by Compendium News Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
OCLC’s WebJunction program, in partnership with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, is accepting applications from small public libraries (serving communities with fewer than 25,000 people) interested in engaging their communities in a process to transform...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 29, 2018 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Seeking Applications for School Library, Community Memory, and Digital Inclusion Grants Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services has launched a new special initiative, Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP), and is accepting...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 14, 2018 | Library News, Rural and Small Libraries, Uncategorized
Are Dogs the New Library Cat? At Red Land Community Library in Etters, Pennsylvania, parents can sign children up for a 15-minute slot to read to a golden retriever. The dogs work on Saturdays, sitting contentedly while children choose a book to read aloud. Karen...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 13, 2018 | Accessibility, Broadband, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2018 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Centre County is a rural area in Pennsylvania and the Schlow Centre Region Library is using a unique method to bring low-cost internet to help bridge the digital divide. Utilizing TV WhiteSpace — the unused...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 1, 2018 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Did you miss the webinar on Grantseeking? No worries! You can access it as a WebJunction course for FREE! Other past webinars are also available! New Course: Grantseeking for Libraries. Funding sources for libraries is an important discussion for library staff,...
