<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">Due to member feedback, ACRL Oregon is extending the deadline for the 2011 Award for Excellence nominations to Wednesday, August 31!</span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence is given annually to an individual or group whose project or ingenuity has significantly improved Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
The award will be presented at the ACRL-Oregon / Washington Joint Fall Conference (October 27-28, 2011 – Pack Forest Conference Center) and the winner(s) will also be recognized at the Oregon Library Association Annual Conference Award Ceremony. The winner(s) receive registration to the ACRL Oregon / Washington Joint Fall Conference, a stipend to attend the OLA Award Ceremony, and an engraved plaque.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Who can be nominated:</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
Any individual or group that includes at least one employee of an academic library in Oregon may apply. The initiative or project that is the basis of the nomination must have occurred in the previous three years. This is NOT a lifetime achievement award and ACRL-OR membership is NOT required to win this award.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Nomination form available at:</strong><a title="https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=104084" href="https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=104084" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=104084</a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Deadline:</strong> Wednesday, August 31, 2011</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Questions:</strong> Please contact Jane Scott (<a href="mailto:jscott@georgefox.edu" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182); ">jscott@georgefox.edu</a>).</p>
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