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New E-books on POWER Library

May 13, 2022 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

May 11, 2022 Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) today announced that Pennsylvania’s public electronic library, POWER Library, has acquired 350 new e-books for users to explore, bringing the total of available titles to approximately 20,000. “Through...

PDE Building Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Neighborhood Roadmap

May 4, 2022 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Deputy Secretary of Education and Commissioner for Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Susan Banks Deputy Secretary of Education and Commissioner for Libraries

Greetings, Pennsylvania libraries!      As a valued library leader, you are invited to a special preview of the PDE Building Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Neighborhood Roadmap on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, from 1-2 P.M.  Please save that date to join us for this important...

Pennsylvania Department of Education Launches New Podcast

February 2, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

February 2, 2021 Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education is launching a new podcast today titled “PDE Presents…” with Acting Secretary Noe Ortega. The podcast will share information about the mission and outcomes of education in Pennsylvania and across...

ULC Releases Leadership Brief: Digital Equity in the Age of COVID-19

September 21, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Broadband, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Digital Equity in the Age of COVID-19   spotlights how the pandemic has both intensified the digital divide and created a window for action by raising the visibility of what it means to be unconnected in our hyper-connected world, especially for our most vulnerable residents. Included...

Project READY: Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth

August 30, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Project READY (Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth) is an online racial equity curriculum  freely accessible for libraries at ready.web.unc.edu. The curriculum consists of 27 modules, organized into three sequential sections: Foundations focuses on basic...

WebJunction Content Offers Accessibility and Disability Inclusion as well as InfoPeople Courses

August 7, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Accessibility, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Highlighted Content on WebJunction: Prioritizing Accessibility and Disability Inclusion at Your Library: Putting a focus on accessibility helps create a library that can be enjoyed by more people and can connect more people to the information and resources they need. Opportunities...

Multi-district Workshop – RA for All: Diversity & Inclusion through Reader’s Advisory

July 11, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

The Northeast, Wilkes-Barre and Pottsville Library Districts will be presenting RA for All: Diversity & Inclusion through Reader’s Advisory workshop featuring Becky Spratford of RA for All (http://raforall.blogspot.com/). Spratford will present 4 modules detailed below –...

FREE InfoPeople Webinars: Crisis Communication Plans, Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturalism through Crafts; Free Tools for Working with Graphics and the Web

March 14, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

InfoPeople is offering the following FREE webinars: Creating A Crisis Communications Plan That Works –Presented by Kim Thursday, March 27, 2019 @ 3pm EST  In world with a 24-hour news cycle, libraries must be ready to communicate quickly about any crisis that may impact their...

FREE NNLM Classes: Bibliometrics, Diversity

December 14, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Data, Professional Development

The National Network Library of Medicine (NN/LM) is offering the following FREE classes; MLA cfredit is offered.  Click the title for more information. Bibliometrics, Altmetrics, & the Question of Research Impact January 17, 2018  4:00pm-5:pm This session addresses the history...