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Libraries and Entrepreneurship

June 24, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has released “The People’s Incubator: Libraries Propel Entrepreneurship” (.pdf), a 21-page white paper that describes libraries’ importance in the innovation economy and urges decision makers to work more closely...

Libraries Ready to Code

April 27, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, School Libraries

  “American Library Association (ALA) and Google, Inc. are launching the “Libraries Ready to Code” project to investigate the current nature of coding activities in public and school libraries for youth and broaden the reach and scope of this work.  Read more about...

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Digital Inclusion Survey Provides Stats for Pennsylvania

November 4, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Accessibility, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

In rural areas nationally, 52% of households, with income under $25,000, lack broadband.  This comes from the 2014 Digital Inclusion Survey, which  provides data from a national study that explores the digital inclusion roles that public libraries play in our communities. ...

Libraries Transform

November 4, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

ALA has launched a new PR campaign, Libraries Transform. Also check out their Twitter feed. ...

Ephrata Selected for ALA Program

October 2, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest

The Ephrata Public Library was selected to participate in the Great Stories Club “Hack the Feed: Media, Resistance, Revolution” theme. Programming will take place between Jan. 1 and May 30, 2016.  Read about the Great Stories Club, organized by ALA. ...

Apply for the Traveling Exhibition — Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness

September 10, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Health Focus, Resources of Interest

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, on behalf of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), is now accepting applications for Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, a traveling exhibition to U.S. libraries. Native Voices explores...