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Reflecting on how participation in ASIS&T led to her winning the James M. Cretsos Leadership Award for 2010, Crystal Fulton focused on how ASIS&T's Special Interest Group/Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG/USE) has added to her career. Dr. Fulton reflected on early engaging discussions with the SIG/USE scholarly network and members' encouragement to become actively involved in SIG planning activities. This led to executive roles including chairmanship of the group in 2008-2009 and serving on the SIG/USE Cabinet. During Dr. Fulton's chairmanship, the SIG celebrated its 10th anniversary with a range of activities aimed at membership development and communications and was named SIG-of-the-Year for the second time. Dr. Fulton recognized the many colleagues who have supported her career development and SIG participation and encouraged ASIS&T members to become active in special interest group planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers updates on the special interest group in the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG/USE). It states that in the 1999 Mid-Year Meeting, the first SIG/USE-sponsored panel happened with the title "Information Use in the Professions." It adds that the organization has organized the first SIG/USE Research Symposium with the theme "Effective Methods for Studying Information Seeking and Use" in 2001 headed by Ann Peterson Bishop and Ruth Palmquist. It notes that SIG/USE has flourished with a membership of over 300 members in 2009. Furthermore, the highlight of the 10th anniversary of SIG/USE was the induction of the 10 fellows of the Academy of Research Fellows in November 7, 2009.