GLA Scholarship Winners 2016

The GLA Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the 2016 winners of the Beard and Hubbard scholarships. These two awards are given annually by GLA to provide financial assistance for students pursuing a Master’s degree in library science.

This year’s C.S. Hubbard scholarship winner is Katie Mitchell.  Katie graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Psychology and the University of West Georgia with an M.Ed. in School Library Media.  She has worked in various library environments, including academic, public, and private libraries, and now serves as the Branch Manager at the Neva Lomason Memorial Library, part of the West Georgia Regional Library System.  Katie is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at Valdosta State University.

Anne Marie McLean is this year’s Charles Beard Scholarship winner.  She graduated from Emory & Henry College in Virginia with a B.A. in Political Science and Religion, and went on to receive her Masters of Theological Studies at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.  Anne Marie currently serves as the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Specialist at the Pitts Theology Library at Emory and is pursuing her Masters of Library and Information Science at the University of Alabama.

Congratulations to our 2016 scholarship winners!