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<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">Final Reminder:</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">Will Your Library Take Home the Suffolk Library Marketing Award This Year?</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;"><b>The deadline for submission of an SLMA 2026 application is Friday, September 11,
2026</b>. </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); line-height: 120%;"><a href="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" target="_blank" id="OWAff1e86cd-4a24-ce1a-966f-29d727296169" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Suffolk
Library Marketing Award (SLMA)</a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;"> recognizes the best marketing campaign by a public or academic library in Suffolk County over the last year.</span></p>
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The winner receives recognition among their peers and takes home the coveted SLMA plaque to proudly display in their library. </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;"><b>Get the 2026 competition details and application documents on the RASD Library Marketing
Committee website here:</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); line-height: 120%;"><a href="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" target="_blank" id="OWA856eef8f-bcd8-8b00-9416-c97c62d299c0" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b>https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/index.php/suffolk-library-marketing-award-slma/</b></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;"><b>Additional Resources</b><br>
Want to learn more about the SLMA competition? Watch this roundtable discussion video:</span></p>
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SLMA Winners Roundtable – video download replay</a></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">Good luck in the SLMA 2026 competition! </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">Best Regards, </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">The RASD Library Marketing Committee</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); line-height: 120%;"><a href="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/" target="_blank" id="OWA18eddac9-3682-fa1b-0d1e-909b73453fd8" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://scla.net/rasd/librarymarketing/</a></span></p>
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Chair</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.44; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 120%;">Anastasia Bazilevskaya - Deer Park Public Library<br>
Co-chair</span></p>
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