by Compendium News Staff | Nov 27, 2015 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, PA Digital Collections, PA Forward, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
We continue to move towards finalizing the processes and procedures for the next LSTA Competitive Cycle. As mentioned previously we will be switching to an e-Grant format that will hopefully make the application process more user friendly. We will be scheduling...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 13, 2015 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, School Libraries
In this FREE December 9th Infopeople webinar, Laura Soloman will distill recent advances in technology into some overarching trends that we should be keeping our eyes on. Everything can’t be tracked, but in this webinar you can pick out some patterns...
by Compendium News Staff | Aug 10, 2015 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries
by Melissa Correll, Instructional Services Librarian, Lycoming College Currently reading Cool: How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives our Economy and Shapes our World by Steven Quartz and Anette Asp On Wednesday, July 29th, more than 100 librarians...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 27, 2015 | Academic Libraries, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
by Diane Schmidt What comes to mind when you think about late July in Central PA? Heat? Storms? Librarians? In a way this is true but also in the form of “The Hot Topics of the day”—“Inundation of Information” – “Librarians and Educators” coming together for the 3rd...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 11, 2015 | PA Forward
By Adam Balcziunas As I browsed through PA Forward’s Best Practices database recently, I couldn’t help but notice that the majority of contributions came from public libraries. In general, I have observed that my academic librarian colleagues are less likely to...