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<p>FYI! Feel free to promote heavily at your library! -Steve</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Don Wood <dwood@ala.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 5, 2017 10:10 AM<br>
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<img naturalheight="134" naturalwidth="194" width="194" height="134" align="left" hspace="12" alt="ilml2017-hires-no-logos" style="width: 2.0208in; height: 1.3958in; user-select: none;" tabindex="0" src="cid:image002.png@01D2DDDB.8FDBD1D0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Nominations
for the 2017 I Love My Librarian Award are now open and will run through Sept. 18, 2017.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The award recognizes the service of exceptional public, school, college, community college and university librarians who have transformed lives and communities through educational
opportunities and lifelong learning. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">10 winners will be selected to receive $5,000 and a $500 travel stipend to attend an award ceremony held in their honor at Carnegie Corporation of New York on Nov.
30, 2017. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">An electronic nomination form is now available online at
<a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian</a>. To aid libraries in promoting the award, we have developed tools that librarians can use to encourage their community members to submit nominations for this prestigious award.
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Tools include:</span></b></p>
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<li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">I Love My Librarian logo </span></li><li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Printable flyer</span></li><li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Social media images </span></li><li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Sample press release</span></li><li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Sample newsletter</span></li><li style="color: black; line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="">Sample tweets</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Tools are available at
<a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/promotional-tools" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian</a>.</span></p>
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Thank you for helping promote this wonderful award, and please feel free to contact me with any questions.</p>
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All the best,</p>
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Lindsey Simon</p>
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Campaign Coordinator, Public Awareness Office</p>
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<a href="http://ala.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">American Library Association</a></p>
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(312) 280-2814</p>
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