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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">The nomination period for the 2016 I Love My Librarian Award opens today and will run through Sept. 19, 2016.
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<img width="182" height="114" align="left" hspace="12" tabindex="0" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" src="cid:image002.png@01D1C88A.38F753B0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The award will recognize the
service of 10 exceptional public, school, college, community college or university librarians who have transformed lives and communities through educational opportunities and lifelong learning.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Each winner will 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, 2016.
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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 atilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">To aide libraries in promoting the award we have developed tools that librarians can use to encourage members of the public to nominate them or a colleague for
this prestigious award. </span></p>
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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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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">I Love My Librarian logo
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:Symbol; color:black"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Sample press release</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:Symbol; color:black"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Hashtag: #ILoveMyLibrarian</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:120%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Tools are available at ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.</span></p>
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We will be putting out additional tools over the summer including an updated infographic of the winning librarians and a promotional video featuring tips on how to write an award-winning nomination.
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Thank you for helping promote this wonderful award, and please contact me with any questions.</p>
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Best,</p>
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Megan</p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Megan McFarlane, MLIS</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">American Library Association</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">312-280-2148</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:mmcfarlane@ala.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">mmcfarlane@ala.org</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Please visit<span style="color:#1F497D"> ilovelibraries.org</span></span></p>
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