Francisco Bay Region Chapter SLA
P.O. Box 26276
San Francisco CA 94126-6276
Image Credit
The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter gratefully acknowledges the California Museum of Photography at the University of California, Riverside, for permission to use a detail of San Francisco Bay from an Ansel Adams photograph. This photograph, taken from the Berkeley hills, has been published in the book Ansel Adams: Fiat Lux: The Premier Exhibition of Photographs of the University of California (Irvine: The Regents of the University of California, 1990). The detail is from a photograph titled “University of California, Berkeley, and the Golden Gate”.
