Recent Jobs
Head Librarian / Director – Highgate Library and Community Center (Highgate, VT)
Visiting Assistant Librarian, Reference and Instruction – SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY)
Part-Time Library Director – Butterfield Library / Westminster Institute (Westminster, VT)
Digital Specialist – South Burlington Public Library (South Burlington, VT)
Technical Services Librarian – Brooks Memorial Library (Brattleboro, VT)
VLA Conference
Save the date for our 2024 conference on Monday, May 20: Libraries Empowering Communities: Standing Together in Uncertain Times. Here are links to past conferences back to 2014
VLA Updates
Vermont Library Freedom to Read Statement
Intellectual freedom is the right of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is one of the core values of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society; it promotes access to information and guides the defense against censorship. In 1953, the […]
Vermont Library Association Conference 2024 Call for Proposals
The Vermont Library Association (VLA) is seeking presenters for “Libraries Empowering Communities: Standing Together in Uncertain Times,” our 129th annual conference scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2024. Proposals are due by Monday, March 4, 2024. Libraries are facing unprecedented challenges to our profession. Through this one-day conference, we seek ways to empower and connect our […]
- Vermont Library Association 2024 Conference Set for May 20
- VLA Executive Committee Seeks Member Input for Strategic Actions
- Public Libraries Section Hosts Franklin County Library Tour
- Procedure for Developing a Vermont Library Association Issue Statement
- Franklin County Vermont Public Library Tour November 17
Look At Some Of Vermont’s Libraries
Our Mission
The Vermont Library Association is an educational organization working to develop, promote, and improve library and information services and librarianship in the state of Vermont.
From Our President
The role of libraries has never been more essential in addressing the crucial issues of our time by connecting us to ideas and to one another, providing free and equitable access to resources, embodying the values of democracy and inclusion, creating joy and inspiring wonder. I am very honored and excited to work with my Vermont colleagues to champion and advance the vital mission of the Vermont Library Association.
Oceana Wilson (she, her)
VLA President
Dean of the Library, Bennington College