by Compendium News Staff | Dec 20, 2019 | Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Young children (ages 0-5) are considered “hard-to-count” because the Census Bureau finds them challenging to interview, locate or contact! Cultural and linguistic barriers only compound this issue. Libraries across the United States are responding in innovative ways....
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The National Network Library of Medicine (NNLM )Training Office (NTO) and Southeastern Atlantic Region (SEA) have invited applications for their two-day interactive, hands-on Library Carpentry workshops in Baltimore, MD and Salt Lake City, UT this spring. Library...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Did your library take an Edge 1.0 Assessment? Log in to your Edge 1.0 account today to download your Assessment Results and Peer Comparison Reports before Dec. 31. Click here to find answers to FAQs about the Edge 1.0 shutdown. Need help to access your Edge 1.0...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 5, 2019 | Data, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Library Trustees and the 2020 Census Trustees can play a key role in the 2020 Census by serving as Library Trustee Champions. Trustees are fiscally responsible for their library and naturally concerned with an accurate Census Count. As key community leaders, this is...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 4, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
A recent study from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University chronicles the extent to which public libraries across the United States are providing career services. Read this WebJunction article with link to the study.
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Summer Food Service Program
ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed United Way of Pennsylvania launched a statewide data project, ALICE, which provides data on those who are working, yet struggling financially. Learn more about this data and access the report. A photography...
