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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for a friendly FYI.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="226" height="59" style="width:2.3541in;height:.6145in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4906B.7A13DED0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D3B497.3E1BD870"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ann Griffith l Electronic Resources Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Library Development and Networking Division l Texas State Library and Archives Commission<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1201 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701 l P.O Box 12927 Austin, TX 78711<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">512-463-6110 l 800-252-9386 l fax 512-936-2306 l <a href="agriffith@tsl.texas.gov%20%20">
<span style="color:blue">agriffith@tsl.texas.gov </span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/directory/index.html"><span style="color:blue">https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/directory/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>OPEN RECORDS NOTICE: This email and responses may be subject to Texas Open Records laws and may be disclosed to the public upon request. Please respond accordingly.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#181818">“Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.” - David Bowie</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Does your library have exciting, innovative ways to train your patrons about information technology?</span></i></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award honors an individual library, library consortium, group of librarians, or support organization for
innovative planning for, applications of, or development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. The annual award consists of $1,500 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement. </span><b><i><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/213/apply"><span style="color:#0070C0">All
types of libraries are welcome to apply!</span></a></span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The 2018 award winner was the NCSU Libraries in Raleigh, N.C. for their active learning centered Emerging Digital Information Skills workshops which addressed
a previously unmet need for instruction in areas </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">such as<span style="color:black"> data science, visualization, virtual reality, digital media production, fabrication</span>,<span style="color:black">
and introduced students and researchers to tools such as Tableau, WebVR frameworks, Jekyll, 3D printing and R programming. Sessions g</span>a<span style="color:black">ve a conceptual overview of the technology or process, provided a structured hands-on experience
where participants learned by doing, and allowed time for participants to apply that learning through open-ended exploration and play.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">N<span style="color:black">ominations</span> for 2019<span style="color:black"> should address
<b>the </b></span><b>following <span style="color:black">selection criteria</span></b>:<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Benefit to clients served;
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">B<span style="color:black">enefit to the technology information community;
</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I<span style="color:black">mpact on library operations;
</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Value to
<span style="color:black">public relations; </span>and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impact on the perception of the library or librarian in the work setting and to the specialized and/or general public.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ALA is
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">now <span style="color:black">
accepting </span>online <span style="color:black">nominations for the 2019 Library of the Future Award: </span><u><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/213/apply"><span style="color:#0070C0">http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/213/apply</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black">.
<b>The </b></span><b>deadline <span style="color:black">is February 1, 2019. </span>
</b><span style="color:black">For additional information, </span>please <span style="color:black">
contact Rene Erlandson, Award Jury Chair, </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:rene.erlandson@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0070C0">rene.erlandson@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> or Cheryl Malden, ALA Governance Office, </span><u><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:cmalden@ala.org"><span style="color:#0070C0">cmalden@ala.org</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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