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State Library Kicks Off Summer STEM Camps for Students

June 19, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

June 19, 2019 Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania students ages 10-16 with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) can expand their learning through the State Library’s makerspace summer programs, which kick off today and run through mid-August. “The State...

Local Middle School Teachers Bolster STEM Skills in State Library Makerspace

June 7, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

June 7, 2019 Harrisburg, PA – Middle school teachers from the Carlisle Area School District kicked off their summer today by visiting the State Library’s Makerspace to experience the computer science and STEM-related activities the hands-on learning lab offers and to generate...

Nation of Makers and IMLS to Host 2018 Capitol Hill Maker Faire

May 9, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

See Making in Action this June Washington, D.C. – Washington, D.C., will celebrate the maker movement on Capitol Hill this June. Nation of Makers, along with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Congressional Maker Caucus, will host the 2018 Capitol Hill Maker...

STEM and STEAM Resources

December 13, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

Highlighted WebJunction Content: Resources for STEM/STEAM Projects and Programs: STEAM learning (that’s science, technology, engineering, art and math) and programming are increasingly popular in public libraries. Check out this collection of inspiring resources that can...

Sarah Meitzler

Session Notes: Annual PaLA Conference

January 27, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Allison Frick

Session Notes: Computers in Libraries Conference – 3D Printers: Not Just for Tchotchkes

August 2, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Forensics at State Library Makerspace

July 28, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

  This summer a number of local middle school students have been spending their Wednesday mornings in the State Library of Pennsylvania Makerspace! They have solved criminal cases, measured the trajectory of blood spatter, and assembled a skeleton (all “virtually,” of...

10 Year Old Makes Prosthetic Hand in Library

October 31, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services

Using a 3D printer in a public library in the state of Delaware, a 10 year old printed a working hand. ...

Makerspace Grant

April 4, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, School Libraries

Instructables is offering prizes (lots of 3D printers and cash) in partnership with 3D Hubs! They are calling out to makers, designers and tinkerers, to show them what 3D technology inspires you to create. Share your 3D models, projects with 3D printed parts, homemade 3D printers,...