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Assistance is Available through IAE Interact When You Register for SAM.gov

December 3, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Rural and Small Libraries

Libraries that plan to apply for federal funds, such as Federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), must be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM). The SAM registration must be active at the time the ARP-IMLS...

Register for Fall Virtual POWER Library Training!

September 29, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Access PA, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Register for Fall Virtual POWER Library Training! Virtual training session options and dates are provided below. School Libraries + e-resources : Examining the How, When, Where, and Why for POWER Library e-resources Tools in the K-12 Classroom (1.5 hours CE/ACT 48 credits) October...

Registration is Now Open for POWER Library Spring Virtual Training!

April 2, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

POWERful Partnerships – POWER Library Spring Virtual Training Join us virtually May 10-12! This year’s theme, POWERful Partnerships, will explore a variety of ways libraries can partner with and through POWER Library resources to better serve their communities.  All...

Register for POWER Library Fall Training Webinars

October 13, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

For session descriptions and to register, please visit: https://powerlibrary.org/librarians/get-training/2020-fall-training-registration/ Join us this fall for a series of online training webinars focusing on ways to use POWER Library resources to complement public library digital...

Registration is Now Open for POWER Library Fall Training!

September 3, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Access PA, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

REGISTER NOW Registration for the live 2019 Fall Training sessions is now open! There are 9 sessions scheduled across the state.  Please keep in mind that while the deadline for registering is one week before each scheduled session, space is limited and seats will be filled on...

Workshop with Sue Nespeca: Raising Literate Children Begins at Birth

April 17, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

RAISING LITERATE CHILDREN BEGINS AT BIRTH Books and Literacy Experiences for Infants and Toddlers Tuesday, May 14, 2019 – 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration: 9 – 9:30 a.m. |  Workshop: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Register below) Do toddlers come to your library for storytime?...

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...

Additional Keystone Webinar to be Offered Tuesday, February 5th

February 4, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Last Keystone Webinar for this grant cycle to be offered An additional Keystone webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 5, due to the weather cancellation of a previously scheduled webinar. If your library is considering applying for a Keystone Grant for Public Library Facilities in...

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...

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Burbio Webinar: Learn About a FREE Community Event Platform

November 27, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

  Attend a webinar to learn about a FREE service that your library can use to build community engagement.  (An email with a connection link will follow your registration). Burbio.com is a free and fully automated community events platform that streams all of a town’s...