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Health & Wellness Resource Center – Webinar

January 8, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Health Focus, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Consumer Health Complete was removed from POWER Library on 12/31/2018.  Health & Wellness Resource Center is available as the primary health e-resource in POWER Library and is a comprehensive, consumer health resource providing authoritative information on health-related issues...

Gale Topic Collections (InfoTrac Collections) added to POWER Library Portal

September 24, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Gale Topic Collections (InfoTrac Collections) added to POWER Library Portal In addition to the new Gale e-resources that have been presented on the POWER Library Portal since August 1, there are also 29 additional topic collections (InfoTrac Collections) available if a user navigates...

The New E-Resources Have Arrived in the POWER Library!

August 10, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

New E-Resources Have Arrived in POWER Library! “List all”, “Help me choose”, and POWER Kids links If you link to the alphabetical (“List all”) or subject (“Help me choose”) listing or to POWER Kids, you do not need to make any changes to your library...

POWER Library Portal Maintenance Notice

June 20, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, School Libraries

POWER Library Portal Maintenance Notice On Friday, June 22, beginning at 11 PM, the POWER Library Portal (powerlibrary.org) will be unavailable due to system maintenance.  The Portal is expected to be available again by 6 AM on Saturday, June 23.  We apologize in advance for any...

Library E-Resource Competitive Bidding

June 11, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Monday, June 11, 2018 Earlier this month, I sent you an email explaining that state law requires the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL)...

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Library E-Resource Competitive Bidding

May 23, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Wednesday, May 23, 2018   Earlier this month, I sent you an email explaining that state law requires the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL)...

OCL News: POWER Library Resources

May 1, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Tuesday, May 1, 2018   POWER Library E-Resource Competitive Bidding State law requires the Office of Commonwealth Libraries to conduct...

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Registration Open for POWER Library Users Conference

March 24, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

HSLC is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2018 POWER Library Users Conference.  There will be new topics and opportunities to learn and share with your peers.  Sessions are planned on Scan PA, SAS Standards, Tips on using the Access PA ILL System (SHAREit),...

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Statistics Tutorial for POWER Library e-Resources

February 13, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Data, POWER Library, Resources of Interest

Reading the Access PA News?  If not*, you may have missed this: Current Statistics (2017 – current) are available for POWER Library e-resources using a newly-developed interface. A video tutorial is available to get you started with the new statistics interface. Archive...

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New E-Resource Links Now Available

July 12, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest

  Your library’s new e-resource links are now available.  For more information and to obtain the links for your library, please see Frequently Asked Questions Regarding E-Resource Access Changes and Enhancements for POWER Library.   We encourage all public libraries...