by Compendium News Staff | Jan 19, 2018 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Invite new staff or volunteers to become a top-notch Dewey shelver. In the recently updated WebJunction course, Shelving with Dewey, learners new to the Dewey Decimal Classification system learn the fundamentals of subject-based classification, the importance of an...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 18, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library will hold the MontCo Comic Fest 2018 on April 7 beginning at 10:00am. The MontCo Comic Fest is a family event which is organized in partnership with local schools and community college. Various educational and fun...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Library News
Longwood Gardens organizes an annual Community Read program with regional library systems in Pennsylvania and Delaware, cultural institutions, conservation organizations and gardens. This year the community reading event is on the topic of women in science and...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Academic Libraries, Immigration, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Infopeople Academy is offering FREE access to Survival Spanish for Library Staff, which was based on an all-day workshop developed to provide library staff with the basic skills for communicating with Spanish-speaking patrons. Essential words and phrases have been...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Library News, Resources of Interest
Scott Thomas, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), announced that PaILS saw additional growth in 2017 with the addition of the Bedford County Library System, Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Bangor Public Library,...
