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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good Afternoon my Oregon library colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am asking for your help in getting the word out to academic libraries in Oregon and beyond to nominate their library for the
<b>ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">One of my personal goals as the committee chair is to increase the number of applications that we received from Community Colleges and College Libraries. Help me achieve this goal by spreading the award news
far and wide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Details of award submission is below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are you a member of an Academic Library?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you want to acknowledge the excellent work that you and your colleagues do on behalf of your student and scholar community?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not only will the winning libraries gain recognition and esteem for perpetuity; but each winner will also receive $3,000, from our generous sponsor GOBI Solutions/EBSCO and a visit from an ACRL officer for an on-campus awards ceremony.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everything you need to know about the award and putting together a nomination packet is available at the following webpage:
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic">http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Questions – contact the committee chair Cheryl Middleton at
<a href="mailto:Cheryl.Middleton@oregonstate.edu">Cheryl.Middleton@oregonstate.edu</a> or the co-chair Lauren Pressley
<a href="mailto:Pressley@uw.edu">Pressley@uw.edu</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Award nomination submissions are on due on December 6, 2019</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2020 ACRL Award for Excellence in Libraries Committee</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Cheryl Middleton, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">🌞</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Associate University Librarian Research & Scholarly Communication
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Oregon State University Libraries & Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">121 The Valley Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Corvallis, OR 97330-4501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Ph: 541-737-8527<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Email:Cheryl.MIddleton@oregonstate.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#ED7D31">OSU Libraries: Innovation, Heart & Ideas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located in the <b>traditional territory of the Chepenefu</b> ("Mary's River") band of the <b>Kalapuya</b>. After the Kalapuya Treaty (Treaty of Dayton)
in 1855, Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to what are now the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations, and are now members of Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.grandronde.org/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:purple">https://www.grandronde.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">) and
the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://ctsi.nsn.us/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:purple">http://ctsi.nsn.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">). </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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