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...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Immigration, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Infopeople Academy is offering FREE access to Survival Spanish for Library Staff, which was based on an all-day workshop developed to provide library staff with the basic skills for communicating with Spanish-speaking patrons. Essential words and phrases have been...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Library News, Resources of Interest
Scott Thomas, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), announced that PaILS saw additional growth in 2017 with the addition of the Bedford County Library System, Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Bangor Public Library,...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Launched in 2015 by the Colorado State Library (CSL) and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) is for public library leaders and others interested in public library data and evaluation. In this immersive,...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
NEH Creates New Grant Program to Support Humanities Infrastructure Matching grants to stimulate public-private investment in cultural institutions new challenge grants WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 16, 2018) — The National Endowment for the Humanities...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
#1lib1ref The Wikipedia Library’s annual #1lib1ref (“One Librarian, One Reference”) global campaign invites library staff to improve Wikipedia by adding one reference from January 15 – February 3, 2018. Learn more! Access the WebJunction archived...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2018 | Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News
Friends Institute 2017 The 4th Annual Friends Institute sponsored by Pennsylvania Citizens For Better Libraries was held on September 11, a sunny autumn Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Grantville PA. Over 80 members of Friends of Libraries organizations, trustees and...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Free WebJunction Webinars for You These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free in the Course Catalog. From Facilities to Trauma: Disaster Planning and Community...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 13, 2018 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest
In the latest FREE module from the Infopeople Academy you will learn about how to research family information, vital statistics and information on specific genealogy topics. People are interested in finding out about their ancestors and their family’s history...
