Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix vice president of innovation, was recently elected to serve as the Special Libraries Association’s (SLA) next president-elect. His term as SLA president will begin in January 2008, and he’ll be installed to the SLA Board of Directors at the association’s 97th Annual Conference in Baltimore this June.

“For 18 months I will participate on the SLA Board and learn and contribute,” said Abram. “I am also looking forward to leading SLA’s international elected team and membership. This is an organization with an amazing history, and, as it approaches its centennial, we have a unique opportunity to build the groundwork for a revitalization of specialized librarianship for another century of professional success.”

A leading international librarian and lighthouse thinker in the North American library community, Abram has more than 25 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and in the information industry. He is a frequent keynote speaker on issues that affect libraries, their communities and librarians. As SirsiDynix vice president of innovation, Abram leverages his extensive experience in library technology and trend forecasting, new product conceptualization and market development to ensure that SirsiDynix products and services continue to be the most innovative in the library market and meet the needs of library directors, library staff members and library users.