by Compendium News Staff | Oct 11, 2017 | Children's Services, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries, Summer Food Service Program
These WebJunction resources can help you strengthen your library and services to the community, explore them today! Hunger and Libraries: Snacks, Backpacks and More: Autumn is an excellent time of year to highlight ways libraries are fighting hunger in their...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 11, 2017 | Academic Libraries, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Stephen Sarazin, 2017 Chair of the Technical Services Round Table of the Pennsylvania Library Association, interviewed Doreva Belfiore, HSLC’s Director of Library Services. Watch the video! (It is a playlist of 2 videos) Stephen Sarazin is Director of the...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 11, 2017 | School Libraries
Sara Frey, instructional media specialist and technology integration coach at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth Meeting, received the Scholastic Library Publishing Award. Read more!
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 10, 2017 | Children's Services, Library News
Read how patrons can escape at the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library in this Herald Mail Media article
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 9, 2017 | Health Focus, Resources of Interest
By Brian K. Dawson Day two started with great energy and it continued throughout the day… David Pescovitz, co-editor of Boing Boing and Research Director for Institute for the Future, kicked off the day by considering the intersection of science, art and...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 9, 2017 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Hasbro will award BE FEARLESS BE KIND Grants of $500, $1,000, or $2,000 to nonprofit organizations and K-12 schools (public, private, and independent) in the United States. Grants will support youth-led community projects. The deadline is October 31. Learn more...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 6, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Broadband, Children's Services, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Lend mobile hotspots to your patrons and give them unlimited access to the Internet in their home, on the soccer field or on vacation! Mobile Beacon hotspots are available to nonprofits through the TechSoup donation program. Each hotspot is available for $18 and...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 6, 2017 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Please share this PA Senate message and contest flier with the teens in your library: Sponsored by the Senate of Pennsylvania with support from the members of the Drug and Alcohol Providers organization of Pennsylvania Drug addiction had taken hold in every corner of...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 6, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
It’s time to fall into learning! All library staff in Pennsylvania have access to FREE learning through our subscription to Skillsoft. There are over 500 online courses, 30,000 short instructional videos (2 – 8 minutes) and job aids on a wide range of technology and...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 4, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Library News, Resources of Interest
By Robert F. Lambert We know that the opioid crisis is an endemic throughout our nation and in York County. We know that opioid pain pills are gateways to heroin. We know that addiction is an insidious disease that, left unchecked by treatment and one-on-one...
