by Compendium News Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Health Focus, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Consumer Health Complete was removed from POWER Library on 12/31/2018. Health & Wellness Resource Center is available as the primary health e-resource in POWER Library and is a comprehensive, consumer health resource providing authoritative information on...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Library News, PA Digital Collections, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
I’m very excited to announce that Sarah Greene has accepted the position of Director, Bureau of State Library (BSL) with the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL). Sarah will join our leadership team late January 2019. Greene’s Career Sarah is well-qualified for...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in August 1970 and began work at Mansfield University a few weeks later as the education librarian. It was a perfect match for me because it permitted me to use my undergraduate and graduate backgrounds in...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
OCLC’s WebJunction program, in partnership with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, is accepting applications from small public libraries (serving communities with fewer than 25,000 people) interested in engaging their communities in a process to transform...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 3, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
NewsGuard is launching its News Literacy Partnership, which is sponsored by Microsoft, and is teaming up with universities, libraries and K-12 schools across the country. Learn about the FREE browser extension, NewsGuard, which reviews and rates news and information...
