by Compendium News Staff | Jan 29, 2018 | Library News, Resources of Interest
The Darby Library is celebrating 275 years of providing Library Service! On March 7, 2017, starting 6 pm, the Darby Library Company will display some of the historical documents that started the Company at the Philadelphia Library Company in...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 29, 2018 | Library News
Sewickley Public Library will share part of a $37 million bequest. Read about it!
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants are now available. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent youth...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Resources of Interest
Registration for the 22nd annual University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Children’s Literature Conference is open. The conference will be held on Friday, May 4, 2018, with keynote presentations by Printz Honor winner A.S. King and Eureka Award winner Mark Weakland. ...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2018 | Immigration, Library News, Resources of Interest
Check out the services Osterhout Free Library provides to immigrants in this Citizens’ Voice article.
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 26, 2018 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Jeff Bezos has donated $250,000 to the News Literacy Project, which provides students and others with tools and other support to detect fake news. Learn More.
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 25, 2018 | Data, Resources of Interest
This Poynter article uses PEW research and the recent Gallup/Knight Foundation survey, Views: Trust, Media and Democracy, to compare journalists and librarians. The author, David Beard, has also written Welcome to Your Local Library, Which also Happens to be a...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 24, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Sign up for these FREE WebJunction webinars! From Facilities to Trauma: Disaster Planning and Community Resiliency at Your Library Tuesday, January 30, 2018 ♦ 3:00 pm Eastern ♦ 60 minutes Register Recent catastrophes have highlighted the important role public...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Last fall, nearly 100 librarians from Pennsylvania joined library professionals from other states at the Futures Conference in Atlantic...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | Library News
With the new kiosks coming to Bucks County Libraries, library users don’t need to scan individual items any longer. Read more.