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STEM Grants

December 1, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

STEAM Universe lists upcoming STEM grants.  Get them on your calendar!   ...

STEM Grants for Rural Libraries

February 1, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Rural and Small Libraries

February 15 is the deadline for public libraries that serve rural areas to apply for STEM grants of $3500.  One hundred and ten libraries will be selected.  Learn more here. ...

STEM Webinar: Click2Science Skills

January 29, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries

The Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network’s  Project Accelerate and Click2Science are offering a FREE, engaging, interactive webinar focusing on the Click2Science skills of Making Connections to STEM Careers and Asking Purposeful Questions. Gain ideas...

Maker Faires in B&N Stores this Weekend

November 3, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

November 6-8, Barnes and Noble  will have mini maker faires going on in all their stores. Look here for more information.   ...

Sarah Applegate

Maker Mondays

October 16, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest

Sarah Applegate by Sarah Applegate Currently Reading: The Nightmare Charade by Mindee Arnett I recently took on a full-time youth services position within my library and now find myself having to plan programs for birth to teen. Preschool and teen programming is easy for me....

Public Libraries, STEM and Star_Net

August 24, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Uncategorized

You didn’t go to the Public Libraries and STEM conference in Denver?  You can read the background papers and access other resources. Also consider accessing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) expertise through free resources and opportunities from the STAR Library...

Follow the STEM Camp Blog this Week — Going on at the Middletown Free Library!

August 3, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, ILEAD USA, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

ILEAD USA Techni-gals Team will be posting all this week during their STEM camp!!  Tune in to http://www.technigals.org/ The team also created this cool logo! Contact Techni-gals if you have any questions–or just to tell them you saw their blog! ...

Apply for ALA STEM Traveling Exhibition

July 14, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities

Apply by 9/18/15 to host a #STEM traveling exhibition. Perfect for small spaces. ...

American Honda Foundation Grants for STEM

June 1, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, School Libraries

The Foundation wants to support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment.  The grant range is from $20,000 to $75,000 over a one-year period  Deadline:  August 1; November 1;...

Robotic Program at Library

April 6, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News

Norwood Public Library offers Robotic program. ...