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Reading Public Library Receives $100,000 to Support Youth Services

August 31, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News

Reading, Pa – Friday, August 27, 2021 – Reading Public Library has again received a $100,000 grant from the Cameron Schrier Foundation as part of a multi-year commitment totaling $200,000.  The grant will support the positions of Children’s Library Manager and Teen...

Family Portraits Promote Literacy

May 20, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

Read how the Reading Public Library promotes literacy in Spanish-speaking families.   ...

Presentation of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service

May 25, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

The Reading Public Library was awarded a 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.  Watch the presentation on a WFMZ broadcast [1:31min]. Photos from award ceremony:         ...

Reading Public Library is National Medal Recipient

May 1, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

The Reading Public Library is a recipient of the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service!  Read about it and learn more about the National Medal! Read the initial Press Release: Check out the photos on the Dept of Education’s Twitter account.   ...

Webinar on Preparing for National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week

November 25, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Consumer Health Coordinator Lydia Collins will present a webinar on December 13, 2017 at 2-3 pm EST.  The class, Activate, Collaborate and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community, will focus on how to conduct health outreach and share materials that can be...

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Reading Public Library Hosts Panel Discussion on Opioid Crisis

September 22, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Health Focus, Library News, Resources of Interest

  Submitted by Nathaniel A. Thomas, MLS, Head of Reference, Reading Public Library On Sept. 18, 2017, the Reading Public Library hosted an interactive panel discussion around the opioid epidemic. In a roomful of more 40 people, state officials, advocates, emergency management...

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Session Notes: Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference

January 27, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Comic Con

July 19, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News

Read about the Comic Con held at the Reading Public Library. ...

Summer Job Readiness Workshops to be Held at Reading Library

May 8, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Library News

The Reading Public Library will offer Summer Job Readiness Workshops. ...

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Curiosity Creates Grant Awarded to 6 PA Libraries — Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls Offers Building Up: Architecture

December 4, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News

The Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls has been awarded a Curiosity Creates Grant from the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. The library is one of 77 public libraries in the United States awarded the grant, which has...