[Ohiodig] Archives Merit Award - Nominations due March 17

[Carleton, Janet (she/her)]

Do you need more time to nominate an individual or organization for the SOA Merit Award?  Nominations will be accepted through Monday, March 17!

[cid:image002.png at 01DB9362.496426E0]The SOA Membership & Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2025 Society of Ohio Archivists Merit Award<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/>.
The award is given to individuals or organizations that have by excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of archives in Ohio over the past year. The award will be announced at the SOA Annual Meeting<https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/>, which will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.

A fillable PDF Merit Award nomination form<https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardNomination2025-approvedfinal.pdf> is available to download. The Merit Award rubric<https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardRubric2025-approvedfinal.pdf> is available for your reference. Deadline to apply is March 17, 2025.

Nominations should include the following information:

  *   Name of nominee;
  *   Nominee's employer or institution;
  *   Nominee's mailing address, phone number, and email address;
  *   Brief reason for nomination;
  *   The nominator's contact information so that the awards committee may contact you for additional information.
See the list of past awardees<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/#awardees> on the Merit Award page<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/>.
Applications and inquiries can be emailed to Membership & Awards Committee co-chairs Stephanie Shreffler<mailto:sshreffler1 at udayton.edu> and Helen Conger<mailto:helen.conger at case.edu>.

Past 5 years awardees:

  *   2024: The Greene County Records Center and Archives
  *   2024: Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
  *   2023: Adam Wanter
  *   2023: The Warren County Records Center & Archives
  *   2022: Jocelyn Robinson
  *   2022: Ohio Digitization Interest Group
  *   2021: The University of Akron
  *   2020: Licking County Records and Archives Department.
  *   2020: Cate Putirskis

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