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<div dir="ltr">Quick reminder that applications for the SLEA (details below) are due by Friday, August 11th.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div>
<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic", sans-serif;color:rgb(46, 116, 181);line-height:24px">Cathy Lancaster</span></b></div>
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<span style="color:black">Library of Michigan<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) <LancasterC5@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 2, 2023 8:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michlib-L (michlib-l@mcls.org) <michlib-l@mcls.org>; miyouth@mcls.org <miyouth@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Applications open for the State Librarian's Excellence Award
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat; color:#161818; letter-spacing:.25pt">State Librarian's Excellence Award</span></h2>
<p style="background:white; vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#353535">The application period for the <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">2023 State Librarian's Excellence
Award is now open</span></strong>. Award recipients will be notified in September. We look forward to sharing this award celebration with you at the <a href="https://www.milibraries.org/annual-conference"><span style="color:#277C78; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Michigan
Library Association Annual Conference</span></a> in October.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#353535">The <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Library of Michigan Foundation's
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/about/state-librarian">State Librarian's Excellence Award<span style="border:none"> </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#353535">will
be awarded to a library of any type (public, academic, school, special, tribal, etc.), including branch libraries, that exemplifies excellence in customer service. One (1) library in the state of Michigan will receive this prestigious award each year. The
recipient library will receive a $3,000 cash prize and a trophy for display in its public area. Two Library of Michigan Foundation Citations of Excellence will be presented and the recipient libraries will each receive $1,000 and a small trophy for display.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat; color:#161818">Deadline</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#353535">The absolute deadline for 2023 nominations is <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Friday, August 11, 2023</span></strong>. There will be no extensions.
Submissions will be accepted online only.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><br>
Full details on how to apply can be found online at the <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/about/state-librarian">
State Librarian’s Excellence Award</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Montserrat; color:#353535"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat; color:#161818">Submit an Application</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat; color:#161818">Contact Person</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#353535">Lori Poznanski-Mason, Administrative Assistant to the State Librarian<br>
Library of Michigan<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:Poznanskil@Michigan.gov"><span style="color:#277C78; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Poznanskil@Michigan.gov</span></a><br>
Phone: 517-335-1518</span></p>
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