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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;">Penny Hummel<br>Penny Hummel Consulting<br><a href="http://www.pennyhummel.com">www.pennyhummel.com</a> <br><br>503.890.0494<br><a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com">penny@pennyhummel.com</a><br><br></span>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Karen Chapman <<a href="mailto:kchapman@bruno.cba.ua.edu">kchapman@bruno.cba.ua.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Award opportunity for public librarians</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">October 8, 2014 at 1:50:44 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Penny Hummel <<a href="mailto:phummel.ola@gmail.com">phummel.ola@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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share this opportunity with the members of the </span></i><i><span>Oregon Library Association by forwarding to your association's listserv</span></i><i><span>. Thanks!</span></i><span><br>
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Honor an outstanding public librarian by submitting a nomination for the <b>Morningstar
Public Librarian Support Award</b>! <br>
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The award is presented by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS)
of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library
Association (ALA) and consists of $1250 in travel funds for attending the 2015
ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.<br>
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The award recognizes a public librarian who has performed outstanding business
reference service and whose attendance at the conference is not fully funded by
their institution.<br>
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The complete eligibility requirements are available at the RUSA website at </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/publibsupport" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/publibsupport</span></a><span>.<br>
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NOMINATIONS<br>
To submit a nomination, download and complete the nomination form, following
the instructions on the form. See the website above for the form and more
information.<br>
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Please submit nominations by <b>DECEMBER
15, 2014</b>, to the award committee chair:<br>
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Karen Chapman<br>
Business Reference Librarian<br>
Angelo Bruno Business Library<br>
University of Alabama<br>
Box 870266<br>
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487<br>
Phone: </span><a href="tel:205-348-1096" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">205-348-1096</span></a><span><br>
Fax: </span><a href="tel:205-348-0803" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">205-348-0803</span></a><span><br>
Email: </span><a href="mailto:kchapman@bruno.cba.ua.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">kchapman@bruno.cba.ua.edu</span></a><span></span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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