by Compendium News Staff | Jan 13, 2016 | Resources of Interest
The ALA Public Programs Office, in partnership with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation, is accepting applications for Thinking Money, a traveling exhibition to U.S. public libraries. Money affects all Americans, but many...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2016 | Professional Development
This January 19 webinar, Major Pitfalls for Nonprofits, is offered by PANO in partnership with Nonprofit Issues. Topics include unrelated business income tax, understanding endowments, working with volunteers, lobbying, dysfunctional governance structure and more....
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2016 | Professional Development
The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) supports professional development, graduate education and continuing education to help libraries and archives develop the human capital capacity they need to meet the changing learning and information needs of the...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
The Foundatiuon seeks to support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment. Grants range from $20,000 to $75,000 The Next deadline is May 1; other deadlines are August...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications for FY 2016 Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries. Libraries can apply by the February 1, 2016 deadline to secure funding that can be used to support the deployment, testing, and evaluation...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 12, 2016 | Professional Development
You have free access to online courses on a wide range of topics through our state subscription to SkillPort. Here are just a few of the courses that you can take: Time Management: Ready, Set…FOCUS! (NEW) Communicating with Confidence Basic Presentation Skills:...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 11, 2016 | Children's Services, Health Focus, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Amy Snyder, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Below is the first in a series highlighting PA Forward’s partners. Read on to find out more about our partner, their involvement in literacy, and how libraries can work with them to promote health literacy. Our...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 11, 2016 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development
The College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association is able to provide financial support to organizations offering programming of interest to Pennsylvania academic librarians, through LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) funding from the...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 10, 2016 | Academic Libraries, Access PA, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development
HSLC plans to hold a two-day Spring POWER Library User’s Conference in April, 2016 that will include training for POWER Library E-resources and Access PA SHAREit as well as an opportunity to learn about other POWER Library services such as PA Photos and...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 7, 2016 | Academic Libraries, PA Forward
Melissa Correll Last January, Jessica Oberlin, Instructional Services Librarian at Lycoming College’s Snowden Library, coordinated the Created Equal Symposium, a series of film screenings and roundtable discussions designed to bring the community together and open...