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.