by Compendium News Staff | Oct 30, 2020 | Library News, Rural and Small Libraries
The West End Library received a grant for a project to help with outdoor programming. See the project in this NorthCentralPa.com article. Director Wendy Rote explained that, due to COVID, she thought an outdoor area would help them attend to their rural...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 15, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The REALM project has published the results of the fifth round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for infectious COVID-19 virus on four fabrics and leather—materials commonly used for bookbinding, upholstery, and crowd control. View test results:...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 13, 2020 | PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
For session descriptions and to register, please visit: FALL TRAINING REGISTRATION 2020 Join us this fall for a series of online training webinars focusing on ways to use POWER Library resources to complement public library digital services, assist K-12 remote...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 1, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) will award up to 650 libraries, in small and rural communities, $3000 each to tackle issues of concern in their communities. The grants will be distributed over two funding rounds. Read the full project guidelines. The deadline...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 22, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The 2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday this year! Create your FREE account now at loc.gov/bookfest to access on-demand videos, live author chats and discussions during the Festival weekend, Sept. 25 – 27. It’s all...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 21, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Broadband, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Digital Equity in the Age of COVID-19 spotlights how the pandemic has both intensified the digital divide and created a window for action by raising the visibility of what it means to be unconnected in our hyper-connected world, especially for our most vulnerable...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 17, 2020 | Library News, Rural and Small Libraries
Dellana Diovisalvo is the new director at the Tunkhannock Library. Read more.
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 16, 2020 | Data, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
The September/October issue of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania has research by Dr. Sara A. Grove and Dr. C. Nielsen Brasher, of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, examining Pennsylvania’s public library services. The Role of Rural Public Libraries in...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 8, 2020 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Mechanicsburg, Pa – The Cumberland County Library System Foundation has been awarded a national grant to support staff development. The American Library Association’s H.W. Wilson Grant is an annual award consisting of $3,500 and a 24k gold-framed citation given to a...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 8, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
American Library Association (ALA), in partnership with Five-Star Technology Solutions, is offering Virtual Learning and Enhancement Grants of $1,000 available for 90 school, tribal, public, and academic libraries. The application deadline is September 17,...
