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The ACRL OR Award for Excellence is open for nominations until April 14! </div>
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<b>ACRL-Oregon Solicits Nominations for the 2025-26 Award for Excellence</b></div>
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Do you know of a project in Oregon academic libraries that has had an impact on its community? Did you personally work on a project that has had an impact on a community or communities? If so, consider nominating the project for the 2025-2026 ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence.
Self nominations are supported and encouraged!</div>
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Submit nominations here: <a title="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8" href="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8">
https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">What does the award acknowledge?</span></div>
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The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence shall be given to recognize a project that demonstrates excellence in the field by significantly improving Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Who is eligible?</span></div>
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Any individual or group in Oregon may apply or be nominated. Individuals or groups that include at least one employee of an academic library are given priority consideration.</div>
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Initiative or project that is the basis of the nomination must have occurred in 2024-present.</div>
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This is not a lifetime achievement award.</div>
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ACRL-Oregon membership is NOT required.</div>
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Nominee or nominated group may include a member of the ACRL-Oregon Board; however they must recuse themselves from the voting process.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">What does the award cover?</span></div>
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An engraved plaque</div>
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Recognition at the 2026 OLA Conference or the fall 2026 ACRL OR Conference/Event </div>
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A stipend of up to $150 to assist with defraying the cost of the next ACRL-OR conference registration</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">How will nominations be evaluated?</span></div>
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Nominations will be evaluated for the following: </div>
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Impact or potential impact on Oregon academic libraries, librarianship, or library community</div>
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Ability of project to be adapted by others</div>
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Project has been or will be assessed</div>
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Project connects to the ACRL-OR Mission: </div>
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<i>ACRL-Oregon seeks to support academic libraries and librarians; to foster communication among academic librarians; to promote the development of Oregon academic libraries; to sponsor educational programs of interest to academic librarians; and to serve as
liaison between academic librarians and various other academic and library constituencies. </i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More information and past winners can be found on the ACRL-Oregon website:
</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u>https://acrloregon.org/awards-scholarships/award/</u></span></div>
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THE NOMINATION PERIOD CLOSES April 14, 2026.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a title="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8" href="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8">Submit a nomination now</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a title="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8" href="https://forms.gle/SZVpJgXrbdztW1dv8">.</a></span></div>
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For questions, please contact:</div>
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Kate Thornhill, the current ACRL-OR President at: <a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe1b2a903-91c5-60e6-6506-ec34cc581c06" href="mailto:acrlor@olaweb.org">
acrlor@olaweb.org</a></div>
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ACRL OR Award for Excellence Committee</div>
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Kate Thornhill</div>
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Jane Nichols</div>
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Lori Wamsley</div>
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