Category Archives: Scholarship Committee

VLA 2024 Graduate Student Scholarship Applications Due November 15

The Vermont Library Association (VLA) Scholarship & Awards Committee is accepting applications for the 2024 Graduate Student Scholarship.  Up to $1,500 is available for VLA members pursuing an MLS or MLIS degree.

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • be enrolled in an MLS/MLIS program;
  • be an active VLA member;
  • live in Vermont and/or work in a Vermont library, and;
  • not have received a scholarship from VLA in the past two years.

The deadline for applications is November 15, 2024, with the scholarship sent to the institution for the spring 2025 semester.  For complete details and to apply visit the VLA Graduate Student Scholarship webpage.

2024 Fall Professional Development Grant Applications Due August 1

Applications are due by Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, for the next round of Vermont Library Association Professional Development Grants. Up to $250 is available for VLA members to attend a professional development program such as a workshop, conference, or continuing education course. Priority is given by monetary need, library involvement, leadership, and commitment to Vermont libraries.

To be eligible, applicants must:
– Be an active VLA member;
– Live in Vermont and/or work in a Vermont library; and
– Have not received a scholarship from VLA in the past two years.

Winners will be notified on September 1. Grant recipients are required to write a brief account of their professional development opportunity for VLA News, our quarterly email newsletter.

Please visit our VLA Professional Development Grant web page for complete details and the application.

Apply Today for the Fall Professional Development Grant

The Vermont Library Association’s Scholarship and Awards Committee is accepting applications for the fall round of their professional development grant. Up to $250 is available to attend a workshop, a conference, or a continuing education course.  The deadline for applications is Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, with the awardee notified by September 1.

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be an active VLA member;
  • Live in Vermont and/or work in a Vermont library; and
  • Not have received a scholarship from VLA in the past two years.

For complete details and to apply, visit the VLA Professional Development Grant web page.

If you have additional questions, please contact Pamela Cartier, chair of the Scholarship and Awards Committee, at pcartier@vermontlaw.edu.

Congratulations to Ellen Kaye of Putney, VT!

The VLA Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the first MLIS scholarship has been awarded to Ellen Kaye of Putney, VT. Ellen has demonstrated great dedication to Vermont libraries and communities through both her pursuit of her MLIS from Simmons College and her work on The Commons newspaper in Windham County. Both her professional work and her school work garnered great praise and she has been described as “an excellent student and very dedicated to library services and the issues that face libraries” and “a great candidate for working in libraries” who has “great energy.” Congratulations, Ellen!