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History of PA Library with Bernadette Lear on November 10

October 22, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Celebrate Pennsylvania’s libraries with author Bernadette Lear, Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University, as she discusses the history of libraries in her newest book, “Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public: Community Libraries in Pennsylvania from the Colonial...

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Civics and You: Your Key to PA Local Government

February 8, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, PA Forward, School Libraries

by Beth Cackowski When was the last time you read a Civics textbook? Well, I bet I can make you read a chapter of one! Civics and You: Your Key to PA Local Government was published by the Pennsylvania Municipal League in 2014 as an eBook for 9th and 10th grade students studying...