by Compendium News Staff | Feb 4, 2015 | Children's Services, School Libraries
The National Park Service, National Archive Presidential Libraries, and other cultural and historic organizations will deliver a series of 20 free interactive videoconferencing programs aimed at grades 6-12 as part of the Presidential Primary Source Project (PPSP). ...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
Applications for the 2015 Library of Congress Literacy Awards are now open. The awards seek to “recognize organizations doing exemplary, innovative and easily replicable work over a sustained period of time and to encourage new groups, organizations and...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | Professional Development
February 2 Ditching Dewey: Genrefication in your Library (TL Virtual Café) The TL Virtual Cafe is committed to creating conversations about teacher-librarians, educational technology, and collaborative connections to facilitate meaningful and lifelong learning skills....
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | PA Forward
by Jill McConnell I attended a Trustee Town Hall meeting last year where Kathy Silks mentioned that libraries can use PA Forward in their strategic planning process. That sounded like a great idea to me, but I wasn’t quite sure how to put it into practice until...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries
New online summer reading software is available for 2015. This year Counting Opinions’ Reading Club will be the software available for Pennsylvania libraries to use to increase their reach for summer readers. The software will allow libraries to customize the...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 2, 2015 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults, including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards, at its Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. Check them out!
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 31, 2015 | Library News
Tredyffrin Public Library will hold an antique appraisal.
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 31, 2015 | Children's Services, Library News, School Libraries
A workshop on college tuition will be held at the Peters Township Public Library.
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 31, 2015 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Resources of Interest
Read about the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries in this NextCity post. Many of these projects will eventually impact all libraries and all winning projects may give you some great ideas. Don’t forget to watch the video at the end. Access the...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 31, 2015 | Library News
Robin Pundzak is new the director at the Community Library of the Shenango Valley.
