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Access PA/POWER Library Fall 2017 Live Training – Registration Now Open

August 23, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, School Libraries

Registration for the live 2017 Fall Training is now open! Sessions will be held on advanced features of the Access PA Catalog and ILL System and the POWER Library e-resources, including our new e-resources authentication system. The training is live and will be held at eleven locations...

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Z39.50 Connection to Access PA Catalog Now Available!

January 12, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, PA Digital Collections, Resources of Interest

  We are pleased to announce that the Access PA Catalog is now accessible via Z39.50 for Access PA Participants. Adding this functionality allows for a connection from your ILS to the Access PA Catalog which enables you to download MARC records from the Access PA Catalog to...

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First Ever 2016 Spring Access PA/POWER Library Users Conference

February 19, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Access PA, Children's Services, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

HSLC invites you to attend the first Access PA/POWER Library Users Conference, which includes training for the POWER Library E-resources and Access PA SHAREit as well as an opportunity to learn about other POWER Library services such as PA Photos and Documents, Chat with a Librarian,...

Attention Access PA Participants: VDX ILL System Retirement Plan

November 4, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Access PA, Resources of Interest

Since November, 2014 when the announcement was issued that Auto-Graphics’ SHAREit was selected to provide the next  Interlibrary loan platform for Access PA, HSLC has been working diligently with all participating Access PA libraries to get their holdings loaded into the...

You are Invited to Drop In and SHAREit

July 13, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Have you attended training for the new SHAREit system? Have you been using SHAREit? Do you still have questions or something you’d like to see again? If you answered “yes” to these questions, you’re invited to Drop In and SHAREit! Informal drop-in sessions are scheduled...

Access PA Platform Selected

April 25, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

Auto-Graphics is selected by HSLC to provide platform for Access PA.     ...

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Access PA 2.0 Update from HSLC Executive Director

February 13, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Uncategorized

Work is underway to build the new Access PA database! To date, six libraries/systems have volunteered to contribute their holdings and populate the new union catalog: Penn State University, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Chester County Library System, Dauphin County Library System,...

Registration Open for the New ACCESS PA ILL Platform

February 6, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Registration is now open for training by HSLC on Access PA’s new ILL platform, Auto-Graphics’ SHAREit.  Thirteen sessions are scheduled at nine locations across the state. A complete list of the training sessions is available on the POWER Library Portal. ...