by Compendium News Staff | Apr 19, 2015 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Get To Know Your POWER Resources! CyberSmarts is an e-book collection for grades 3 – 6 which offers users a safe, simulated Internet experience with hands-on instruction on how to deal with important online safety issues. The set contains five titles: Avoiding...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 12, 2015 | Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Governor’s Advisory Council has created a document, Priorities and Recommendations for Pennsylvania Libraries, that describes the importance of Pennsylvania’s libraries and highlights five areas that they believe must be addressed to ensure that all...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 21, 2015 | Library News, Professional Development, Uncategorized
The Wilkes-Barre Library District has been focusing on promoting their online resources since July of 2014. Elaine Stefanko, Coordinator of Information Services at the Osterhout Free Library says that “the District believes it is important that those resources...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 18, 2015 | Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries, Uncategorized
Explora is here! Released in early February, Explora is EBSCO’s all-new interface for schools and public libraries and will replace Searchasaurus, Kid’s Search and Student Research Center. Key features include: attractive, user-friendly design;...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 13, 2015 | Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Uncategorized
Work is underway to build the new Access PA database! To date, six libraries/systems have volunteered to contribute their holdings and populate the new union catalog: Penn State University, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Chester County Library System, Dauphin County...
