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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">ATG Media is pleased to announce the recipients for the third annual Up and Comers award. This award is intended for librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers,
MLIS students, instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their field or are in the early years of the profession. Up and Comers are passionate about the future of libraries. They innovate, inspire, collaborate, and take risks. They are future
library leaders and change makers, and we are excited to celebrate them with this award.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">The 2019 ATG Media Up & Comers are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Sciences Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lindsay Barnett</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale
University</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth Cope</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, University of Tennessee Knoxville</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meghan Cook</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, University of South Florida Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Moon Kim</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Ohio State University Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jocelyn Lewis</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, George Mason University</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Nickels</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, North Carolina State University Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ariana E. Santiago</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, University of Houston Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Victoria Seng</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, University of Kentucky</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#363636;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phil Willke</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, State Library of Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636"> "A big congratulations to all of our award winners," says Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Conference. "I'm so pleased to see all of the innovation
and the many accomplishments that are displayed here, and I look forward to seeing what the future brings for these bright rising stars."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">"It's truly a humbling experience to learn about the exciting and thoughtful work this year's crop of Up & Comers are doing to advance excellence, equity, and visibility
in academic libraries," says Erin Gallagher, Electronic Resources Librarian at George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, and Charleston Conference Director who organizes the Up & Comers Awards each year. "The future of our profession is bright!
I can't wait to get to know more about them and to meet them at this year's Charleston Conference!"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">The 2019 Up and Comers will be recognized in the December/January issue of Against the Grain, and they will be featured in a series of scheduled podcast interviews.
We will recognize the award winners in person at the Charleston Conference First Time Attendee Reception on Tuesday, November 5, at 7:00 pm in the Colonial Ballroom of the Francis Marion Hotel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">About ATG Media</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">: ATG Media is a new umbrella group that includes the Charleston
Conference, Against the Grain, "Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals," and "Charleston Voices," perspectives from the annual Charleston Conference. ATG Media is a wholly owned subsidiary of ATG, LLC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">About the Charleston Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636">: The Charleston Conference is an informal
annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to them all. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from
different areas who discuss the same issues in a non-threatening, friendly, and highly informal environment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636"><a href="http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com">www.charlestonlibraryconference.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Erin Gallagher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Electronic Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">George A. Smathers Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">400 SMA, P.O. Box 117007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Gainesville, FL 32611-7007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:gallaghere@ufl.edu"><span style="color:#1F497D">gallaghere@ufl.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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