{"id":18074,"date":"2025-10-15T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18074"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:02:33","slug":"call-for-nominations-2025-hsli-starfish-thrower-award-deadline-fri-oct-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-nominations-2025-hsli-starfish-thrower-award-deadline-fri-oct-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Nominations: 2025 HSLI Starfish Thrower Award&#8211;Deadline Fri., Oct. 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Betsy Sterner, HSLI President)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Know a Health Science Librarians of Illinois member who has made a lasting difference in the organization? Consider nominating the person for the 2025 Starfish Thrower Award!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First presented in 2000, the Starfish Thrower Award is based on the story of the child who \u201cmakes a difference\u201d by throwing stranded starfish back into the ocean, one at a time. Thus, the Award recognizes the efforts and contributions of an individual HSLI member toward the good of the organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To nominate an HSLI colleague, or to nominate yourself, please complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeaOsSIlQCch24SP1dhBSVP2FEkpQ1jYkEmSMHBgqCjhUUe7g\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nomination form<\/a>, no later than <strong>Friday, October 31<\/strong>. I will announce the winner at the HSLI Business Meeting, which will take place during the Annual Conference on Wednesday, November 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on the Award, please go <a href=\"https:\/\/hsli.org\/awards\/star-thrower_award_p_and_p.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. See lists of past recipients and overviews of their accomplishments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/category\/awards-hsli\/star-fish-thrower-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Please direct any questions to Betsy Sterner, <a href=\"mailto:esterner@niu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">esterner@niu.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:president@hsli.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">president@hsli.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Betsy Sterner, HSLI President) Know a Health Science Librarians of Illinois member who has made a lasting difference in the organization? Consider nominating the person for the 2025 Starfish Thrower Award!&nbsp; First presented in 2000, the Starfish Thrower Award is based on the story of the child who \u201cmakes a difference\u201d by throwing stranded&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-hsli","category-calls-and-requests","category-star-fish-thrower-award"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18076,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18074\/revisions\/18076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}