by Compendium News Staff | Jan 14, 2016 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
It ‘s not often that Pennsylvania libraries are highlighted by the Smithsonian. What caught their interest this time? Ukuleles! Thanks to Melanie Ramsey, children’s librarian at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library, libraries across Pennsylvania are...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
PA Librarians Engage, Educate, and Enrich the lives of the people they touch each day in Pennsylvania libraries. This year won’t you please take some time out of your busy schedule and nominate a librarian whom you feel deserves a Certificate of Merit. Certificates...
by Compendium News Staff | Jul 7, 2015 | Children's Services, PA Forward
The PaLA PR & Marketing Committee has provided a Summer Reading Press Release Template and sample socail media postings. Access the PA Forward summer reading press release and schedule some posts (see blow) on Twitter and Facebook to help build some buzz! Tweak...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 11, 2015 | PA Forward
By Adam Balcziunas As I browsed through PA Forward’s Best Practices database recently, I couldn’t help but notice that the majority of contributions came from public libraries. In general, I have observed that my academic librarian colleagues are less likely to...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 11, 2015 | Library News, PA Forward
The Abington Community Library has started ‘Ideal Partners,” which will showcase how local partnerships benefit the library and, in turn, the community at large. This campaign will follow the Pennsylvania Library Association’s (PaLA) 21st Century Literacies...
