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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> Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:14 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ALA invites public to nominate librarians for the 2015 I Love My Librarian Award</font>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) asks library users to nominate librarians who have transformed lives and communities through education and lifelong learning for its coveted
2015 I Love My Librarian Award. The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the public service of exceptional public, school, college, community college or university librarians. Library users can nominate their favorite librarians now through
Sept. 28 by visiting <a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Each year since the award’s inception in 2008, the ALA selects up to 10 librarians from a pool of thousands of nominations. Award winners will each receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and
a travel stipend to attend the I Love My Librarian Award ceremony and reception in New York City on Dec. 3, 2015, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or hold a master’s degree with a specialty in school library
media from an educational program accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university
or at an accredited K-12 school.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the award’s first seven years, library supporters nationwide shared more than 14,000 nominations for exceptional librarians. A total of 70 librarians have won the award to date. For more
information regarding previous award winners, please visit <a href="http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/2014/14winners" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:blue">http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/2014/14winners</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The I Love My Librarian Award is generously sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This year the ALA welcomes The New York Public Library as a co-sponsor. The ALA administers the
award through the ALA’s Public Awareness Office, which promotes the value of libraries and librarians.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About Carnegie Corporation of New York</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Carnegie Corporation of New York was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 “to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” In keeping with this mandate, the Corporation's
work focuses on the issues that Andrew Carnegie considered of paramount importance: international peace, the advancement of education and knowledge, and the strength of our democracy.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About The New York Public Library</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the
Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York
Public Library serves more than 18 million patrons who come through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at
<a href="http://www.nypl.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:blue">www.nypl.org</span></a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more
about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the American Library Association</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 55,000 members in academic, public, school, government, and special libraries.
The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for
all.</span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Don Wood<br>
Program Officer<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:blue">Chapter Relations Office</span></a><br>
American Library Association<br>
50 East Huron Street<br>
Chicago, IL 60611<br>
<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:blue">dwood@ala.org</span></a><br>
1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429; 312-280-2429<br>
312-280-4392 (fax)<br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ALAChapters" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:blue">Become a Fan of ALA Chapters</span></a></span></p>
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