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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#434343;font-weight:normal">Call for the Sustainability Round Table Citation for Wellness in the Workplace Nominations.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My name is Lynne Lambdin and I am a member of the ALA Sustainability Round Table and the chair of the Awards Committee within. We are looking for libraries that promote employee
wellness to be recognized at the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://2026.alaannual.org/" target="_blank">American Library Association Annual Conference</a><span style="color:black">, featured on our website as an award winner,
and awarded a plaque! The award is titled the <b>SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace
</b>and is given to any library or organization that has made efforts to meet the needs of their staff in the areas of continuing education, wellness, positive work environment, unions, salaries, gender equity, pay equity initiatives, and other activities designed
to improve the salaries and status of librarians and other library workers. The library or organization<i> does not</i> have to be a member of the ALA to apply for the citation. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Below is a copy of the press release that contains links, instructions on how to apply, and award requirements. Please let me know if you have any questions about the stipend or
release! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434343">Call for the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace Nominations</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To acknowledge the fact that library staff are our greatest asset in building and supporting sustainable libraries and communities, the ALA Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT)
is recognizing libraries that go above and beyond in meeting the wellness needs of their staff with the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/wellness-award" target="_blank">SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace</a><span style="color:black">. All ALA members are invited to nominate any library
who has made efforts to meet the needs of their staff in the areas of continuing education, wellness, positive work environment, unions, salaries, gender equity, pay equity initiatives, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of librarians
and other library workers. The </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX0-UwVpUi6S00deocUssqFmf_NmRTns74lqnHUVvwDQxx2A/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank">call for nominations</a><span style="color:black"> is open now through March 16,
2026. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace was initiated by ALA past president Loida Garcia-Ferbo in 2019 as the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/wellness-award" target="_blank">ALA Presidential Citation for Wellness in the Workplace</a><span style="color:black"> and the Sustainability Round Table continues
that legacy of recognition. SustainRT will honor the winning library or organization with a plaque recognizing their efforts to promote wellness. The winner will be recognized during the American Library Association (ALA) 2026 Annual Conference at the SustainRT
Membership Meeting and the virtual SustainRT Membership Meeting in May 2026.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/wellness-award" target="_blank">SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace</a><span style="color:black"> page. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lynne Lambdin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Awards Co-Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALA Sustainability Roundtable</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:llambdin@nmu.edu" target="_blank">llambdin@nmu.edu</a><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#095339">Lynne Lambdin</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Systems </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Librarian
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