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HSLC Needs Your Input! Help Plan the 2017 POWER Library Users Conference

February 6, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

  There will be some new sessions (Noodle Tools!) and new presenters but we are looking for your input to help us prioritize which POWER Library topics and e-resources should be featured during the 2017 POWER Library Users Conference sessions. Take the Survey! Thank  you, HSLC...

High School Student Research Added to POWER Library E-Resources

September 11, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

The list of e-resources available in POWER Library now includes High School Student Research.  High School Student Research is an EBSCO Explora interface that searches the following: Academic Search Main Edition MasterFile Main Edition Business Source Main Edition Middle Search...

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Look What I Found in the POWER Library Newsletter! Dates for Access PA/POWER Library E-Resources Training!

June 2, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

  It’s not too soon to make plans for the 2016 Fall Access PA/POWER Library e-Resources training! HSLC has scheduled the dates and locations for the 2016 Fall Access PA/POWER Library e-Resources training. Click here for a list of the dates and locations and watch...

PA LibErty Project Begins Testing

May 13, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

The PA Liberty Project, which is planning to  make digital rights management electronic books available to public and school libraries, has announced today, Thursday May 12th, that the site http://catalog.paliberty.net has now begun limited testing.  The testing is designed...

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Announcing the Pennsylvania eBook Consortium; Webinar on May 17

May 5, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In School Libraries

  Attention Pennsylvania School Librarians! We are excited to announce that after months of planning, we can officially announce the formation of the Pennsylvania eBook Consortium! We are very fortunate that HSLC, the same organization that hosts POWER Library and Ask Here...

To All Access PA/POWER Library Participants: Access PA/POWER Library Fall Training Survey

May 5, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, POWER Library

To better serve your training needs, HSLC appreciates your taking this brief 3-minute survey to determine which POWER Library e-Resources you would be most interested in learning about at the Access PA/POWER Library Fall trainings to be held in September and October of 2016. The...

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HSLC Values Your Input on Upcoming Spring Conference

January 10, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Access PA, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development

HSLC plans to hold a two-day Spring POWER Library User’s Conference in April, 2016 that will include training for POWER Library E-resources and Access PA SHAREit as well as an opportunity to learn about other POWER Library services such as PA Photos and Documents, Chat with...

Access PA/POWER Library Fall 2015 training

September 3, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, POWER Library, Professional Development, School Libraries

The Access PA/POWER Library Fall 2015 training is fast approaching and registration continues. A complete list of the training sessions is available on the POWER Library Portal. Overview The Access PA/POWER Library Fall 2015 training will be held in 10 locations across Pennsylvania...

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...

Public Libraries Survey Report Issued by IMLS

January 26, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Resources of Interest

IMLS released the report for the Public Libraries in the United States Survey: Fiscal Year 2012, an analysis of the annual data collection of U.S. public library statistics.  The survey report provides analysis of 13 key indicators of library investments and library use, and profiles...