<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr;text-align:left"><span><span>Women of Library History submissions are officially open for 2017, which will be YEAR FIVE of this project. If you're not an avid follower of the project, the index is always a good source of inspiration!</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr;text-align:left"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr;text-align:left"><span><span><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/156718924755/submissions-are-open-for-women-of-library-history">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/156718924755/submissions-are-open-for-women-of-library-history</a><br><br></span></span><h2><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/156718924755/submissions-are-open-for-women-of-library-history">Submissions are open for Women of Library History 2017!</a></h2><p>Can you believe it? We are now collecting submissions for the <b>fifth</b> year of Women of Library History.</p><p>For all the details, see our <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2017">Call for Submissions</a> page. To see who’s already been profiled, check the newly-updated <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/index">Index</a>.</p><p>All of this information from last year’s Call (slightly updated) is still valid:</p><blockquote><p>WoLH readers <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/119449933465/sayheyala-libraryjournal-tumblarians-check">know better</a> than to believe that concerns about intellectual freedom, progressive causes, or even tattoos and undercuts are new to the profession. Now, it’s time to share <b>even more stories</b> about the women who have mentored us, blazed trails for us, and made us who we are.</p><p>The official Call for Submissions is <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2017">here</a>; tell your friends! If you’re not sure where to start, here are some suggestions:<br>–if you work in the library field, do you have a particular woman whose teaching or mentorship has changed your outlook or made you better at
your job? For example, Alicia K. Long wrote about her mentor, <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/80061290296/dr-kathleen-de-la-pe%C3%B1a-mccook">Dr. Kathleen de la Peña McCook</a>.<br>–do you work in, use, or walk past a library named after a woman? Find out who she was! The earliest kernel of WoLH ideas was “tell me about that
lady’s portrait in your library,” and it’s still a great place to start. I got help from local librarian Maria Harris and the DC Public Library
archives when I asked for more information about how the <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/70389131432/juanita-thornton">Juanita Thornton</a> branch library was named.<br>–maybe you have devoted a significant portion of your life to researching a woman with library connections! Dr. Sharon McQueen wrote a post about <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/44778674974/may-massee">May Massee</a> based on a biographical research project.</p><p>You can also send me links to posts you’ve already written elsewhere on the Internet. If all you have is a name and a bit of information, but no
spare time to flesh it out, I’ll take that, too! For example, David Levy submitted <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/53353485245/dina-abramowicz">Dina Abramowicz</a> for consideration, but Kristen Hogan did the research and writing that made that post possible. (If you are willing to be a pinch researcher/writer, please send me an e-mail to that effect and I’ll
match you up with a topic as necessary.)</p><p><b>Women of Library History is 100% a volunteer project and a labour of love</b>–equal emphasis on “love” and “labour.” This year, I’m asking for all posts to be submitted by February 28th; the earlier you can submit (or even just let me know something is coming), the easier it is for me to make a
schedule and start queueing up posts. Get in touch if you have questions: Women Of Library History at gmail.</p></blockquote>And again, all the specifics about submitting are in the <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2017">Call for Submissions</a>. Please tell your friends, etc.!</div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Lincoln County Library District</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">P.O. Box 2027</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Newport, OR 97365</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Work email</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></i><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Home email: </span></i></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue;font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></i></a></div>
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