The 2012 Youth Services Forum of the Virginia Library Association will meet on Friday, June 8, at 1:30 PM at the Twin Hickory Branch of the Henrico County Library System, located at 5001 Twin Hickory Road, Glen Allen, VA. Click here for information and directions.

VLA Paraprofessional Clara Stanley Scholarship

The 2012 recipient of the VLAPF Clara Stanley Scholarship is Zoe Dellinger from Edinburg, VA. Currently, Zoe works as the Circulation Supervisor at the Shenandoah County Library. As she stated, “Libraries in small, rural communities such as ours have few other institutions that provide afterschool programs, teen activities, arts enrichment, entertainment and lifelong learning. Our library is essential to the economic, social and cultural well-being of our community” and she is proud to be contributing to that community. Zoe has been active in VLA since 2010. She is obtaining her MLIS degree and a Graduate Advanced Certificate in library management from the University of North Texas.

VLA Scholarship

The 2012 recipient of the VLA Scholarship is Claire Covington of Fishersville, VA. She has been employed as the Youth Services Coordinator at the August County Library since July 2011 and began working there in March 2009 as a Library Assistant. One of Claire’s goals in obtaining a graduate degree is to “promote, educate, and entertain patrons in order to increase library usage and to instill a lifelong love of reading in the people of my community.” She has been active in VLA since 2010. Claire is earning her MLIS degree from the University of South Carolina.

The 2012 VLA Annual Conference will be held October 24-26 at the Williamsburg Hotel & Conference Center. Click here for the complete VLA Exhibitor Application and Sponsorship Packet. Thank you for your support of VLA! We look forward to seeing you in Williamsburg!

The Virginia Library Association Awards and Recognition Committeeseeks nominations for the following VLA Awards: Honorary Life Membership George Mason Award Trustee Library Award Friends of the Library Award

The deadline for nominationsis May 15, 2012. Thecriteria for each award and the nomination form are located on the Awards andRecognition Committee page on the VLA website (http://www.vla.org/?page_id=1434 ).

Nominations may be submittedelectronically to Lisa Varga, VLA Executive Director (vla.lisav@cox.net).

When your Snapshot is concluded and your statistics, comments, and photos collected, it’s time to add your voice to Snapshot Virginia.

1. Enter your statistics using the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SNAPSHOTVA2012

If possible, add all branches of your library system together and submit one survey. If only some of your branches participated, then enter a separate survey for each. If you need to amend your survey, simply enter a new one. I will retain only your most recent submission.

2. Email patron comments to Kim.Armentrout@lva.virginia.gov

When you’re typing these, feel free to correct typos or simple grammatical errors.

3. Upload your photos to Flickr (some great photos have already been submitted this year).

a. Contact sbonney@crrl.org for login info
b. Once you’re logged in, click Upload Photos and Videos to begin.
c. Please tag your photos with these tags: VLA snapshotday LVA “your library’s name” Leave spaces between the tags please, and put quotes only around your library’s name. Feel free to include a brief description or caption for each photo.

Please have your statistics, photos, and comments in by May 18.

thanks,

Sean Bonney
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
sbonney@crrl.org
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