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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Greetings, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is just a reminder you still have time to submit a nomination for the intellectual freedom champion award! The deadline is February 11<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Krista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Intellectual Freedom Champion Award 20</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">19<span style="color:#222222"> – Nominations
Open</span></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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
institution, or group <span style="color:#222222">that has actively promoted or defended intellectual freedom in Oregon. <o:p></o:p></span></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 201</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9<span style="color:#222222">
OLA</span>/WLA <span style="color:#222222">Conference. Nominations are due no later
</span>than Monday, February 11, 2019.<span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></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
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">process (see page 2). <span style="color:#222222">
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
</span>contact the <a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org">co-chairs</a> <span style="color:#222222">
of the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></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">Krista Reynolds, IFC co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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