The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the selection of Adele L. Chase of Columbia, South Carolina as the 2022 recipient of the Julia J. Brody Public Librarian Scholarship. The $4000 scholarship is awarded to individuals planning to specialize in the field of public librarianship.
Chase currently works as an associate at the Richland Library (S.C.). She says she “approaches work with an EDI-first philosophy.” She emphasizes “diversity of all kinds in story time selections, patron recommendations, in curating displays, and in information dissemination.”