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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">**Apologies for cross-posting**<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello Librarians,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Springer Nature is proud to honor the legacy of Charleston librarian Cynthia Graham Hurd by sponsoring an
<a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/landing/hurd-memorial-scholarship#:~:text=Springer%20Nature%20is%20proud%20to,deadline%20is%20October%203%2C%202022.">
annual travel award</a> of $1,500 for library employees to attend the<span style="color:#002060">
</span><span style="color:black">Charleston Library Conference in November</span>. The submission deadline is October 7, 2022. If applicants need until Monday, October 10 please reach out to, my email is in the signature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To honor her legacy, Springer Nature will award a librarian who has created a project or lead an initiative that has made a positive impact on students, local communities, and/or the library profession. This includes encouraging advances
in diversity, equity and inclusion, developing educational and advocacy programs, supporting diverse research and learning needs, empowering students, improving educational outcomes, and fostering volunteerism and community outreach.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">To apply for the 2022 award, library employees are asked to complete this
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfONGXvkJR3o8zBOeuDct_XqYfeng8BpCf4ACLIvUE09XsZKw/viewform__;!!NLFGqXoFfo8MMQ!v1rDghDA7zPU9LdXLc3Un5sYWK-vsG98gmkFfnxrjQnX08uNoBtEVlMSWnxG1Xh0RDSHJl1Stbv3ayFTxjMj-yr0HIb-XId0qHn3Wjdpig$">
form</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.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">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></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Melanie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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
</span><span style="color:red;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1+212-726-9670<o:p></o:p></p>
<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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