Ann Gibson Scholarship

Calling all future youth services librarians! It is time to apply for the Ann Gibson Scholarship. This scholarship is a $1,000 award given annually by the Youth Services Section to honor the memory of Ann Gibson, a storyteller, librarian, and teacher who touched the lives of many. If you are currently enrolled in an MLS program, have completed at least 18 credit hours, and are directing your studies toward youth services in a public or school library, don't delay! There is money available to assist you!

Deadline: May 31, 2009
Notification: by September 1, 2009

Application    Application   Criteria

Further information may be obtained from
Scholarship Committee Chair: Janet Kreason: jkreason@sals.edu

Send application IN TRIPLICATE to:

Janet Kreason
Head of Youth Services
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library
475 Moe Rd.
Clifton Park, NY 12065
tel. (518) 371-8622
fax. (518) 371-3799
jkreason@sals.edu

2007 Winner: Gail J. Brown works in the Youth Services Department of Voorheesville Public Library. She is currently studying for her MLS degree at State University of NY at Albany with anticipated completion in fall 2009 or spring 2010.

YSS Spring Conference Scholarship

A conference scholarship, awarded to encourage continuing education in the field of youth services, is available for YSS/NYLA members who are current working library professionals, paraprofessionals, matriculated graduate library students, or others involved in fields related to youth services (storytelling, writing, illustrating.)

The scholarship is designed to cover accommodations and transportation costs for attending the Youth Services Section's Spring Conference.  The amount of each scholarship is not to exceed $250 and comes in the form of reimbursement for these expenses.  The recipient's registration fee (which includes breakfast and lunch the day of the conference) is waived.

The 2009 Youth Services Section’s Spring Conference will be held on Friday, April 3, 2009, at The Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY.  Keynote speakers will be Linda Sue Park and Vivian Vande Velde.

Click here for the full scholarship announcement and guidelines (Word)
Application Form

Deadline: December 15, 2008

Further information may be obtained from
Scholarship Committee Chair: Janet Kreason: jkreason@sals.edu

Send application IN TRIPLICATE to:

Janet Kreason
Head of Youth Services
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library
475 Moe Rd.
Clifton Park, NY 12065
tel. (518) 371-8622
fax. (518) 371-3799
jkreason@sals.edu

2008 Winners: Lauren Brosius of Rose Memorial Library, Stony Point, NY
Jenny Goodemote of Wood Library Association, Canandaigua, NY