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FYI<br>
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Suzanne L. Sager<br>
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor<br>
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<td>[alacro-l] ALA IFRT ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional
Intellectual Freedom Achievement Award: Deadline January 9</td>
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<td>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:39:27 -0500</td>
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<td>Don Wood <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dwood@ala.org"><dwood@ala.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org"><alacro-l@ala.org></a></td>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional
Intellectual
Freedom Achievement Award is given to the most innovative and effective
intellectual freedom project covering a state or region. Programs may
be
one-time, one-year or ongoing/multi-year efforts. The award consists of
a
citation and $1,000 donated by ProQuest (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/">http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/ifrt/awardsfinal/SIRS_ProQuest_Award/sirs.cfm">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/ifrt/awardsfinal/SIRS_ProQuest_Award/sirs.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Examples might include a statewide
public
relations initiative to promote awareness of intellectual freedom,
programmatic
assistance to meet a broad-based censorship challenge, coalition
building or
education outreach efforts, or effective reorganization or management
of an
intellectual freedom committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">State libraries or library
associations,
educational media associations or programs, legal defense funds,
intellectual
freedom committees or coalitions and related parties are eligible for
nomination by themselves or others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>Sponsor and Deadline<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional
Intellectual
Freedom Achievement Award is sponsored by the Intellectual Freedom
Round Table
(IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) and ProQuest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: red;">The deadline has been
extended
in to January 9!</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2>Nominations<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Full criteria and nomination forms
are
available from the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library
Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nominations and supporting evidence
should be
sent to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jen Hammond, IFRT Staff Liaison, ALA,
50 E.
Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 312-280-4223 or 800-545-2433,
ext.
4223. Fax: 312-280-4227. E-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jhammond@ala.org."><b>jhammond@ala.org.</b></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>Criteria<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
project has
been unusually successful in fundraising for the promotion of
intellectual
efforts in the state or region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
state
committee, etc. has been unusually successful in coalition-building so
that allied groups are marshalled effectively to support intellectual
freedom in the state or region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
state
committee, etc. has done an exemplary PR task in promoting awareness
of intellectual freedom issues in the state or region, as judged by
numbers
reached and/or other results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
project has
been effective in recruiting activists within and outside of
librarianship to
work with the state committee, etc. in intellectual freedom projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
structure
has been conceived that markedly enhances the continuity and
effectiveness
of state chapter efforts in intellectual freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
committee, etc.
has succeeded in galvanizing to an unusual extent support for
intellectual
freedom within a state chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A
state
committee, etc. has intervened with special effectiveness in an
intellectual
freedom crisis in the state or region. Such intervention should,
preferably, in the opinion of the committee, have resulted in a clear
victory
over the forces of censorship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Projects
that can
be generalized to other chapters will merit special attention of the
IFRT State
Program Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3>Related Files<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/ifrt/awardsfinal/SIRS_ProQuest_Award/proquestsirsawardform.pdf"
target="_self" title="">ProQuest/SIRS State and Regional Intellectual
Freedom Achievement Award Nomination Form</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Don Wood<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chapter Relations Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">American Libraries Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">50 East Huron Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chicago, IL 60466<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">312-280-2429<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">312-280-4392 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
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