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<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><img width="72" height="54" style="width:.75in;height:.5625in" id="gmail-m_3949970132510853625m_880960451040515709_x005f_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D3740D.4628EB40"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Intellectual Freedom Champion Award 2018 – Nominations Open</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">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></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association is now accepting nominations for the next IF Champion Award to be presented at the April 2018 OLA Conference
in Eugene. Nominations are due no later than Tuesday, February 18, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The nomination form is attached, along with more details about the nomination process. For more information, visit the Intellectual Freedom Committee <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/if-champion" target="_blank">IF
Champion web page</a>. If you have questions about the award or nominations, please contact <a href="mailto:rossbk@multcolib.org" target="_blank">Ross Betzer</a>, chair of the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Sheryl Eldridge, IFC Committee Member<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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