<font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The 2025 Library Directory Associates Award (LDA) nominations are now open!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #404040; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">The LDA Award provides recognition to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to libraries on Long Island. By honoring the winner, we honor all the people who contribute to the profession. The LDA Award will be presented at the Long Island Library Conference on Thursday, May 8th 2025.</span></p>
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