<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-267645b9-7fff-0b8a-b130-632dbee26d96"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ER&L is seeking to elevate stories from librarians, library staff groups and administrators who have created or implemented tools, programs, practices, partnerships, policies or activities that improve technology-based teaching or research processes that are centered in the library. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And we have an award to celebrate these innovations!</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Established by </span><a href="https://www.technologyfromsage.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Technology from SAGE</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, a portfolio of digital services from Lean Library, Talis, and Adam Matthew, in partnership with Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L), the Technology from SAGE Innovators Awards recognize technological innovations in e-resources librarianship, especially in support of pedagogy and/or research workflows across campus. These innovations should use technology to remove barriers to knowledge, reflecting the spirit of innovation upon which Technology from SAGE was launched. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn More About the ER&L & Technology from SAGE Innovators Award: </span><a href="https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/sage-innovators-award/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/sage-innovators-award/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Have you made an improvement in your library? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You're busy. You, your team and your library are making things happen when we've been asked to do a lot during these past 2 years. Let's get some acknowledgement and reward for that work from your peers.  </span></p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apply by February 7th: </span><a href="https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/sage-innovators-award/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/sage-innovators-award/</span></a></span><br></div>