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US Census Count Begins January 21st

January 16, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The 2020 Census will officially begin Jan. 21st, 2020 in the Alaska Native village of Toksook Bay, Alaska, on the Bering Sea! Libraries in Pennsylvania have been preparing for months.  Read how Blasco Library in Erie hosted a Census Ambassador Training! One of the best ways to...

Teen Center Opens at Blasco Library

February 15, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest

Read about the Teen Center at Blasco Library in Erie! ...

OCL News: STEM and Public Libraries

January 2, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest

Erie County Launches Idea Lab In October 2017, I was very happy to attend the grand opening of the Erie County Public Library’s Idea Lab at the Blasco Library.  Begun under the leadership of former library director Mary Rennie and completed by her successor, Erin Wincek, the...

Idea Lab Coming to Erie

June 21, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Library News

The Erie County Library has received a grant towards an Idea Lab!  Read more! ...