by Compendium News Staff | Jan 11, 2018 | Children's Services, Library News
The Muncy Public Library is celebrating it’s 80th Anniversary this year. Celebrations will be kicked off on January 28 with Authors in Our Backyard. The public is invited to stop in and meet twelve local authors. Genres include children , young adult and...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 29, 2017 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Hannah Killian, Youth Services Manager at the Dauphin County Library System, talks about introducing children to authors [4:20] on Comcast Newsmakers.
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 20, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, School Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries would like to know if your library is: Breaking ground for a construction project; Celebrating a library anniversary or milestone retirement; Announcing a notable new service or program (e.g. MakerSpace opening, special PA Forward...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 2, 2016 | PA Forward, Resources of Interest
by Michelle Georgetti First, a Word on Acronyms It has occurred to me that librarians love acronyms. However, I find it important to stress that we should perhaps limit (and define) our acronyms for events and programs. As a student of Pennsylvania Academy of...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 12, 2016 | Resources of Interest
By Elizabeth Hess It appears that we can no longer consider self-publishing a mere trend, if recent statistics are any indication! In 2014, Publisher’s Weekly reported on a study that found “self-published books now represent 31% of e-book sales on Amazon’s Kindle...