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<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""> alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org [mailto:alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Wood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 14, 2015 12:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@lists.ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] 2015 I Love My LIbrarian Award!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As you are all aware librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day. This year, New York Public Library is joining Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York
Times and ALA in asking members of the public to nominate their librarian for the 2015 I Love My Librarian Award!
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">10 librarians will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a travel stipend to attend the awards ceremony and reception in New York City, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nominations open through September 28, providing additional time for school and academic librarians whose institutions will just be getting back
in session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Visit I Love Libraries website to nominate a librarian.
<a href="http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian">http://ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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