The Special Libraries Association (SLA) ( http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/AssnProfile/index.cfm) 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. A historical information <http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/AssnProfile/History/index.cfm> section outlines the history of the association and summarizes information about past presidents, conferences and other association information. SLA's vision, mission and core value statements <http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/AssnProfile/slanplan/index.cfm> were revised and adopted in October 2003. 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. Geography & Map Section of SOC SLA is also organized in 24 Divisions representing subject interests, fields, or types of information-handling techniques. Each Division elects officers, publishes a bulletin or newsletter, and most conduct professional programs during the Association's Annual Conferences. Affiliation with one Division at no charge is an important option available as part of SLA membership. The Geography and Map Division was one of the 25 subject divisions within the SLA <http://www.sla.org> until 2003, when it officially became a section of the Social Science Division <http://www.sla.org/division/dsoc/News/merger-approved.html>. The Geography and Map Division was established in 1941 to encompass all aspects of the production, procurement, processing, and utilization of geographic and cartographic materials and includes the professions of geography and map librarianship. With the merger with the Social Science Division, the Geography and Map section will be able to continue to meet this need and offer programming at the national level without the financial strain of being an independent division. Web Address: http://www.sla.org/division/dgm/index.htm Description: The Geography and Map Section provides a forum for the Social Science Division Members interested in all aspects of the production, procurement, processing and utilization of geographic and cartographic materials, in particular those in the professions of geography and/or map librarianship. Cartographic products include, but are not limited to: maps, aerial photographs, remote sensing imagery, cartographic data in digital form and such multi-dimensional formats as globes, tetrahedrons, and relief maps. *Section Chair* Vanette Schwartz Milner Library IL State Univ Campus Box 8900 Milner Library Normal, IL 61790-8900 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel 1-309-438-3486 Fax 1-309-438-3676 Email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>