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January 25th Council Meeting Postponed

The January meeting of the VLA Council has been postponed due to illness. We apologize for any inconvenience, and will communicate a new date for the meeting shortly. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Varga, VLA Executive Director, at vla.lisav@cox.net.

Thank you for your patience and understadning.

2013 Application for VLA Scholarship and Clara Stanley Scholarship

VLA Scholarship Application 2013

VLA Scholarship Recommendation Form 2013

The links above are the application packet for the Virginia Library Association Scholarship. The Virginia Library Association awards two $2,500 scholarships to students pursuing a Masters degree in Library Science at ALA accredited schools. One of these, the Clara Stanley Scholarship, is awarded by the VLA [...]

VLA Scholarship Committee Seeks Members

Did you know….each year, VLA provides two $2500 scholarships to VLA members pursuing their MLS degree? Competition for these coveted scholarships is intense, and we need help choosing the lucky recipients. This is where YOU come in.

The VLA Scholarship Committee is seeking members to round out our 12-person committee. Your responsibilities include:

Review of [...]

Experimenting in an iPad Sandbox

Conference Presentations 2001-2012

We need your feedback!

Planning for the 2013 conference is well underway, and we need your feedback from your experiences this week to help improve the attendee experience. If you haven’t already, please complete our Attendee Survey. It takes just a few moments and our planning committee for 2013, co-chaired by Rebecca K. Miller and Megan Hodge, will greatly [...]

VLA October 2012 Statement of Activities

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VLA 2012 Final Conference Program (click to open the .pdf)

VLA CONFERENCE UPDATES

It’s hard to believe the VLA Conference is just a little over two weeks away! The Conference Tote Bags have arrived, Presenters are planning their sessions, and our Keynote Speakers (Nancy Dowd and Hillary Jordan) are excited to visit Williamsburg! We have just a few things to let you know about, if you have already [...]

Rebecca K. Miller and Megan Hodge Recieve Presidential Citation

At the 2012 Annual Conference, President Connie Gilman presented Rebecca K. Miller of Virginia Tech and Megan Hodge of Chesterfield County Public Library with the VLA Presidential Citation. The text of the Citation read:

“In May of 2011, the Virginia Library Association Executive Committee received a petition, signed by 36 library staff from Virginia. The [...]