Call for Submissions: Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services (ABOS) Bernard Vavrek Scholarship

Posted March 24, 2020

The Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services (ABOS), an affiliate of the American Library Association, offers annual awards that recognize outstanding service, support for conference attendance, and the education of a student currently enrolled in a Library Science degree program.  In particular, The Bernard Vavrek Scholarship provides $1000 to a library school student interested in outreach and bookmobile services.

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 librarianship.

 

The 2020 Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas on October 14-16, 2020 at the Wyndham Suites – Park Central. Please share information about our scholarship, awards and conference with your students and faculty.  Information can be found at our website, http://abos-outreach.com/awards.

The application deadline for this year’s awards is August 1, 2020.

 

For more information, please visit: https://abos-outreach.com/bernard-vavrek-scholarship

The ABOS Board Directors is excited to announce a new ABOS student membership rate for $20. For more information, please visit: https://abos-outreach.com/membership

MLIS students receive a discounted rate to attend our annual ABOS Conference. For more information, please visit: https://abos-outreach.com/conference

Questions may be directed to David Kelsey, ABOS President Elect and Awards and Scholarships Committee Chair, at [email protected].