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CHOOSING A NEW NAME for a professional association ranks right up there, in terms of difficulty, with winning the lottery or climbing Mount Everest. Library association members are loathe to walk away from the "L" word. Meanwhile, other associations appropriate the word "information" into their names, possibly to the detriment of library-related associations' sustainability. What are we to make of this, and what does it say about the future of information professionals?
In early February 2016, the American Association of Law Libraries rejected a proposal to change its name to the Association for Legal Information. AALL reports that 59.1% of its members voted, with 80.11% opposed and 19.89% in favor. That's decisive!
The Special Libraries Association tried twice, in 2003 and 2009, to change its name. It failed both times. The...