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Subject: Bernard Vavrek Scholarship

Please share this information with your library school and library students.

The Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) $1,000 Bernard Vavrek Scholarship.


In order to contribute to the education and training of library staff working in the area of bookmobile and outreach services, ABOS has created the Bernard Vavrek Scholarship.

It is awarded annually to a student who has been accepted into or is currently enrolled in a Library and/or Information Science graduate degree program, and who is interested in this particular field within the library profession. A check will be sent directly to the ALA accredited library school where the applicant is currently enrolled to be applied to the next term of study.

Dr. Bernard Vavrek, Professor of Library Science and Chair of the Library Science Department at Clarion University, retired after teaching at Clarion from 1971-2008. He co-founded with John Philip the “Great American Bookmobile Conference” running it for many years until ABOS was formed and took over management of the conference.  This scholarship honors Dr. Vavrek’s profound commitment to library science and, in particular, bookmobile and outreach services.

Please visit the ABOS website at www.abos-outreach.org<http://www.abos-outreach.org> and go to the Awards area. Application deadline is August 1, 2011.


Cindy McFadden
Outreach Services Coordinator/Supervisor
Mobile Library Svcs, Homebound Svcs and Language Svcs
Arapahoe Library District
5955 S. Holly St
Centennial, CO 80121
303-792-8944
720-278-4381 cell
303-741-9599 fax
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www.arapahoelibraries.org
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