Thanks to the generous donations of California librarians and friends, the California School Library Foundation is pleased to be able to offer two scholarships this year.
The first is the Earlene Billing Memorial Scholarship. This award supports first-time attendance at a CSLA conference for a CSLA member. This scholarship is in remembrance of Earlene Billing, who served as President of the California Association of School Librarians (CASL) from 1974 to 1975. During her presidency, CASL started negotiations with the California Association for Educational Media and Technology to merge the two groups. Earlene Billing was a site and district librarian in Burlingame and provided significant leadership. Even after her retirement, Earlene worked as a consultant and library volunteer. In 1996 she received CSLA’s Honorary Membership Award. A generous mentor, strong leader, hard worker, and consummate professional, she made a difference for California school libraries and for CSLA.
As one of the past honorees exclaimed: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to CSLF for selecting me and funding the scholarship! I knew I loved the library but to be around others to collaborate about libraries and the direction our libraries are going brought my love to a whole new level.”
The second scholarship is the Bernier Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship supports CSLA members who are pursuing a California credential in school library services. This scholarship is in remembrance of Rosemarie Bernier, who was a longtime CSLA member and served in many roles, including President. She also was active in school library advocacy within her district, as President of the Los Angeles School Library Association, and served on the state committee that authored the Model School Library Standards for California schools. It is our hope that this scholarship will be one way to honor her legacy as a library leader.
The deadline for both scholarships is January 10. For details, go to
http://csla.net/csl-foundation/grants/.
Fiscal donations are appreciated so that this scholarship can continue to be offered. Send donations to the California School Library Foundation: https://csla.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/csla/donation.jsp
Teacher Librarian, retired
CSLF Board President
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