For immediate release | March 3, 2017

SustainRT offers $500 travel award to attend 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Chicago

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CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) is inviting submissions for its first-ever travel award, featuring a $500 good for travel costs for 91´«Ã½’s 2017 Annual Conference in Chicago.

To apply for the award, applicants are invited to submit a 60 second video under the theme “Green is the New Black,” explaining how libraries can empower their customers and communities to create a greener, more sustainable future. Creativity is encouraged. Applicants must be SustainRT members. To add SustainRT to your membership, please log in to or call 800-545-2433, ext. 7.

Submissions will be accepted through 11:59 PM CT on March 15, 2017. To submit your video, please visit

Following the deadline, SustainRT will select and post the top three videos on the . The video receiving the most “likes” by 11:59PM CT on March 31, 2017 will be on April 1, 2017.

was created as a venue in which members exchange ideas and opportunities regarding sustainability in order to move toward a more equitable, healthy and economically viable society. The mission of the organization is to provide resources for the library community to support sustainability through curriculum development; collections; exhibits; events; advocacy, communication, library buildings and space design. SustainRT is open to all 91´«Ã½ members and will include both individual members and organizational members.

Contact:

John L. Amundsen

Program Officer, Outreach and Communications

91´«Ã½ Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach Services

jamundsen@ala.org

(312) 280-2140