<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Deadline extended - Nominate your Intellectual Freedom Champion today!</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Do you know an individual or group deserving of recognition for being a a champion of intellectual freedom in Oregon? </span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association is currently accepting nominations for the OLA <b>Intellectual Freedom Champion of the Year</b> award, to be conferred at the annual conference in Eugene in April. Nomination guidelines and form are attached. Please submit your nomination by </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Tuesday, March 3, 2015</b></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Nomination forms and information about the Intellectual Freedom Champion award and past recipients is available on the </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159">IFC website</a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.  </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks to everyone for your work to promote the free and equal access to information for all members of our communities. Please contact us if you have questions.</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Respectfully,</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee co-chairs</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Roberta Richards</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rrichard@pcc.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">rrichard@pcc.edu</a><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Garnetta Wilker</span><br clear="all" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gkwilker2@gmail.com" target="_blank">gkwilker2@gmail.com</a></span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helv"><font face="Helv">

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