by Compendium News Staff | Dec 1, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The American Library Association, with the support of Google.org, is launching an initiative to identify and scale successful entrepreneurship programs in public libraries across the US and create learning resources for any library to support entrepreneurs in its...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 10, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The SBA is investing in the success of makerspaces through the new MaTCH (Makerspace Training, Collaboration and Hiring) and will award up to $1 million in total prizes to fund selected winning makerspace proposals based on the following tiered approach: Seed: up to...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 17, 2017 | Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, 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...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 24, 2016 | Resources of Interest
The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has released “The People’s Incubator: Libraries Propel Entrepreneurship” (.pdf), a 21-page white paper that describes libraries’ importance in the innovation economy and urges decision makers to work more...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 1, 2015 | Academic Libraries, Library News
The Free Library of Philadelphia partners with the University of the Arts to offer entrepreneur classes for creatives.
