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Census Resources

February 11, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  ALA has created a plethora of useful Census-related resources.  If you missed ALA’s sold-out webinar “Responding Online to the 2020 Census: What Libraries Need to Know” the recording is now available. I was impressed by the clear way that ALA outlined information...

Financial Best Practices Workshops!

April 25, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Register for one of four FREE workshops across the state to learn about financial best practices presented by Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO) speaker, Angie Lightfoot Roth!    The purpose of the workshops is to provide full-day, hands-on sessions that...

Chat with a Librarian Webinar

January 24, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

New QuestionPoint Interface, Best Practices, and More! Join Karri Sites, OCLC QuestionPoint Library Services Consultant, for a webinar demonstrating the new QuestionPoint interface, covering chat best practices, and more. Libraries that contribute staff time to Chat with a Librarian...

Trustee Training in SW PA

Trustee Training: South West PA

June 6, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development

What values does your library building convey? What is the board’s annual agenda of work? Will Alexa take over the reference desk? These were some of the questions posed to the 56 library trustees and directors who attended the SWPA Region Trustee Training on April 29th in Greentree....

Session Notes: Outside the Box and More at the Association Conference

March 7, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Pam Marquette, Adult Program Coordinator Chester County Library and District Center This year the PaLA Conference was held October 16 through 19, 2016 at the Kalahari Resort and Conference Center in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania. Attending the conference was a great opportunity for excellent...

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Resources for Aging Patrons

March 1, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

    Access these resources for tools, templates, best practices and more: The Creative Aging Toolkit for Public Libraries The Creative Aging Toolkit for Public Libraries is a free, online resource for librarians. It offers access to information about aging and libraries,...

PA FORWARD: STEAM Discovery–Passive Programs

November 11, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, School Libraries

    By Angie Andre Tredyffrin Public Library Children’s Librarian Science, technology, engineering, art, and math, this is STEAM as we know it. What does this look like when we break it down into doable programs that are inexpensive, interesting, interactive, and passive? ...

Caitlyn Boland

PA Forward: Civic and Social Literacy through providing Job Help

August 20, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In PA Forward

by Caitlyn Bovard As librarians, we wear many hats. Over the last several years, our ‘hat’ in providing job and career support for individuals in our communities has increased significantly. Whether your library is serving a large urban community, a small rural town or even...

Adam Balcziunas

PA Forward and Academic Libraries

June 11, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In 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 incorporate PA...

Jill McConnell

PA Forward: Health Literacy for Little Ones

June 5, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Health Focus, PA Forward, School Libraries

by Jill McConnell As I was walking through the Children’s Room at my library the other day, a flyer announcing “MedExpress Teddy Bear Clinic Comes to You” caught my eye. According to the MedExpress website, “MedExpress’ Teddy Bear Clinic is a free community outreach program...