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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Do you need more time to nominate an individual or organization for the SOA Merit Award? Nominations will be accepted through Monday, March 17!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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SOA Membership & Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2025 <b><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/"><span style="color:black">Society
of Ohio Archivists Merit Award</span></a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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 <a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/">
<span style="color:black">Annual Meeting</span></a>, which will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A fillable PDF
<a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardNomination2025-approvedfinal.pdf" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardNomination2025-approvedfinal.pdf">
<span style="color:black">Merit Award nomination form</span></a> is available to download. The
<a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardRubric2025-approvedfinal.pdf" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOAMeritAwardRubric2025-approvedfinal.pdf">
<span style="color:black">Merit Award rubric</span></a> is available for your reference.
<b>Deadline to apply is March 17, 2025.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Nominations should include the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Name of nominee;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin:2.57143rem">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nominee’s employer or institution;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin:2.57143rem">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nominee’s mailing address, phone number, and email address;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin:2.57143rem">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brief reason for nomination;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin:2.57143rem">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The nominator’s contact information so that the awards committee may contact you for additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">See the
<a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/#awardees" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/#awardees">
<span style="color:black">list of past awardees</span></a> on the <a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/">
<span style="color:black">Merit Award page</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Applications and inquiries can be emailed to Membership & Awards Committee co-chairs
<a href="mailto:sshreffler1@udayton.edu" title="mailto:sshreffler1@udayton.edu"><span style="color:black">Stephanie Shreffler</span></a> and
<a href="mailto:helen.conger@case.edu" title="mailto:helen.conger@case.edu"><span style="color:black">Helen Conger</span></a>.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Past 5 years awardees:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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2024: The Greene County Records Center and Archives<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2024: Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2023: Adam Wanter<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2023: The Warren County Records Center & Archives<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2022: Jocelyn Robinson<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2022: Ohio Digitization Interest Group<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2021: The University of Akron<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2020: Licking County Records and Archives Department.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
2020: Cate Putirskis<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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