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STEM Contest for Schools

September 24, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities

Read about Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow Contest to compete for amounts up to $100,000.  The deadline is October 23, 2019. ...

Brian Dawson Accepts New Position

September 23, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

Brian Dawson is the new director at the Mt. Pleasant Library.  Read about his plans for his former hometown library. ...

New Director at Adamstown

September 23, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Library News

Carolyn Reiste is the new director at the Adamstown Area Library.  Read about it! ...

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What Help Lines Does Your Library Have Posted?

September 23, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  Have you added these in your Help Directory for patrons?  Posted them anywhere?   Bullying StopBullying.gov  offers tools for parents, students, educators, and others on bullying and cyberbullying Legal Legal Aid (free) PALegalAid.net/ Suicide Prevention National...

Multi-District Staff Development Workshop: The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness

September 23, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries

Multi-District Staff Development Workshop: The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness Following the model of other regions throughout the Commonwealth, the Altoona, Central PA, and Johnstown Districts hosted Ryan Dowd, nationally sought after speaker and author of The Librarian’s...

Whitehall Public Library: Best Small Library in America Finalist

September 23, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Read about one of the finalists of Library Journal’s Best Small Library in America: Whitehall Public Library! ...

Gary D. Wolfe

OCL Announcement: Gary Wolfe Passes

September 17, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn R. Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Tuesday, September 17, 2019                          Gary D. Wolfe Passes Away I’m very sad to announce that Gary D. Wolfe, Deputy...

Mental Health First Aid Workshops

September 11, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The Capital Area Library District is partnering with WellSpan/Philhaven to provide a series of Mental Health First Aid Workshops (both Adult and Youth modules) in Dauphin County. See dates below. No registration fee 7.5 Continuing Education hours  What is this training and why...

Library Card Sign-up Month: Graphic and Twitter Activity for Your Library Patrons

September 9, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The PA Dept of Education (PDE) is revved up about Library Card Sign-up Month and wants to share that excitement with the library field across the state (and further) through the State Library’s new Twitter feed (@PAStateLibrary). PDE Press has developed a graphic for library card...

Glenn R. Miller

Guidelines for Statewide Library Card Program

September 9, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Access PA, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Governor's Advisory Council (GAC), POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, State Aid

I am pleased to announce that the Governor’s Advisory Council on Library Development (GAC) approved a new set of Guidelines for the Statewide Library Card System. Last updated in 1999, the new guidelines are more concise, offer greater clarity about the program for library staff...