by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Last fall, nearly 100 librarians from Pennsylvania joined library professionals from other states at the Futures Conference in Atlantic...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | Library News
With the new kiosks coming to Bucks County Libraries, library users don’t need to scan individual items any longer. Read more.
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) is offering the following FREE classes below. Food for Thought: Exploring Nutrition Information Resources. [ https://nnlm.gov/class/food ] Hope From our Grandmothers: Decolonizing Data through Stories of Resilience....
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 22, 2018 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) is offering Camp Wonderopolis library grants. Three libraries will be awarded $3000 to implement Camp Wonderopolis programming for families during summer months through a series of four workshops. The deadline is...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 19, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Madigan Library at Penn College is holding an upcycling book exhibition from January 11 through February 28 in collaboration with The Gallery at Penn College. One of the programs was Old Books/New Lives: The Art of Upcycling. Rather than disposing of books...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 19, 2018 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Invite new staff or volunteers to become a top-notch Dewey shelver. In the recently updated WebJunction course, Shelving with Dewey, learners new to the Dewey Decimal Classification system learn the fundamentals of subject-based classification, the importance of an...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 18, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library will hold the MontCo Comic Fest 2018 on April 7 beginning at 10:00am. The MontCo Comic Fest is a family event which is organized in partnership with local schools and community college. Various educational and fun...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Library News
Longwood Gardens organizes an annual Community Read program with regional library systems in Pennsylvania and Delaware, cultural institutions, conservation organizations and gardens. This year the community reading event is on the topic of women in science and...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering preservation assistance grants for smaller institutions. The program helps small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural institutions improve their ability...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
February 1st is the next deadline for grants offered by the American Honda Foundation. The grant range is from $20,000 to $75,000. The Foundation supports support youth education with a specific focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects...