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Recruiting for Rare Collections Librarian, State Library of Pennsylvania

June 12, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

  Recruiting for Rare Collections Librarian, State Library of Pennsylvania As the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) continues to rebuild its staff following some key staff retirements, I’m pleased to share a special and unique invitation to join the State Library of...

Public Exhibit at PA Senate Library

November 26, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

The Pennsylvania Senate Library has opened an exhibit about the history of the Senate.  Read about it in the Altoona Mirror. ...

Draft Statewide Library Card Guidelines: Your Comments Needed

November 7, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Over the past two years, the Governor’s Advisory Council on Library Development (GAC) has been working with library leaders across the state to review and update its Guidelines for the Statewide Library Card program.  Sometimes called the Access Pennsylvania statewide library...

200 New Titles Added to EBSCO E-Books

July 31, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

The EBSCO E-Books collection in POWER Library has grown again! Two-hundred new titles are now available in EBSCO E-Books. The titles focus mostly on history and biography and all are downloadable.   You will find new titles like: Etched in Stone On to Chicago She Caused a Riot Biz...

local history space

Local History Expansion at Benson Memorial Library 

July 6, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Library News

Starting in mid-2017, Benson Memorial Library decided to expand its local history services by hiring its first full-time historian, Jessica Hilburn. Throughout her first year of employment, the library has been recognized for multiple major newsworthy accomplishments in the community....

You Can Still Watch Until End of March!

March 18, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

Top 18 Interviews of PA Books To celebrate the contribution to preserving Pennsylvania’s history and culture by PA Books, the 18 favorites, including the 800th episode, will be available FREE of charge streaming on the PCN Select app or at this page until the end of March. PA...

Libraries Can Join Nationwide Project: History Unfolded

May 16, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Resources of Interest

Check out Unfolding History at Your Library on WebJunction.  This nationwide project from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, DC, is excavating the evidence for what was possible for Americans to have known about the Holocaust as it was happening...

FREE Webinar on Historypin: Using Local History for Community Engagement

February 22, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Join InforPeople for a FREE webinar on Historypin on March 9 at 3:00pm and learn how you can engage your community with local history! At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will: Be able to identify what Historypin is and its role in helping to connect libraries...

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Webinar

September 15, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, PA Digital Collections, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

PA Digital announces and invites you to a FREE webinar on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The DPLA holds great potential as a tool for research, teaching, and fun; it now provides free access to more than 14 million items, including historical photographs, letters,...

Common Heritage Grants

March 13, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, PA Digital Collections

The National  Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering Common Heritage grants, which will support both the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of public programming at community events that explore these materials as a window on a community’s...