{"id":18128,"date":"2025-10-27T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18128"},"modified":"2025-10-27T18:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:55:24","slug":"reminder-nominations-for-2025-hsli-starfish-thrower-award-due-fri-oct-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/reminder-nominations-for-2025-hsli-starfish-thrower-award-due-fri-oct-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Nominations for 2025 HSLI Starfish Thrower Award Due 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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeaOsSIlQCch24SP1dhBSVP2FEkpQ1jYkEmSMHBgqCjhUUe7g\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nomination form<\/a>, no later than&nbsp;<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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on the Award, please go\u00a0<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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<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 HSLI President Betsy Sterner,\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:esterner@niu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">esterner@niu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:president@hsli.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">president@hsli.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/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-18128","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\/18128","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=18128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18129,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128\/revisions\/18129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}