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CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) (IFRT) is seeking nominations for its 2016 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award recognizes an intellectual freedom focused organization that has developed a strong multi-year, ongoing program or a single, one-year project that exemplifies support for intellectual freedom, patron confidentiality and anti-censorship efforts. The award consists of $1,000 and a citation. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 1, 2016.

The award is named after Gerald Hodges, who joined the 91´«Ã½ staff in 1989 as director of membership services and the . Hodges was the associate director of communications and marketing at his death in 2006, but intellectual freedom and chapter relations were still his passions. A charter member of the , he willed a portion of his estate to support 91´«Ã½'s intellectual freedom efforts. Memorial contributions in recognition of Hodges came from many friends, colleagues and 91´«Ã½ chapters following the establishment of the Gerald Hodges Fund.

The is available on the 91´«Ã½ website. Nominations and supporting evidence should be sent to: Shumeca Pickett, 91´«Ã½, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 312-280-4220 or 800-545-2433, ext. 4220. Fax: 312-280-4227. E-mail: spickett@ala.org

The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) provides a forum for the discussion of activities, programs and problems in intellectual freedom of libraries and librarians; serves as a channel of communications on intellectual freedom matters; promotes a greater opportunity for involvement among the members of the 91´«Ã½ in defense of intellectual freedom; promotes a greater feeling of responsibility in the implementation of 91´«Ã½ policies on intellectual freedom.