<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Do you know a defender of intellectual freedom? Nominate them for the Intellectual Freedom Champion of the Year Award!</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Nominations are open until Saturday, March 22nd. </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(74,74,74)">The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association offers the<span> </span></span><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(74,74,74)">OLA Intellectual Freedom Champion of the Year Award</strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(74,74,74)"><span> </span>in recognition of the contribution made by an individual, group of individuals, or an organization or institution that has actively promoted or defended intellectual freedom in Oregon. The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association administers the Award and presents it at the Annual Awards Banquet held at the OLA Annual Conference.</span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-973422438628304912gmail-docs-internal-guid-336aef68-7fff-299f-5dad-b5421be46559" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OLA Intellectual Freedom Champion of the Year Award recognizes truly outstanding effort in promoting the principles of intellectual freedom. The Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association (</span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/if-home" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.olaweb.org/if-home</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) administers the award and presents it at the awards banquet held at the OLA Annual Conference.</span></span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-973422438628304912gmail-docs-internal-guid-e2ce66b2-7fff-9595-1f7d-efb6bdf4670b" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Qualifications for recipients: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nominations are limited to individuals or institutions whose efforts benefited Oregon, or who were residents of Oregon at the time when they promoted intellectual freedom in an outstanding way. Nominees do not have to be OLA members.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nominations may be made for activities ongoing or completed in the previous five years. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Persons who have won the award during the past five (5) years are ineligible. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Current voting members of the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) are ineligible. </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nomination process:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nominations will be solicited using the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee’s website, OLA Hotline Newsletter, OASL Newsletter, and Libs-OR and OASL listservs.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nominations will be accepted through a nomination form. The form will be available by request from the Intellectual Freedom Committee and will also be available on the IFC webpage.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each nomination should be documented with a narrative statement and any news releases, supporting letters, published articles and other documentation that supports the nomination. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One copy of the completed nomination form and supporting materials shall be submitted to the IFC by two (2) months prior to the OLA annual meeting.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Criteria used in selecting a winner:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Developed an innovative information program relating to intellectual freedom issues; </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upheld intellectual freedom principles in the face of challenge; </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Actively promoted intellectual freedom principles in his/her sphere; and/or</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Exemplified the spirit of intellectual freedom.</span></p></li></ul></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><font color="#000000">Nominations are currently</font><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/Ra3dUjNiYRKiTrmm6" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(62,118,39);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,128,0)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">OPEN</strong></span></a><font color="#4a4a4a">. </font></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><font color="#000000">Please submit nominee information via</font><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/Ra3dUjNiYRKiTrmm6" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(62,118,39);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">this Google Form</strong></a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span><font color="#4a4a4a">no later than Mar 22 2025.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">For more information, please contact the chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee.</font><font color="#4a4a4a"> </font><font color="#000000">Current chair(s) are listed on the</font><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=523:intellectual-freedom-about-us&catid=20:site-content" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(62,118,39);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">About the Intellectual Freedom Committee</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(74,74,74)"> </span><font color="#000000">page.</font></font></span></p></div>
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