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VLA 2012 Elections: Candidates Announced!

VLA’s 2012 Elections will be held electronically in August 2011. Please take the time to read your candidate’s Biographical Information and Candidate Statements.

Remember, in order to vote you MUST BE A MEMBER OF VLA. To become a member or renew your membership, click here.

Vice President/President Elect: Lisa Lee Broughman (Randolph College) and Carol [...]

2011 VLA Scholarship Winners Announced!

VLA Paraprofessional Clara Stanley Scholarship: The 2011 recipient of the VLAPF Clara Stanley Scholarship is Andi Ogier from Blacksburg, VA. Currently, Andi works as the Serials Continuations Specialist at the Newman Library of Virginia Tech. Andi has been active in VLA since 2010, and will present a session at the May 2011 Paraprofessional Conference. For [...]

$15 Webjunction Classes available NOW



Save $25 on Webjunction Classes…now only $15!

Webjunction Virginia is offering classes from their online course catalog for only $15 (through the generosity of the Library of Virginia). For information about Webjunction Virginia, please click here

For account information and step-by-step instructions, click here

Remember, getting an account is free…and through this new program, [...]

Nominations for VLA Paraprofessional Forum Awards due May 1

The VLA Paraprofessional Forum invites you to nominate one of your colleagues or yourself to receive one of the three awards being given during the annual conference in May. The awards and descriptions of each one are listed below.

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Submit your Concurrent Session Proposal NOW for VLA 2011!

Complete your Concurrent Session Proposal NOW for the 2011 VLA Annual Conference in Portsmouth, VA on October 27-28, 2011! You can now complete the fillable .pdf and e-mail it to VLA! Help us promote sustainability by saving paper! Deadline: May 1, 2011.

Concurrent Session Proposal Form 2011

Roanoke Valley Library Association (RVLA) Scholarship

To encourage members to continue their education, the Roanoke Valley Library Association annually offers scholarships to members enrolled in an ALA-accredited school. Membership is limited to residents of the Roanoke Valley area and immediately surrounding counties with RVLA membership. $250 is divided among the applicants. A completed application must be submitted by mail by January [...]

2010 Conference: Lodging reservation deadline extended

The deadline to reserve a room at the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel has been extended until Friday, October 1.  Please make your reservation NOW and make sure you tell them you are with the Virginia Library Association in order to receive the conference rate.

Longtime Radford librarian to retire

Longtime Radford Public Library Director Ann Fisher will retire this month after three decades.

“It has been a very wonderful experience,” said Fisher, who will depart Sept. 30.

“Radford has been good for me, and I think I’ve been good for Radford.”

Fisher has been with the library for 33 years — the first three [...]

Why wait? REGISTER TODAY!

Registration is open for the 2010 VLA Annual Conference to be held October 21-22 in Portsmouth, Va. A limited block of rooms at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel is available for VLA conference attendees at the VLA’s negotiated discount rate. Rooms are going fast, so please make your reservation soon.

Some good reasons to attend this [...]

Call for Paraprofessional Conference Session Proposals

If you would like to present a session at the 2011 Paraprofessional Forum please fill out and submit the PDF form below by Sept. 30, 2010.

The 2011 Paraprofessional Forum Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Select/Koger Center in Richmond, VA on May 22-24, 2011

vlapf_session_proposal11_form (PDF)

Deadline for submissions is Sept. 30, 2010

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