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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#7D7D7E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<h4 style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">Springer Nature is proud to honor the legacy of Cynthia Graham Hurd by sponsoring an
<a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/landing/hurd-memorial-scholarship">
annual travel award of $1,500</a> for library employees to attend the <a href="https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/welcome/2022-charleston-conference/" target="_self"><span style="color:#1B778F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Charleston
Library Conference</span></a>. The submission deadline is October 3, 2022. <o:p>
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<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">Cynthia Graham Hurd was a librarian for over 31 years in Charleston public and academic libraries. She worked as the branch manager
of the popular St. Andrews Regional Library, and as a part-time reference librarian at the College of Charleston. On June 17, 2015, her life ended when a lone gunman entered the historic Emanuel AME Church and killed nine people during a prayer meeting. Cynthia
is remembered as a “tireless servant of the community who spent her life helping residents, making sure they had every opportunity for an education and personal growth.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">To honor her legacy, Springer Nature will award a librarian who has created a project or lead an initiative that has made a positive impact on students, local communities, and/or
the library profession. This includes encouraging advances in diversity, equity and inclusion, developing educational and advocacy programs, supporting diverse research and learning needs, empowering students, improving educational outcomes, and fostering
volunteerism and community outreach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0.5rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444">To apply for the 2022 award, library employees are asked to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfONGXvkJR3o8zBOeuDct_XqYfeng8BpCf4ACLIvUE09XsZKw/viewform" target="_self"><span style="color:#1B778F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">complete
this form</span></a> and submit a 400-500 word PDF detailing the project or initiative. Feel free to attached supporting work samples for your project, however, it is not required. The recipient will be a person who may not have had an opportunity or professional
development budget to attend the conference. Our aim is to support these librarians who are bettering the world with their work and supporting diversity in the library profession. The award will be applied to conference costs such as registration, travel and
accommodations that Springer Nature will coordinate on behalf of the winner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4 style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">Melanie<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal">Melanie Masserant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Customer Engagement Events Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Springer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="mailto:Melanie.masserant@springernature.com">Melanie.masserant@springernature.com</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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