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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><img width="305" height="251" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image002.png@01D0BE18.F3BCBEB0" alt="LoveMyLibrarian.PNG"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">Nominations</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> for the I Love My Librarian Award are being
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">accepted through September 28<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">. You might want to promote this contest in your library. The advance notice is in case you want to include info in
August and/or September newsletters. How cool would it be to have a winner from Oregon?!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">About the I Love My Librarian Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian">http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“Librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Public Library/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like
you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. We want to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Nominations for the award are open through September 28<sup>th</sup>.<br>
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10 librarians each will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Promotional Tools
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/promotional-tools">http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/promotional-tools</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The promotional section has a downloadable logo and web badge, sample press release, and sample Tweets for your Twitter feed (which could be used on other social media
platforms). Library staff could promote this in a September newsletter, on their library website, near the OPACs or circulation desks, via social media feeds, etc.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Nominee Eligibility Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/about-i-love-my-librarian-award">http://www.ilovelibraries.org/about-i-love-my-librarian-award</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association in library and information
studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library
at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">FYI,<br>
Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">OSLIS ||
<a href="www.oslis.org">www.oslis.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Learn to research. Research to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">FOLLOW US:</span><span style="color:blue">
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