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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#001B6B">Enter our contest for the chance to win a registration and travel stipend for the 2026 Charleston Conference </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Sage’s 2026 Charleston Library Contest is now open for entries. To enter, we are asking academic librarians and library workers to submit a response to this question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">In a time of rapid change across higher education, scholarly communication, and library services, what is one challenge or opportunity that academic libraries should address
with greater creativity, collaboration, or urgency?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Drawing on your own experience, describe a specific issue you see emerging, explain why it matters, and share one practical
idea, strategy, or question that you believe the profession should explore further.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Email submissions to </span><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#056DF5;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Sage.Contest@sagepub.com">Sage.Contest@sagepub.com</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">
with the subject line “2026 Charleston Library Contest” and include:</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none">Your name</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none">Your email address </span>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none">Name of your library (if applicable) and work higher education institution </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";mso-ligatures:none">A 300-word response to the above question
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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Entries must be submitted by September 14, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">The grand-prize winner will receive complimentary conference registration and a $500 travel stipend. Five additional winners will each receive $50 Amazon gift cards. The winning entry will
be featured in the Charleston Conference’s photo desk calendar (for calendar year 2025), which will be given to all conference attendees.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Librarians and library workers play a pivotal role in ensuring student success and in the scholarly process of researching faculty. We believe investing in their future means investing in
all higher ed and as an independent company, we are free to look for new and creative ways to support them. Please feel free
<a href="mailto:press@sagepub.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#056DF5">to reach out with additional ideas</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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