<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>This is just a reminder that grant applications for our *new* Robert Gaylor IDEA aware are due August 14th! Below is the original message, as a refresher. :)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The Book and Author Society (<a href="http://www.bookandauthor.org/" target="_blank">www.bookandauthor.org</a>) is very excited to announce that, after a several-year hiatus due to a global plague, our author luncheons will be returning this fall! Please mark your calendars for October 11, from 11:30-2pm at Laurel Manor Banquet & Conference Center in Livonia--details on featured authors and ticket sales will be forthcoming later this summer.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>During the luncheon we will be presenting a brand new grant, created in honor of our former president and one of our founding members, Robert <span class="gmail-il">Gaylor</span>. <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">The Robert <span class="gmail-il">Gaylor</span> <span class="gmail-il">IDEA</span> award complements the spirit of the </span><a href="https://library.oakland.edu/collections/special/gaylor.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-il">Gaylor</span> Collection at Oakland University</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">, which contains “many titles of historical significance related to GLBT lives” from the mid-20th century to the present, and represents a lifetime of careful stewardship of the records of these communities.</span></div><span id="m_3415342687509501698gmail-docs-internal-guid-c7048949-7fff-43f7-6d4f-8c1532411c3b"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This <b>$2000 grant </b>will be awarded to a library or literacy organization in the metropolitan-Detroit area for the <b>purpose of supporting a collection, technological needs, or programming to support inclusion, diversity, equity, or accessibility (<span class="gmail-il">IDEA</span>).</b> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Grant applications are due by <b>August 14, at the link below. </b>Winners will be notified prior to the luncheon and will be provided with two complimentary tickets to the luncheon.</span></p></span><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://oakland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fnR2NrPZ80Tr7w" target="_blank" style="font-family:"72","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">https://oakland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fnR2NrPZ80Tr7w</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any questions, please feel free to contact <a href="mailto:board@bookandauthor.org" target="_blank">board@bookandauthor.org</a> or use the "contact us" form on our website. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all, and we hope to see you in October!</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Katie Greer</div><div>she / her</div><div><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NiJtDi0AAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Google Scholar Profile</a><br><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Kresge Library, Oakland University</div><div>2200 N. Squirrel Rd.<br>Rochester, MI 48309</div><div>248.370.2480</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>