by Compendium News Staff | Jul 23, 2020 | Library News
EXTON: The annual PR Xchange Awards recognize the very best public relations materials produced by libraries across the nation. Materials are judged on the quality of content, originality, graphic design, and format. Entries were evaluated by a jury of 21...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 21, 2020 | Library News, Rural and Small Libraries
Cambria County Library is the first stop on the American Library Association’s Holding Space: A national conversation series with libraries. Learn more and register for Stronger Together for Workforce Development, which will be held on Monday, July 27....
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 7, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The Network of the National Library of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NNLM MAR) invites applications to support health programming for public library patrons in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The purpose of the Health Programming in Public...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 7, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Data, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Access the the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book. The Data Book describes how children were faring prior to the corona virus pandemic. An Interactive Data Book is also online. as well as other publications.
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 6, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
10 years, 6,500 members, and their 50th Interview Middletown, PA: Ten years ago, on July 6, 2010, John Grayshaw created the Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC) on Facebook. Grayshaw is the Library Director of Middletown Public Library a small, independent...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 6, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting FY 2021 proposals for National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program (LB21). Applicants have through October 2, 2020, to submit their two-page preliminary...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 2, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply to be part of Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program to help public and academic libraries engage their communities in programs and conversations that address...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 22, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Applications are being accepted for the Pennsylvania Education Policy Fellowship Program. This is an education policy leadership program for education, community, policy and advocacy leaders.
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 10, 2020 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Deadline: July 15, 2020 (Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. EDT.) The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 3, 2020 | Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Resources of Interest
As libraries and museums around the country begin to resume operations and reopen to the public, the need for clear information to support the handling of core materials has become increasingly urgent. OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle...
