In honor of C. Alice Rankin, Chapter President 1961-1962, the New Jersey Chapter’s distinguished lectures have been named for her.

2012 – Joanne Lustig – Head of Library Services at Mathematica Policy Reseach – “Info Pros in 2012: Eyes Wide Open”

2011 – Kee Malesky – Librarian at National Public Radio (NPR) – “Just the Facts, Ma’am: An Evening with Kee Malesky”

2010 – Guy St. Clair – “SLA at 100: From Putting Knowledge to Work to Building the Knowledge Culture”

2009 – Peter Bromberg – Assistant Director for South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (SJRLC) – “The Value of Leadership, the Leadership of Value: Remaining Relevant in Times of Change ”

2008 – Stephen Abram – SLA president – “Reality 2.0: Transforming Ourselves and Our Association.” Held May 5 at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center

2007 – Mary Ellen Bates – Principal and Founder, Bates Information Services.  Well known consultant, lecturer.  Interesting, Informative, Lively!

2006 – Jane Burke of Serials Solution – Jane Burke is a US based consultant

2005 – Carol Tenopir – Carol Tenopir, Professor – School of Information Sciences and Interim Director, Center for Information Studies University of Tennessee – E-Jounals and Print: How Usage Patterns Are Changing

2004 – Anne Mintz – Anne Mintz currently holds the position of Director of Knowledge Management at Forbes Inc.  She is the editor of Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet – “What a Tangled Web We Weave”

2003 – Guy St. Clair – President/Consultant for Knowledge Management and Learning at SMR International – Knowledge Services and Change Management in the Information Workplace

2002 – Carol L. Ginsburg – Deutsche Bank, Managing Director Global Business Information Services – Motivating Yourself and Your Team Through Crisis and Recession

2001 – Lucy Lettis – You Say You Want a Revolution

2000 – Stephen Abram – Shift Happens: Change and Opportunity in our Profession

1999 – Trudy Katz, from MasterCard

1998 -  Lawrence Prusak

1997 – James Rush, Executive Director of Palinet – Critical Technologies for the Information Professional

1996 – Guy St. Clair, President SMR International – Powerful Influence in Information Services: Playing the Organization Like a Musical Instrument

1995 – Rubens Medina, Law Librarian, Library of Congress – Beyond the Reference Desk: New Technology and New Tools

1994 – Jose-Marie Griffiths, Director, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Tennessee – The Impact of Special Libraries in the Corporate Environment

1993 – Pat Moholt, Asst. VP and Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Re-sources, Columbia University, New York – How Networking Changes Organizations

1992 – Toni Carbo Bearman, Dean, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania – Special Librarian in the 21st Century – Changes and Challenges

1991 – Frank H. Spaulding, Consultant – International Librarianship

1990 – Dr. James R. Beniger, Associate Professor, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California – Librarians Confront the Control Revolution

1989 – Herbert S. White, Dean of Indiana University School of Library and Information Sciences – Libraries in the Corporate Political Process

1988 – Roger K. Summit, President of Dialog, Inc. – Societal Implications of Online Information Retrieval

1987 – Joe Ann Clifton, Manager of Information Services, Litton Industries Inc., and President-Elect, Special Libraries Association – The Information Professional: Changes and Challenges

1986 – James M. Matarazzo, Associate Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College – Excellence in Corporate Libraries

1985 – John N. Berry, Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal – Ethics and Information Delivery

1984 – Patricia W. Berger, National Bureau of Standards – Current Federal Information Policy Issues – Implications for Librarians

1983 – W. Bradford Wiley, Chairman, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. – The Future of Publishing in the Electronic Age

1982 – G. M. Hopper, Commander, USNR, Ret. – Historical Perspectives and Lessons for the Future of Computing

1981 – V. B. Guiliano, Senior Consultant, Arthur D. Little Inc. – Prospectus for Teleworking

1980 – R. S. Taylor, Dean of the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University – Information Productivity

1979 – F. Wilfred Lancaster, Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois – Libraries in an Electronic Age

1978 – F. G. Kilgour, President and Executive Director of OCLC, Inc. – Future Access to Information