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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-29288785-7fff-94b1-7722-0af7f6ff10a6">Library Directors</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane and Lake counties: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please encourage your staff to apply!</span>

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<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The scholarship form can be downloaded or printed here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1503v8EELHH7g-crAtxqHylubPYhwTds8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104918692934184868905&rtpof=true&sd=true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1503v8EELHH7g-crAtxqHylubPYhwTds8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104918692934184868905&rtpof=true&sd=true</a><br></span></font></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eligibility: Open to any support staff member (who does </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">not</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> have an MLS/MLIS degree).</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You do not have to be a member of SOLF to enter, but a SOLF member must nominate you or endorse your application.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applicants must be currently employed in a public, academic, school, or special library in the SOLF region: Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane and Lake counties (entries from other counties are not eligible).</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A current SOLF member must sign off on/endorse your application.</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TWO $200 scholarships will be awarded. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Use of the award must be completed within 1 year (prior to February 27, 2023).</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eligible entries will be placed into a drawing on February 25, 2022. Winner will be notified within one week of the drawing.</span></span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The winner is required to send a 1-2 page summary of their experience to Katlyn Liddell within 2 weeks of attending a continuing education event. These summaries are shared with the membership at SOLF meetings.</span></span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p>

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