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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2E75B6">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2E75B6"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5"><img width="644" height="124" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D542CD.87BC6F60"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">Nominations for the I Love My Librarian Award are being accepted through October
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">1<sup>st</sup>. You
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">are welcome to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">promote this contest in your library. How cool would it be to have another
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/2018/18winners"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">winner</span></a>
from Oreg</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">on?! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6"><a href="http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian"><span style="color:#2E75B6">http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">About the I Love My Librarian Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">Librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize
the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year 10 librarians are selected. Each librarian receives a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception
held in their honor.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">Promotional Tools
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">The
<a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/promotional-tools"><span style="color:#2E75B6">promotional tools section</span></a> of the website has a downloadable logo and web badge, flyer,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">table tent, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">sample press release, sample
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">social media posts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">, and more. Library staff could promote this in a 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:#2E75B6">Nominee Eligibility Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5">In order to be eligible, 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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Here are some
<a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/sites/default/files/ILML2018_TipsForWritingAStandoutNomination.pdf">
<span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">tips for creating a nomination that stands out</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6">FYI,<br>
Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">School Library Consultant<br>
</span><span style="color:#2E74B5"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> | 503-378-5011 |
</span><span style="color:#2E74B5"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/ld"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">www.oregon.gov/osl/ld</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
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