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New Learning E-Resources for Staff and the Public

October 30, 2020 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) is pleased to announce that two new statewide online learning e-resources are now available through Niche Academy, a platform of free tutorials for library staff and the general population. The Pennsylvania Library Staff Academy is available...

Apply for Library Carpentry: Software and Data Skills Empowerment for Library Work

December 13, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

The National Network Library of Medicine (NNLM )Training Office (NTO) and Southeastern Atlantic Region (SEA) have invited applications for their two-day interactive, hands-on Library Carpentry workshops in Baltimore, MD and Salt Lake City, UT this spring. Library Carpentry focuses...

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Pennsylvania Public Library Accounting Manual

November 14, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

  I’m pleased to announce that the Pennsylvania Public Library Accounting Manual (2018, PDF) has been revised and updated.  An Office of Commonwealth Libraries’ (OCL) team, led by Library Advisor Diana Megdad, along with Certified Public Accountants at McKonly & Asbury,...

TechSoup

July 1, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

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NEH Adds Second Humanities Infrastructure Grant Program for 2018

May 8, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 8, 2018) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will offer a second round of its new Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants, with an application deadline of August 1. NEH announced the new grant program, designed to create and...

TechSoup Donation Program

March 25, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

TechSoup and TechSoup for Libraries supports nonprofits by providing access to donations and discount rates on software, hardware and services from major brands. Some of the brands include Microsoft Office, Adobe, Tableau, Cisco, Dell, Windows Server, Symantec, Quickbooks, AWS,...

Libraries Included in New NEH Grant Program to Support Infrastructure

January 16, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest

NEH Creates New Grant Program to Support Humanities Infrastructure                    Matching grants to stimulate public-private investment in cultural institutions new challenge grants WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 16, 2018) — The National Endowment for the Humanities...

New Summer Reading Software

February 3, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries

New online summer reading software is available for 2015.  This year Counting Opinions’ Reading Club will be the software available for Pennsylvania libraries to use to increase their reach for summer readers.  The software will allow libraries to customize the software as much...