Bernard Vavrek Scholarship, Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services

Posted April 27, 2015

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.

This year’s ABOS annual conference will take place at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL from October 14 – 16. Information can be found at our website, http://abos-outreach.org/resources/scholarships-awards

The application deadline for this year’s awards is August 1, 2015.