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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Intellectual Freedom Champion Award 2017 – Nominations Open</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Do you know an Intellectual Freedom Champion? Intellectual Freedom Champions can be in any type of library or they might not work in a library at all. IF Champions stand up for
the principles of intellectual freedom and help to protect our rights to read and research, help preserve our access to information and maintain our privacy. The award is given in recognition of the contribution made by an individual or institution that has
actively promoted or defended intellectual freedom in Oregon. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association is now accepting nominations for the next IF Champion Award to be presented to the winning nominee at the April
2017 OLA Conference in Salem. Nominations are due no later than Tuesday, February 7, 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The nomination form is attached. For more information, visit the Intellectual Freedom Committee
<a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=491:intellectual-freedom-champion-award&catid=20:site-content">
IF Champion web page</a>. If you have questions about the award or nominations, please contact
<a href="mailto:kmreynolds@cu-portland.edu">Krista Reynolds</a> or <a href="mailto:rossbk@multcolib.org">
Ross Betzer</a>, co-chairs of the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Krista & Ross<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002664">Krista Reynolds, MLIS, M.Ed.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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