Collection Development

December 3rd Webinar: PA Photos and Documents Islandora Update

November 29, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

PA Photos and Documents Islandora Update Webinar When: December 3, 2018 2:00pm Earlier this year, Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting (HSLC) conducted an RFP for a new digital repository software platform for PA Photos and Documents. The open-source platform Islandora was...

SLJTeen Live

August 6, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

YA Authors, Contests and More On August 15th, School Library Journal is offering a FREE Virtual Conference, for teen and young adult services librarians, and educators from public and school library settings, as well as teen advisory groups, book clubs, and anyone who loves YA/teen...

Session Notes: The Importance of Family Place Libraries

June 26, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Session Notes: Annual PaLA Conference

January 27, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Session Notes: YALSA Symposium

January 27, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, School Libraries

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

The Pennsylvania eBook Consortium

November 30, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In PA Digital Collections, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

The Pennsylvania eBook Consortium Continues for the 2017-2018 school year…at the same pricing as this year! What is the Pennsylvania eBook Consortium? The Pennsylvania eBook Consortium began for this 2016-2017 school year and allows schools to access a comprehensive library...

PA Forward: The Inaugural Indie Author Day: October 8, 2016

October 12, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In 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 Store”...

FREE Webinar on New YA Literature

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

InfoPeople is offering a FREE webinar “What’s New in Young Adult Literature-2016,” with presenter Michael Cart on Wednesday, May 18th at 3pm EST. The world of young adult literature is an innovative, dynamic one that has become one of the most vibrant areas...

New Books to Promote PA Forward

January 15, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, PA Forward, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

by Sarah Applegate A new year means new book orders! Here’s a list of “coming soon”, new, and newer books to help you bulk up your PA Forward literacies collection. Titles are grouped by age within the literacies. Most are nonfiction but I tried...

Professional Development Opportunities in April

March 29, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries, Uncategorized

Mark you calendar for some of the following Professional Development opportunities below. The online webinars are first listed by topic or interest group and then by date, with the summary and registration links. Of special interest is the April 24th interview with Siobhan...