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Registration Now Open for POWER Library Spring Training

February 12, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Registration Now Open for POWER Library Spring Training HSLC is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2019 POWER Library Spring Training.  Sessions are planned on the new Gale e-resources, ILL (SHAREit), and PA Photos and Documents (Islandora). The training is in-person...

Institutions of Higher Education Now Eligible for POWER Library E-Resources

February 6, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, POWER Library, Resources of Interest

    The Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) is pleased to announce that institutions of higher education may now obtain IP-authenticated access to all the e-resources provided in POWER Library.  Previously, these institutions were only eligible for IP-authenticated...

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POWER Teens Website Now Available for Comment

January 30, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

POWER Teens Website Now Available for Comment Designed with middle school teens in mind, POWER Teens is a mobile-friendly website featuring the POWER resources for teen users. Based on the feedback from the library community, the POWER Teens site does not promote grade levels or...

Chat with a Librarian Webinar

January 24, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

New QuestionPoint Interface, Best Practices, and More! Join Karri Sites, OCLC QuestionPoint Library Services Consultant, for a webinar demonstrating the new QuestionPoint interface, covering chat best practices, and more. Libraries that contribute staff time to Chat with a Librarian...

New ALA E-Books for Library Staff Now Available

January 24, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

A collection of ALA e-books are now available in the EBSCO E-Books e-resource for Pennsylvania library staff.  The e-books cover topics from storytimes, designing space, children’s literature, serving those with special needs, serving teens, intellectual freedom, and more. ...

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Health & Wellness Resource Center – Webinar

January 8, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In 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 health-related issues...

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GAC Profile: Larry Nesbit

January 8, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In 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 education, as well...

December 3rd Webinar: PA Photos and Documents Islandora Update

November 29, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

PA Photos and Documents Islandora Update Webinar When:  December 3, 2018 2:00pm Earlier this year, Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting (HSLC) conducted an RFP for a new digital repository software platform for PA Photos and Documents. The open-source platform Islandora was...

POWER Library Maintenance Notice

October 4, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

HSLC will be performing maintenance on both Friday (10/5) and Saturday (10/6) in the evening from 5 PM to midnight.  During this maintenance window, the POWER Library Portal and PA Photos and Documents services may not be available. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience...

Gale Topic Collections (InfoTrac Collections) added to POWER Library Portal

September 24, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Gale Topic Collections (InfoTrac Collections) added to POWER Library Portal In addition to the new Gale e-resources that have been presented on the POWER Library Portal since August 1, there are also 29 additional topic collections (InfoTrac Collections) available if a user navigates...