Scholarship Info
About ARSL Conference Scholarships
ARSL Conference Scholarship Winners for 2011
Past Conference Scholarship Winners
About ARSL Conference Scholarships
The Association for Rural and Small Libraries currently offers three annual conference scholarships to promote the organization and the conference. They are the Dr. Bernard Vavrek Scholarship, the Founders Scholarship and the Ken Davenport Scholarship.
The Dr. Bernard Vavrek Scholarship will go to a current LIS student. It includes conference registration, hotel, $500 stipend and a free one-year membership in ARSL.
The Founders Scholarship and the Ken Davenport scholarship will go to a current library professional. They include conference registration, hotel, a $500 stipend and a free one-year membership in ARSL. The definition of a “Library Professional” is a library staff member working in a small and/or rural library. A degree or certification is not required.
Candidates do not need to be members of ARSL; however membership is encouraged.
The committee asks candidates for any scholarship to provide a briefly worded essay -”Why I Want To Go!” and a completed application form.
The winners should have not attended the ARSL conference before and will be required to write a short blog entry on the ARSL website to share their conference experience.
The Conference Scholarship Committee selects winners based on a demonstration of need, demonstration of not only a desire to serve the small and rural community but an already established pattern of working within the community, willingness to network, share and aid in developing new networks to aid small and/or rural libraries and a willingness to share what they learn at the conference with those in their networking areas.
A special thank you to our ARSL Premier Members who have helped make these scholarships possible through a $10 contribution as part of their membership.
For more information about conference scholarship here is the form used this year. Stay tuned in 2012 for more information on next year’s scholarships:
Conference Scholarship Application for 2011 (Word) ยป
ARSL Conference Scholarship Winners for 2011
Bernard Vavrek Scholarship
Jeff D. Saunders
Tallahassee, FL
Founders Scholarship
Jennifer Riordan
Kings County Library,
Handford, CA
Ken Davenport Scholarship
Angela Glowcheski
Lumpkin County Library,
Dawsonville, Georgia
Past Conference Scholarship Winners
ARSL Conference Scholarship Winners for 2010
Bernard Vavrek Scholarship
Cindy Stewart Grant
Student: Missouri University
Director: Mound City Public Library
Founders Scholarship
Joan Pellikka
Consultant Librarian: North Country Library System
Watertown, NY
Ken Davenport Scholarship
Beth Porter
Director: Heyworth Public Library
Heyworth, IL
ARSL Conference Scholarship Winners for 2009
Bernard Vavrek Scholarship Winner
Jennifer Stephenson
Student: University of Southern Mississippi (MLIS)
Director: Carroll County Public Library System
Carrollton MS 38917
jenstephenson at carroll.lib.ms.us
Founder’s Scholarship Winner
Paula DeMars
Director: Hill City Community Library
Main St, Hill City, SD 57745
hillcitylibrary at hillsitysd.org
