by Corri Hines | Jan 16, 2024 | Belonging, Equity, Inclusion, Professional Development, Teen
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries is offering Transforming Teen Services, a professional development framework focusing on youth development for youth ages 8-18, an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in partnership with Chief...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Pennsylvania Library Association recognizes libraries for PA ForwardTM Star achievements earned between October 1 and December 15, 2019 Mechanicsburg, PA (January 1, 2020) – The Pennsylvania Library Association just announced the 2019 fourth quarter PAForwardTM Star...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 6, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Immigration, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
IMLS reports that “more than 55 percent of new Americans use the public library at least once a week. Libraries serve as a gateway to citizenship, English language learning, and civic engagement and offer educational materials and training resources on...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 3, 2015 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Maura Marx, Acting Director, says that IMLS is ” less focused than in the past on supporting specific types of learning or learning spaces. Instead, we aim to build on past initiatives to help libraries and the profession best evaluate and support their...
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 31, 2015 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
Apply for the FY 2016 National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) or the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21)! “The NLG program will invest in projects that address challenges faced by the library and archive fields and generate results such as...