by Carrie Cleary | Oct 3, 2022 | Deputy Secretary of Education and Commissioner for Libraries, Equity, Inclusion, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News
This is a link to the Office of Commonwealth Library (OCL)’s new 5-year Plan which we share in advance of our “OCL Plans for the Future” presentation on October 17 at the Pennsylvania Library Association annual conference. In addition to that discussion, we hope to...
by Carrie Cleary | Sep 30, 2022 | Equity, Inclusion, State Agency Information
The article below shares forward a September 16 press release announcing an iniatiative to provide funding for organizations who provide holistic support services for reentering women. Libraries may want to consider building relationships with organizations that...
by Carrie Cleary | Sep 30, 2022 | Workforce
September is Workforce Development Month. Libraries are encouraged to engage with local workforce development organizations to let them know what the library offers and to learn about community needs. Build a relationship now, so that you can call on each other as...
by Carrie Cleary | Sep 30, 2022 | Belonging, Resources of Interest, Surveys
Sharing this forward from the PA Humanities: PA Humanities Discovery Project With the help of Drexel University, we’re on a mission to map, network, and celebrate the wonderfully rich humanities landscape. We want to learn more about the people and organizations...
by Carrie Cleary | Sep 8, 2022 | Resources of Interest
Pennsylvania libraries may want to share information with patrons that Saturday, September 24 as a free day of access at PA Trails of History sites and museums. Read the text below or refer to PHMC’s press release about the day. Explore Pennsylvania’s Past with...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 7, 2022 | Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Public Health Crisis Management Playbook for Archives, Libraries, and Museums presents a set of guiding processes, resources, and tools to aid cultural heritage institutions when planning for, navigating through, and recovering from a significant public health...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 2, 2022 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Library of Congress has surplus books available that are not needed for the Library’s own uses. Organizations and institutions, that are eligible for donation must be located in the United States and fall into one of the following categories: Full-time,...
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 31, 2022 | Academic Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Read about the Dauphin County East Shore Library and its donation bin in this post by Dauphin County Library’s Marketing and Public Relation’s Manager, Christine Lauver.
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 30, 2022 | Academic Libraries, 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 | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
POWER Library/Access PA Fall Training! We look forward to seeing you at one of the following locations: September 27 : Erie (Hilton Garden Inn, 2225 Downs Drive, Erie) September 28 : Greensburg (Westmoreland IU7, 102 Equity Drive, Greensburg) September 29 : Altoona...
