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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The SOA Membership & Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2025
</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><b><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" id="OWA214a5ab9-2cc0-3d24-7909-c1fa5634cd63" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Society of Ohio
Archivists Merit Award</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The award is given to individuals or organizations that have by excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of archives in Ohio over the past year. The award will be announced at the SOA
</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" id="OWAa4dd15a5-2c8d-d860-cc84-090b545feed9" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Annual Meeting</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
which will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A fillable PDF </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardNomination2025-approvedfinal.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA28b4d283-b695-5d19-5b9b-949f76cdb1e5" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Merit
Award nomination form</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is available to download. The
</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardRubric2025-approvedfinal.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA2e636409-b6fb-85d8-f211-7f267722e98a" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Merit
Award rubric</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is available for your reference.
<b>Deadline to apply is March 1, 2025.</b></span></div>
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Nominations should include the following information:</div>
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Name of nominee;</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
Nominee’s employer or institution;</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
Nominee’s mailing address, phone number, and email address;</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
Brief reason for nomination;</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
The nominator’s contact information so that the awards committee may contact you for additional information.</li></ul>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">See the </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/#awardees" id="OWA75c0ffd4-db8c-920f-244c-4ae59addc8b8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">list
of past awardees</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> on the </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" id="OWA3e799c0c-8f1d-4666-eec0-c7e3c508885f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Merit
Award page</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Applications and inquiries can be emailed to Membership & Awards Committee co-chairs
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><i><a href="mailto:sshreffler1@udayton.edu" id="OWA15d1b030-4bbe-67eb-b17b-e879cdeaf5d2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Stephanie Shreffler</a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> and
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><i><a href="mailto:helen.conger@case.edu" id="OWAf7647f88-ec19-8a68-a34d-26d84b98aa7c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Helen Conger</a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>.</i></span></div>
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