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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>FYI, Kent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Kent Oliver, Executive Director <br>Stark County District Library <br>715 Market Ave., N., Canton, OH 44702 <br>W: 330 458 2710 FAX: 330 455 9596 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>"Inspiring Ideas, Enriching Lives, Creating Community"<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'> <img width=220 height=106 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD13F3.82ABA4C0" alt=starlibrarylogo> <img width=114 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CD13F3.82ABA4C0" alt="medal_home[1]"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'>Named as one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries.</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>This communication is a confidential and proprietary communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated recipient(s). If this communication is received in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br><br><br></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jonathan Kelley [mailto:jokelley@ala.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 06, 2012 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> ftrf-l@ala.org; ifaction@ala.org; stateifc@ala.org; nmrt-l@ala.org; ifrt-members@ala.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [ftrf-l] Application deadline TODAY for FTRF 2012 Conable Conference Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Reminder! TODAY is the deadline for submitting your application for the 2012 FTRF Conable Conference Scholarship. Applications will be accepted until midnight PDT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan Kelley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan Kelley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Freedom to Read Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>50 E. Huron St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(312) 280-4226<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(800) 545-2433 x4226 (toll-free)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(312) 280-4227 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>jokelley@ala.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ftrf">Follow FTRF on Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#8D3A3A'>Applications open for 2012 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, sponsored by FTRF<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='color:#333333'><br>The <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/index.cfm"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Freedom to Read Foundation</span></a> (<span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>FTRF</span></span>) has opened applications for the 2012<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/groups/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/ftrfinaction/conablescholarship/conable"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship</span></a>, which will enable a library school student or new professional to attend <a href="http://www.alaannual.org/"><span class=caps><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ALA</span></span><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>’s 2012 Annual Conference</span></a>, held June 21-26 in Anaheim, Calif.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The goal of the Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship is to advance two principles that Conable held dear: intellectual freedom and mentorship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The scholarship provides for conference registration, transportation, housing for six nights and six days per diem. In return, the recipient will be expected to attend various <span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>FTRF</span></span> and other intellectual freedom meetings and events at the conference, consult with a mentor/board member and present a report about their experiences. The recipient also will be invited, although not required, to provide daily updates about his or her experience on the Freedom to Read Foundation blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The deadline for submitting an application for the 2012 Conable Scholarship is Friday, April 6</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>; the award will be announced in May.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Who is eligible:</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Students currently enrolled in an<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/directory"><span class=caps><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ALA</span></span><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>-accredited library and information studies degree program</span></a>or an<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/aasleducation/schoollibrary/ncateaaslreviewed" target="_self" title="directory of aasl-recognized master’s programs in school librarianship"><span class=caps><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>AASL</span></span><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>-recognized master’s programs in school librarianship</span></a> and new professionals (those who are three or fewer years removed from receiving a library school degree) are eligible to receive the Conable Scholarship. Those interested must submit an application that includes two references and an essay detailing their interest in intellectual freedom issues. Applicants also are required to attach a résumé. If the recipient is already registered for <span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ALA</span></span>’s Annual Conference, he or she will have the conference fee refunded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>To apply for the <a href="http://www.ala.org/groups/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/ftrfinaction/conablescholarship/conable" target="_self"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship</span></a>, visit<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><u><a href="http://www.ftrf.org/"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>www.ftrf.org</span></a></u>. For more information, please contact Jonathan Kelley at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4226 or <a href="mailto:jokelley@ala.org"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>jokelley@ala.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Gordon Conable was a California librarian and intellectual freedom champion who served several terms as president of the Freedom to Read Foundation. He was executive vice president for public libraries at Library Systems and Services (<span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>LSSI</span></span>) in Riverside, Calif., and was responsible for management and performance of <span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>LSSI</span></span>’s public library contracts, including the 30-branch Riverside County, Calif., system. He also served as director of the Monroe County (Mich.) Library System from 1988–1998. During his tenure there, he withstood an intense controversy over Madonna's book “Sex.” Before that he was associate director of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library in Washington. For his efforts, Conable received the <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/ftrfinaction/rollofhonoraward/rollhonoraward.cfm"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/ifrt/awardsfinal/Immroth_Award/immroth.cfm"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award</span></a> for “intellectual freedom fighters.” In 1994 he was the first librarian recognized as Michigan’s Public Administrator of the Year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Following his unexpected death in 2005, his wife and <span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>FTRF</span></span> created the <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/relatedlinks/conablememoralfund.cfm"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Conable Fund</span></a>, which provides funding for the Conable Scholarship. To date, three Conable Scholarships have been granted. To contribute to the Conable Fund, contact the Freedom to Read Foundation at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4226 or e-mail <a href="mailto:ftrf@ala.org"><span style='color:#224970;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ftrf@ala.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;border-style:initial;border-color:initial'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Freedom to Read Foundation, an affiliated organization of the American Library Association, was founded in 1969 to promote and defend the right of individuals to freely express ideas and to access information in libraries and elsewhere. <span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>FTRF</span></span> fulfills its mission through the disbursement of grants to individuals and groups, primarily for the purpose of aiding them in litigation, and through direct participation in litigation dealing with freedom of speech and of the press.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>