<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">FYI for anyone interested -- </p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Society of American Archivists</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please excuse cross-postings. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) seeks nominations for the 2025 year award.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents (which can be a specific archival collection or thematic aggregation) through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Work that has had an impact on a local, regional, national, and/or international level is welcomed.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Recent winners include:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2024: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives Research Center; Honorable Mention to La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2023: Dr. William Fliss, Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2022: San Diego Air and Space Museum</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-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if;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to</span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www2.archivists.org/aboutsaa/awardsandscholarships</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><table border="0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";border-collapse:collapse;min-width:450px;width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:131px;vertical-align:middle"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onu.edu&source=gmail-html&ust=1674825356087000&usg=AOvVaw0UJR4pQLPAsHCSLb2YV55e" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Ohio Northern University" target="_blank"><img src="https://my.onu.edu/sites/default/files/images/onu3.png" width="126" height="auto" alt="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px 5px"></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/ohionorthern/?hl%3Den&source=gmail-html&ust=1674825356087000&usg=AOvVaw08cqCXsnU8KAdouaEm2YvK" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="ONU Instagram" target="_blank"><img src="https://my.onu.edu/sites/default/files/images/insta.png" width="23" height="23" alt="" style="margin-left:10px;margin-right:2px;width:23px;height:23px"></a><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/OhioNorthern/&source=gmail-html&ust=1674825356087000&usg=AOvVaw0XBB0C_fTKpA2VGhNVE9rY" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="ONU Facebook" target="_blank"><img src="https://my.onu.edu/sites/default/files/images/facebook.png" width="23" height="23" alt="" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:2px;width:23px;height:23px"></a><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/ohionorthern?ref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&source=gmail-html&ust=1674825356087000&usg=AOvVaw1XbB7oIuTelHjYSMfEvW6B" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="ONU Twitter" target="_blank"><img src="https://my.onu.edu/sites/default/files/images/twitter.png" width="23" height="23" alt="" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:2px;width:23px;height:23px"></a><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdGjbOWVUkVJZVm0l-px7g&source=gmail-html&ust=1674825356087000&usg=AOvVaw39LHQTRhAMOakLRdoLmQaK" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="ONU Youtube" target="_blank"><img src="https://my.onu.edu/sites/default/files/images/youtube_0.png" width="23" height="23" alt="" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:2px;width:23px;height:23px"></a></td><td style="min-width:350px;width:auto"><div style="border-left:2px solid rgb(237,99,47);padding:10px;margin:10px 0px 0px 5px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>Matt Francis (he/him/his)</strong><br>Archivist<br>Heterick Memorial Library<br>Archives Reading Room - Heterick 301<br>419-772-1925<br><a href="mailto:r-legge@onu.edu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">m-francis.1@onu.edu</a></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>