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Edge 1.0 Is Shutting Down December 31, 2019

December 12, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Did your library take an Edge 1.0 Assessment? Log in to your Edge 1.0 account today to download your Assessment Results and Peer Comparison Reports before Dec. 31. Click here to find answers to FAQs about the Edge 1.0 shutdown. Need help to access your Edge 1.0 account? Contact...

2019 Pennsylvania ALICE Report and Photography Exhibit

December 1, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Summer Food Service Program

ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed United Way of Pennsylvania launched a statewide data project, ALICE, which provides data on those who are working, yet struggling financially.  Learn more about this data and access the report. A photography...

RIPL Scholarship for Those Working in Rural and Small Public Libraries

November 4, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries

Up to 15 scholarships to the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) 2020 event in the Chicago suburbs, July 12-15, 2020, are available to staff working in rural and small public libraries in the United States. These scholarships are funded by the Institute of Museum and...

Data Training Site

July 8, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

A group of ALA Emerging Leaders has developed a site to help library staff find information about data training opportunities.  See https://ripl.lrs.org/data-pathways/. ...

Public Libraries in the United States Survey: Fiscal Year 2016

June 8, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Data, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

In 2016, one-hundred and thirteen million people attended 5.2 million programs!  Read the Public Libraries Survey report, released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and discover data on public libraries’ resources, staffing, services and more.  Read more. ...

PEW Study on the Digital Divide

May 11, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Broadband, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Access data on the digital divide for lower-income Americans and see links for other groups, such as the disabled or the rural population, on PEW’s Fact-Tank. ...

State Data Conference

April 9, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

The 2019 Pennsylvania Data User Conference will be held at Penn State Harrisburg on May 9, 2019. Register by April 26 for an early bird rate. For more details, including directions and hotel accommodations, visit: pasdcconference.org. ...

US Census Bureau to Offer Data Access Webinars Beginning April 1

March 31, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct a series of FREE data access webinars to all interested data users. Attendees will learn how to access demographic, socioeconomic, housing and business data from the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Local Employment Dynamics, Economic...

Free WebJunction Webinars for You

February 20, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for FREE in the WebJunction catalog. Help Teens Build Financial Wellbeing at Your Library Tuesday, February 26, 2019 ♦ 3:00 pm Eastern ...

Jessica Miller

RIPL: Using Your Library to Make Your Community Better

January 30, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

  by Jessica Miller, Coordinator, Washington County Library System Do you want to be able to better prepare your patrons based on where your community is heading?  This was the focus of the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Conference in August. At RIPL, we learned...