Apply Now for Scholarships to Attend WLA Conference or CE Event

Apply for one of these scholarships this month to subsidize the costs to attend the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Conference or other continuing education event:

• Education of Rural Librarians Scholarship (Gloria Hoegh Memorial Fund)
  For library employees working in a community with a current population of 5,000 or less.
  Scholarship amount determined annually; $1,050 in 2010.
  Application deadline: June 1, 2011
  note: Gloria Hoegh served as the first coordinator of the Winnefox Library System, from 1978 through 1998.
• George Bauer Continuing Education Scholarship
  Scholarship amount determined annually; $800 in 2010.
  Application deadline: June 1, 2011
• Wisconsin Small Libraries Section Scholarship
  WISL offers $300 and $150 to attend the WLA Conference.
  Deadline: August 6, 2011
  note: one of the 2010 recipients included Jeanne Williamson, recently-retired director of Leon-Saxeville Library in Pine River.
• Resource Sharing Round Table Scholarship
  RSRT offers $150 for a member of RSRT to attend the WLA Conference.
  Deadline: August 15, 2011

Find all WLA Foundation scholarships and grants here.