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<div><font face="Arial">Are you a member of an Academic Library?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Do you want to acknowledge the excellent work that you and your colleagues do on behalf of your student and scholar community?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">If you answered yes to both of these questions you might want to nominate your library for the 2020 ACRL Excellence in Libraries Award. We have 3 library categories we award for: Community College, College and University.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Not only will the winning libraries gain recognition and esteem for perpetuity; but each
<b>winner will also receive $3,000</b>, from our generous sponsor GOBI Solutions/EBSCO and a visit from an ACRL officer for an on-campus awards ceremony.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Everything you need to know about the award and putting together a nomination packet is available at the following web page:
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http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic</a> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Questions – contact the committee chair Cheryl Middleton at Cheryl.Middleton@oregonstate.edu or the co-chair Lauren Pressley Pressley@uw.edu </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Award nomination submissions are on due on <b>December 6, 2019</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Sincerely,</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial">The 2020 ACRL Award for Excellence in Libraries Committee</font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Cheryl Middleton,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Associate University Librarian Research & Scholarly Communication</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Oregon State University Libraries & Press</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">121 The Valley Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Corvallis, OR 97330-4501</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Ph: 541-737-8527</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Email:Cheryl.Middleton@oregonstate.edu</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; color:#ED7D31">OSU Libraries: Innovation, Heart & Ideas</span></p>
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