From: "Gamboa, Camille" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:10:27 +0000 **Apologies for any cross posting** Dear Colleagues, Please see below details to enter a photo contest for a chance to win a travel grant to the Charleston Conference 2014 or one of eleven Amazon Gift Cards. Deadline is September 20th. Kind Regards, Camille **************** New photo contest, Sponsored by SAGE: How do you market your library? From social media to events to campus-wide emails, librarians regularly promote their libraries' services to patrons in exciting and creative ways. Send us a photo from your favorite campaign or outreach event for a chance to win a travel grant to the 2014 Charleston Conference or one of eleven $50 Amazon gift cards. From now until 11:59pm, PST on September 20, 2013, we invite all academic librarians in the U.S. and Canada to submit a photo that depicts anything you are doing to market your library. Click here for more information or to enter the contest: http://ow.ly/ohdYD Contest Details: What are we looking for? - Images of exhibits from within your library - Images of flyers created for your library - Images of any other library-promoting material - Images that illustrate what you are doing online or through social media - Images taken at a special library-related event from inside or outside your library ...And so much more (we welcome creativity!) We DON'T expect you to be a professional photographer to submit - smartphone/digital camera photos are encouraged. *Prizes:* 1 first-place winner will receive a voucher for registration at the 2014 Charleston Conference as well as $500 for travel related expenses to attend the 2013 Charleston Conference. 11 second-place winners will receive a $50 Amazon gift cards to purchase book(s) of their choice. All 12 winners will have their entry photographs featured in the 2013 Charleston Conference's photo-desk calendar which will be given to all conference attendees. The winners will be based on the following 3 criteria: - Ability to illustrate how they market their library - Creativity - Quality of the photo entry Best of Luck! Camille Gamboa PR Associate SAGE [log in to unmask] T: 805-410-7441