Sections gather together into a more formal structure a group of Division members who desire a level of added specialization within B&F. Division members must proactively choose to become a member of a Section by selecting it on their membership application or renewal form.

Through it's 5 specialized Sections and the Real Estate Round Table, the B&F Division is able to offer its members increased depth of service and value. When you review these Unit descriptions, I think you will agree that they provide current and future SLA members an even greater reason to choose the B&F Division as one of their membership options.

-- Toby Pearlstein, B&F Sections Chair

Click on the name of each Section to find out more information.

College & University Business Libraries Section
Provides a forum for members to focus on issues related to all areas of academic business librarianship, including research, collection development, reference, instruction, and service activities.  Meetings and programs focus on practical and theoretical issues that concern business librarians in the college and university settings.
Section Chair: Karen MacDonald (KMacDona@lib-gw.tamu.edu)

Corporate Information Centers Section
Provides a forum for members to focus on issues related to the operation of libraries, information centers and services, competitive intelligence groups, and content management units in business settings. Meetings and programs focus on management and practices related to information delivery in for-profit organizations and on issues related to advancing the standing of information professionals within these settings. 
Section Chair: Cynthia Lesky (Cynthia.Lesky@threshinfo.com)

Financial Institutions Section
Provides a forum for members to focus on issues related to the compilation, retrieval, and dissemination of key information devoted to banking, finance, and related industry areas, and in the management of libraries and information centers pertaining to these subjects.
Section Chair: Nola Sterling (Nsterl@fhlbsea.com)

Investment Services Section
Provides a forum for members to examine how the use of information, and the work of the public and academic sectors, help capital markets. Meetings and programs focus on emerging policy and regulatory issues of interest to global stakeholders as well as new investment products and services.
Section Chair: Rita Ormsby (Rita_Ormsby@BARUCH.CUNY.EDU)

Private Equity Section
Provides a forum to facilitate the networking of members involved in private equity or venture capital internationally. Meetings and programs focus on issues pertinent to information professionals within this industry and generally raise the profile of research.
Section Co-Chair: Jackie Meeks (jackie.meeks@apax.com)
Section Co-Chair: Cliff Perry (cperrry@warburgpincus.com)

Real Estate Roundtable
Coordinator: Andrea Harpole (andrea.harpole@nyu.edu)

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