by Compendium News Staff | May 17, 2019 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Trustee Workshop: Building an Exceptional Board presented by PANO’s Tish Mogan When: Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 8:30AM-1:30PM Where: Stone Ridge Poplar Run, 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA 17067 In this presentation, participants will use the Standards for...
by Compendium News Staff | May 15, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offers conservation educational programs. Check them out!
by Compendium News Staff | May 15, 2019 | Children's Services, Library News
The new library pet at the Altoona Area Public Library is a ferret –and he made it on the local news! Follow #libraryferret!
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Resources of Interest
Jerilynne Stewart, Corrections Librarian at the State Correctional Institution Mahanoy in Frackville, has been awarded the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant. Her project, Doing Time Doesn’t Have to Mean Behind the Times, uses non-fiction graphic novels...
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries in partnership with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is developing a state-wide version of the Institute for Museum and Library Services funded Future Ready with the Library (FRwtL) project. In Pennsylvania the...
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Children's Services, Library News, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Karey Killian, a library media special at the Milton Area School District, is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and the first educator from around the world that Microsoft chose to highlight in their Changemaker series! After extreme rain, high humidity levels...
by Compendium News Staff | May 13, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Is your library providing Environmental programs? The Pennsylvania Department of Education needs your help to better understand the Environmental Education Landscape across the Commonwealth. Follow the survey link to help shine a spotlight on awesome opportunities,...
by Compendium News Staff | May 11, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Broadband, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Access data on the digital divide for lower-income Americans and see links for other groups, such as the disabled or the rural population, on PEW’s Fact-Tank.
by Compendium News Staff | May 10, 2019 | Accessibility, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
May 10, 2019. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at the Library of Congress will honor two of its cooperating libraries for their outstanding service to readers who are visually or physically disabled. The Carnegie Library of...
by Compendium News Staff | May 9, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest
The NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program is offering planning and implementation grants. These HCRR grants support the development and implementation of projects that ensure your collections are easily accessible to researchers. Funding...
