by Compendium News Staff | Dec 8, 2015 | Library News, Resources of Interest
People living on the Pennsylvania frontier often felt isolated and fearful. Scotch-Irish and German settlers, excluded from the best farmlands near Philadelphia, worked hard to clear lands and establish new farms and towns west of the Susquehanna. Although some of...
by Compendium News Staff | Sep 10, 2015 | Health Focus, Resources of Interest
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, on behalf of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), is now accepting applications for Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, a traveling exhibition to U.S. libraries. Native...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 28, 2015 | Resources of Interest
The Library of Congress loans items to other institutions and agencies. Check out what is available!
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 8, 2015 | Library News, Uncategorized
West Oak Lane Library, a branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, hosted the Lest We Forget Museum’s travelling tour.