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<b>Will Your Library Take Home the Suffolk Library Marketing Award This Year?</b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The </span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" title="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA9dff218e-4058-7c4d-7439-abf0b31d34e7" target="_blank" href="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/">Suffolk
Library Marketing Award (SLMA)</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> recognizes the best marketing campaign by a public or academic library in Suffolk County over the last year.<br>
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<b>The deadline for submission of an SLMA application is Friday, September 12, 2025</b>. </span></div>
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Marketing campaigns initiated between October 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025 are eligible for the competition. </div>
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The winner receives recognition among their peers and takes home the coveted SLMA plaque to proudly display in their library for the next year. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Get the 2025 competition details and application documents on the RASD Library Marketing Committee website here:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><b><u><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" title="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA705f5ae1-7126-e3d2-3e50-c226d59e768d" target="_blank" href="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/">https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Additional Resources</b><br>
Want to learn more about the SLMA competition? </span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" title="Original URL: https://sachemlibrary-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/christine_lyons_sachemlibrary_org/EXzcot7fpKNIh_q7DAuJVB0BysiBKBO9N6cpehnaWbSqhw. Click or tap if you trust this link." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA0183290b-b521-3b96-4370-dad779917e60" target="_blank" href="https://sachemlibrary-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/christine_lyons_sachemlibrary_org/EXzcot7fpKNIh_q7DAuJVB0BysiBKBO9N6cpehnaWbSqhw">Watch
the video replay of a roundtable discussion with the 2023 SLMA winners</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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Good luck! </div>
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Best Regards, </div>
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Jim Garvey<br>
Chair</div>
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Anastasia Bazilevskaya<br>
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