Mission and Vision

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Mission and Vision

• SLA Winter Meeting
• January 2003

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Compelling Research
Unparalleled Services
Bold Ideas
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SLA Currencies of Value

• Products Services
• Generates revenue
• Knowledge
• Returns Product Personal Development
• Intangible Benefits
• Returns participation and loyalty, a sense of
  community and mutual support

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Need

• Shared direction
• Shared values
• Shared goals
• A template for progress and the future
• Elevator speech that is meaningful

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Is It Broke?

• Vision doesnt mention members
• Members have no voice
• Mission and vision conflict
• Shopping list
• Too complicated
• Too esoteric
• Doesnt tell a story

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Mission

• Whats in it for me?
• Subject focus
• Professional synergy
• Collaboration
• How does it drive our decisions
• How does it influence our products and services
• Does it meet the collective needs?

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ARMA

• ARMA International is the association for
  information management professionals. Its
  mission is to provide education, research and
  networking opportunities to information
  professionals to enable them to use their skills
  and experience to leverage the value of records,
  information, and knowledge as corporate assets
  and as contributors to organizational success.

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Library Association of Alberta

• The Library Association of Alberta strengthens
  the library community in Alberta by effectively
  providing responsive member services, advocating
  for libraries and cooperating with partners.

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SLAs Current Mission

• To advance the leadership role of our members in
  putting knowledge to work for the benefit of
  decision-makers in corporations, government, the
  professions, and society to shape the destiny of
  our information and knowledge-based society.

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Ideas

• Drop advance the leadership role and replace
  with promote the value of our profession and our
  members contributions
• Drop in putting knowledge to work
• Destiny is that an okay word, what do we mean?
• Folks have said this is not down to earth

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Mission Statement developed by Barbara Kaufman

• Our Mission
• The Special Libraries Association promotes the
  contributions of our members as critical
  information partners in a global economy.

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Vision

• The vision is the how or why
• Mental model that teams can use
• We do this for (how do our members line up here?)
• Access
• Advocacy
• Professional Development
• Networking
• Partnering (strategic alliances and growth?)

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SLA Vision Statement

• Vision and Values
• Our vision is to be know as the leading
  professional association in the information
  industry a catalyst in the development of the
  information economy, and a strategic partner in
  the emerging information society.
• Committed to professional excellence, we value
• Our clients and our ability to respond to their
  needs adding value to information services and
  products
• Continuous learning and professional development
• New paradigms of information service and
  delivery, and the opportunities they provide for
  our continued role in the information economy
• The use of technology to enhance our jobs, our
  organizations, and society
• Opportunities for networking for us to meet,
  communicate, and collaborate
• The leadership role of the Special Libraries
  Association
• The Associations efforts to help us strengthen
  our roles as information leaders in our
  organizations and in our communities
• The role of the Association in the development of
  information policies

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Vision Statement developed by Barbara Kaufman

• Our Commitment
• We facilitate
• Connections Networking opportunities among
  members and with other knowledge experts
• Access Members-only access to.
• Resources A wide range of resources including.
• Education and Professional Development
  Opportunities for life long learning including
  SLAs future oriented Annual Conference and .

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Library Association of AlbertaVision

• The Library Association of Alberta is proactive,
  financially responsible organization with a
  growing, active and informed membership, open to
  everyone. The LAA is an effective advocate,
  promotes intellectual freedom, provides
  continuing education and collaborated with others
  interested in achieving excellence in library and
  information services.

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Power Words