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POWER Library Maintenance Notice

October 4, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

HSLC will be performing maintenance on both Friday (10/5) and Saturday (10/6) in the evening from 5 PM to midnight.  During this maintenance window, the POWER Library Portal and PA Photos and Documents services may not be available. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience...

The New E-Resources Have Arrived in the POWER Library!

August 10, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In POWER Library, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

New E-Resources Have Arrived in POWER Library! “List all”, “Help me choose”, and POWER Kids links If you link to the alphabetical (“List all”) or subject (“Help me choose”) listing or to POWER Kids, you do not need to make any changes to your library...

POWER Library Portal Maintenance Notice

June 20, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, School Libraries

POWER Library Portal Maintenance Notice On Friday, June 22, beginning at 11 PM, the POWER Library Portal (powerlibrary.org) will be unavailable due to system maintenance.  The Portal is expected to be available again by 6 AM on Saturday, June 23.  We apologize in advance for any...

Michelle Georgetti

Moving PA Forward: Join in the Fight against Suicide

September 6, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Health Focus, Resources of Interest

by Michelle Muro An Uncomfortable Topic Suicide. How often do you talk about it in your library? While researching for this article, I realized the difficulty in finding library programs on suicide prevention or awareness. Since this week is National Suicide Prevention Week (September...