[Libs-Or] ACRL OR Excellence Award Seeks Nominations by March 31

[Nichols, Jane M]

Dear ACRL OR Colleagues,

The ACRL OR Award for Excellence is open for nominations by March 31! Details follow:

ACRL-Oregon Solicits Nominations for the 2024-25 Award for Excellence
Do you know of a project in Oregon academic libraries that has had an impact on its community? Did you personally work on a project that has had an impact on a community or communities? If so, consider nominating the project for the 2024-2025 ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence. Self nominations are supported and encouraged!

Submit nominations here: https://forms.gle/eLHBv1cWTDGbUE3R7
What does the award acknowledge?
The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence shall be given to recognize a project that demonstrates excellence in the field by significantly improving Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.
Who is eligible?

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Any individual or group in Oregon may apply or be nominated. Individuals or groups that include at least one employee of an academic library are given priority consideration.
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Initiative or project that is the basis of the nomination must have occurred in the previous three years (2023-present).
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This is not a lifetime achievement award.
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ACRL-Oregon membership is NOT required.
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Nominee or nominated group may include a member of the ACRL-Oregon Board; however they must recuse themselves from the voting process.

What does the award cover?

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An engraved plaque
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Recognition at the 2025 OLA Conference
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A stipend of up to $150 to assist with defraying the cost of the next ACRL-OR conference registration

How will nominations be evaluated?
Nominations will be evaluated for the following:

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Impact or potential impact on Oregon academic libraries, librarianship, or library community
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Ability of project to be adapted by others
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Project has been or will be assessed
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Project connects to the ACRL-OR Mission:

ACRL-Oregon seeks to support academic libraries and librarians; to foster communication among academic librarians; to promote the development of Oregon academic libraries; to sponsor educational programs of interest to academic librarians; and to serve as liaison between academic librarians and various other academic and library constituencies.

More information and past winners can be found on the ACRL-Oregon website: https://acrloregon.org/awards-scholarships/award/

THE NOMINATION PERIOD WILL CLOSE AT 11:59pm on March 31st, 2025.

Submit a nomination now<https://forms.gle/eLHBv1cWTDGbUE3R7>.

For questions, please contact:

Jane Nichols
ACRL-Oregon President
acrlor at olaweb.org<mailto:acrlor at olaweb.org>



Jane Nichols, MLIS (she/her/About pronouns<https://medium.com/@mrsexsmith/dear-cis-people-who-put-your-pronouns-on-your-hello-my-name-is-nametags-78c047ed7af1>)
Associate Professor | Interim Resource Acquisition & Sharing Department Head
https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/nichojan
Oregon State University Libraries & Press
jane.nichols at oregonstate.edu
541.737.7269
Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Marys River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org<https://www.grandronde.org/>) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us<http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/>). Learn about land acknowledgements<https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/land-acknowledgments>.

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