<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The ACRL-Oregon Board is now accepting </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiRmjhGVHPN23T1bFjWSz-yiog5fbOldnR8SWAPw0nXeZElw/viewform" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">nominations</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Award</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Excellence</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><h2 dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">What does the <span class="gmail-il">award</span> acknowledge?</h2><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The ACRL-Oregon <span class="gmail-il">Award</span> for <span class="gmail-il">Excellence</span> shall be given to recognize a project that demonstrates <span class="gmail-il">excellence</span> in the field by significantly improving Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.</p><h2 dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Who is eligible?</h2><ul style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">Any individual or group in Oregon may apply or be nominated. Individuals or groups that include at least one employee of an academic library may be given priority consideration.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">Initiative or project that is the basis of the nomination must have occurred in the previous three years.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">This is not a lifetime achievement <span class="gmail-il">award</span>.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">ACRL-Oregon membership is NOT required.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">Nominee or nominated group may include a member of the ACRL-Oregon Board; however they must recuse themselves from the voting process.</p></li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">What does the <span class="gmail-il">award</span> cover?</h2><ul style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">An engraved plaque</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">Recognition at the ACRL-Oregon/Washington Fall Conference</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr">One paid registration for the recipient to attend the ACRL-Oregon/Washington Fall Conference</p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">More information and past winners can be found on the ACRL-Oregon website: <a href="https://acrloregon.org/acrl-oregon-award-for-excellence/" target="_blank">https://acrloregon.org/acrl-oregon-<span class="gmail-il">award</span>-for-<span class="gmail-il">excellence</span>/</a>. You can also view interviews with several past <span class="gmail-il">Award</span> for <span class="gmail-il">Excellence</span> honorees on our blog:</p><ul style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2018/04/26/receiving-this-award-was-an-honor-past-acrl-or-awards-for-excellence-revisited/" target="_blank">Amy Hofer, Open Oregon Educational Resources Project (2016)</a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2018/06/04/we-need-to-elevate-recognize-past-acrl-or-awards-for-excellence-revisited/" target="_blank">Issac Gilman, Journal for Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (2012)</a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2018/07/16/a-great-opportunity-to-promote-impactful-work-past-acrl-or-awards-for-excellence-revisited/" target="_blank">Michael Boock, OSU Libraries Open Access Policy (2009)</a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on Friday, July 31st, 2020.</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiRmjhGVHPN23T1bFjWSz-yiog5fbOldnR8SWAPw0nXeZElw/viewform" target="_blank">Submit a nomination now</a>.</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For questions, please contact:</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,san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