by Compendium News Staff | Mar 22, 2016 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development
CRD (College and Research Division) of PaLA reports that the Greater Philadelphia Law Library (GPLLA) is offering an 8 week online course on legal research resources. It will be held April 6-May 25. The cost is $100. Learn more and check out CRD’s...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 22, 2016 | Library News
March 21, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA) The team at The Free Library of Philadelphia was deeply saddened to hear of the passing earlier today of our former president and director Elliot L. Shelkrot. Elliot was a wonderful and dynamic individual who we were all lucky to call...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 19, 2016 | Resources of Interest
The Tribune Review reports that nonprofit seed libraries do not need a license. Neither are they subject to the labeling and testing as required by commercial distributors. In 2014, the Joseph T. Simpson Library had been told it was in violation of the Pennsylvania...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Richard Ashby, Jr., director of the Yeadon Public Library, has been named a Mover and Shaker for 2016. Read about it.
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 13, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, PA Digital Collections
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering Common Heritage grants, which will support both the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of public programming at community events that explore these materials as a window on a...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 11, 2016 | Health Focus, PA Forward
Below is the third in our series highlighting PA Forward’s partners. Read on to find out more about our partner, their involvement in literacy, and how we can work with them to promote health literacy. Our Partner: The Hospital & Healthsystem...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Join in the FREE CMS National Training Program webinar: Understanding Medicare March 17, 2016 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET This webinar provides the following: an overview of the Medicare program a brief introduction to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | Access PA, Children's Services, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, School Libraries
Registration continues for the first Access PA/POWER Library Users Conference, which includes training for the POWER Library E-resources and Access PA SHAREit as well as an opportunity to learn about other POWER Library services including PA Photos and Documents, Chat...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 6, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Grantspace offers free learning opportunities! A sample of upcoming events: Everything You Wanted to Know About Podcasting But Were Afraid to Ask 2:00pm – 2:30pm EST Livestream Introduction to Finding Grants 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET Webinar Check their calendar...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 6, 2016 | Professional Development
If you are interested in developing supervisor training programs for your library, get this one-day, March 31st FREE symposium on your calendar! This online event, consisting of three sessions (attend one or all), will bring together some of the most effective...
