by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Consider applying for the 2020 Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program. The deadline is January 24, 2020. The Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program is made possible through PSAYDN, with training support from the Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) and STEM...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Applications are now open for both the Leadership Academy and Directors’ Institute by PALS (Pennsylvania Library Association Academy of Leadership Studies)! Deadline to apply is March 5 for those interested in asking for a sponsorship from a PaLA chapter or other...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 10, 2020 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
National Training Initiative: Webinar and Live Training WebJunction is partnering with the nonprofit organization, Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to offer Improving Access to Civil Legal Justice through Public Libraries, a FREE national training initiative for...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The Public Library Association’s Inclusive Internship Initiative (III) offers paid, summer-long internships to high school students at their local public library. Over the course of the summer, each intern works with a library mentor on a community-based learning...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
ALA is offering a new learning series, Libraries Transforming Communities: Facilitation Skills for Small and Rural Libraries. The series will help library workers develop facilitation skills to engage with their communities. The project includes a suite of...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Have you been to a technology conference? The following are several that may be especially interesting to librarians: Jan. 8–10 EdgeCon 2020 Long Branch, NJ Feb. 23-26 Pete & C Pittsburgh, PA March 4–7 SXSW EDU Conference & Festival Austin, TX March 24-26...
