VLA Professional Development Grant Applications Open

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 Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, with the awardee notified by September 1. (Please note the deadline has been changed to August 14.)

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, contact one of the Scholarship and Awards Committee co-chairs:
Pamela Cartier at clic@vermontlaw.edu

Mary Danko at mdanko@burlingtonvt.gov

VLAC21 Award Winners

Every year at the annual conference, the Vermont Library Association presents five awards for outstanding service to and support of the state’s libraries. This year, we did something a little different. Rather than ask people to nominate for our usual awards, we invited them to name their own awards. The results were entertaining and heartfelt.

The winners were announced during the conference, “Emerging Energized,” held online May 25, 26, 27, and June 1 and 2. You can watch the awards ceremony recording here.

And the winners are…Read more→

Vermont Library Association 2021 Conference Registration Open

Register today for “Emerging Energized,” the Vermont Library Association’s Annual Conference for 2021. Visit the conference web page for complete details, including the program, speakers, and registration link.

Recommended Program Presenters, Performers, and Speakers

The Vermont Library Association (VLA) requests your help updating and maintaining our spreadsheet of recommended program performers, presenters, and speakers.

We’ve created this form you can fill out which will populate a spreadsheet that we can all use as a resource.

Questions? Contact ysrt@vermontlibraries.org. This project is brought to you by VLA’s Public Libraries Section.

Last update June 4, 2024

VLA Graduate Student Scholarship

The Vermont Library Association (VLA) promotes professional librarianship in Vermont and encourages involvement in professional development. In support of this, VLA has created a scholarship for those enrolled in a graduate-level library degree program.

VLA will award up to $1,500 to the selected, qualified applicant pursuing an MLS or MLIS degree. The check will go directly to the recipient’s educational program.

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 scholarship will be administered by the Vermont Library Association Scholarship Committee. The committee reserves the right not to award a scholarship if qualified applicants are not found. Priority will be based on monetary need and potential for involvement, leadership, and commitment to Vermont Libraries.

Click here for the scholarship application. It can be returned to Pamela Cartier at pcartier@vermontlaw.edu

The deadline for applications is November 15 each year, with the scholarship sent to the institution for the spring semester. Winners will be notified by December 15, and a check will be mailed after January 1.

Last updated October 26, 2024. (sl)