by Compendium News Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries
This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
Tax credits are available to eligible businesses contributing to a Scholarship Organization, an Educational Improvement Organization, and/or a Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Organization through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). Most public...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Brandt A. Ensor, Director Jean Barnett Trone Memorial Library of East Berlin Like many who are fairly new to professional librarianship, I have heard many good things about the Computers in Libraries Conference. The conference, a three day affair, brings together...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest
Funding Reminder! Applications for projects starting in May are due next week on Monday, April 17 at 5 PM ET. If you have questions or need assistance with your funding application, please contact us as soon as possible to set up a consultation! Through Health Equity...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 13, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 13, 2017 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Library 2.017: Digital Literacy & Fake News is being offered on June 1 by The School of Information at San José State University in collaboration with American Library Association. Learn more and register.
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest
This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News
EXTON— Local legislators, dignitaries, and library advocates gathered at the Chester County Library in Exton on Tuesday morning, April 11, for a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the library’s new digital media lab and teen zone. The project, which...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Data, Resources of Interest
The Pennsylvania State Data Center has released a research brief on the Commonwealth’s working women, who make up 47.9 percent of the workforce. Access statistics from 2011-2015.
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 11, 2017 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest
Read the Pennsylvania Humanities Council post The Power of Youth-Driven Civic Engagement by Valerie Adams-Bass, a developmental psychologist.