by Compendium News Staff | Oct 30, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) is pleased to announce that two new statewide online learning e-resources are now available through Niche Academy, a platform of free tutorials for library staff and the general population. The Pennsylvania Library Staff...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 30, 2020 | Library News, Rural and Small Libraries
The West End Library received a grant for a project to help with outdoor programming. See the project in this NorthCentralPa.com article. Director Wendy Rote explained that, due to COVID, she thought an outdoor area would help them attend to their rural...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 15, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The REALM project has published the results of the fifth round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for infectious COVID-19 virus on four fabrics and leather—materials commonly used for bookbinding, upholstery, and crowd control. View test results:...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 13, 2020 | PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
For session descriptions and to register, please visit: FALL TRAINING REGISTRATION 2020 Join us this fall for a series of online training webinars focusing on ways to use POWER Library resources to complement public library digital services, assist K-12 remote...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 1, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) will award up to 650 libraries, in small and rural communities, $3000 each to tackle issues of concern in their communities. The grants will be distributed over two funding rounds. Read the full project guidelines. The deadline...
