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Trustee Workshop on June 11: Emerging Trends in Libraries with David Lee King

May 27, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Join Other Trustees at a Trustee Training Event in Delaware County on Saturday, June 11!   When:  Saturday, June 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: Delaware County Intermediate Unit                       200 Yale Avenue, Morton, PA Keynote: Emerging Trends...

Listen to Kathy Silks and Rob Lesher on WITF

April 15, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest

Kathy Silks, Program Manager for PA Forward/Pennsylvania Libraries  and Rob Lesher, Executive Director of the Dauphin County Library System were interviewed on WITF’s Smart Talk on April 13.  WITF used the theme “Libraries Transform, ” during National Library...

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Planning with PA Forward

February 3, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In PA Forward

  by Jill McConnell I attended a Trustee Town Hall meeting last year where Kathy Silks mentioned that libraries can use PA Forward in their strategic planning process. That sounded like a great idea to me, but I wasn’t quite sure how to put it into practice until I spoke...

PA Forward: Building a Collective Voice for Libraries

January 11, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In PA Forward, Resources of Interest

— Submitted by Kathy Silks, Project Manager, PA Forward | Pennsylvania Libraries 2014 was a banner year for PA Forward, thanks to the dedication, strategic thinking, and very hard work of so many people:  the project’s Steering Committee and its seven subcommittees, five...