by Compendium News Staff | Oct 26, 2017 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Pittsburgh and the Governor’s Mifflin School District in Shillington have been awarded grants to design and implement coding programs for young people. The grants are part of ALA’s Libraries Ready to Code initiative sponsored by Google. Learn more. ...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 26, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Library News
Spooky Tours… We are summoning the spirits to the State Library and reanimating the spooky tours again this year. Share a frightful, delightful lunch hour with the ghosts of the State Library! Curiosities from the Rare Collections on Display Friday November 3rd...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 26, 2017 | Accessibility, Children's Services
The Gladwyne Free Library, a branch of the Lower Merion Library System, received a 2017 Historic Preservation Award from the Township of Lower Merion Historical Commission and Historical Architectural Review Board. The Library was renovated to make the three...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 25, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Resources of Interest
Get an award for your website, film, video, media & PR, Social, Mobile Sites & Apps, Games, or Podcasts & Digital Audio, and Games. Learn about the Webbys, which honors excellence in media, and apply. There are many categories, including nonprofit,...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 25, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Data, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
If you missed past WebJunction webinars, you can access the recordings! Click on the following links for the recordings, slides and more. Pennsylvania public library workers, who want a CE certificate, can then access a link to the WebJunction Course Catalog. Check...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 23, 2017 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest
Consider particpating in a study of library services to homeschooling populations in Pennsylvania. The research study is being conducted as part of a master’s thesis at Clarion University (see below). The thirteen questions should take about 20 minutes to...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 23, 2017 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
The next webinar on How to Incorporate Movement into Libraries will be held on November 8, 2017, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. This webinar is FREE and open to all. Join the conversation! Josh Berk (Bethlehem [PA] Public Library) and Rick Samuelson (Henrico County Public...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 23, 2017 | PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries, Uncategorized
submitted by Mary Kay Moran A new episode of the PALaunchPod podcast dropped on October 13. In this episode, host Tom Berman talks with Samantha Hull, Ephrata High School Librarian & Media Coordinator for the Ephrata School District in Lancaster County, PA...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 21, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, PA Forward, Rural and Small Libraries
LIBRARIES CONTINUE OFFERING PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH PATRONS’ LIVES Mechanicsburg, PA (October 20, 2017) – Roughly one year ago, the Pennsylvania Library Association launched their bench-mark, PA Forward Star Library program. Today the program has some 170 libraries...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 20, 2017 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Bucks County Free Library’s new Sensory Storytimes program is featured in The Intelligencer and Bucks County Courier Times:
