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REALM Literature Review and New Toolkit Resources Available

March 5, 2021 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

REALM literature review and new toolkit resources available Systematic literature review  This third systematic literature review of SARS-CoV-2 research published through November 2020 summarizes current research on how the virus spreads, its survival on materials and surfaces,...

Consumer Health Toolkit: Finding Health and Wellness @ the Library

October 11, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Finding Health and Wellness @ the Library: A CONSUMER HEALTH TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARY STAFF Second Edition (Version 2) Urban Libraries Council is offering  access to a newly-added Edge resource designed to help libraries increase health literacy in their communities, the Finding Health...

Webinars on Disaster Planning, Lunch at the Library, and Homelessness

January 24, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Sign up for these FREE WebJunction webinars! From Facilities to Trauma: Disaster Planning and Community Resiliency at Your Library Tuesday, January 30, 2018 ♦ 3:00 pm Eastern ♦ 60 minutes  Register Recent catastrophes have highlighted the important role public libraries play...

Free WebJunction Webinars: Wikipedia, Disaster Planning

December 13, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free for Pennsylvania library workers and trustees in the Course Catalog. Citations Needed: Build Your Wikipedia Skills While Building...

Movement Based Programs: Webinar, Grants and Other Resources

October 23, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

The next webinar on How to Incorporate Movement into Libraries will be held on November 8, 2017, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. This webinar is FREE and open to all. Join the conversation! Josh Berk (Bethlehem [PA] Public Library) and Rick Samuelson (Henrico County Public Library) will...

James V. Brown is Featured

October 20, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Library News, Resources of Interest

The James V. Brown Library is featured using Libraries Transform toolkit. ...

Libraries Transform: Health Literacy Toolkit: Webinar on September 14

August 22, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Description: October is Health Literacy Month. The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) have created a Health Literacy Month toolkit for the Libraries Transform campaign. Join Amanda J. Wilson (NNLM) and Jeff Julian (ALA) as...

Connective Care Initiative: Partner Toolkit

July 30, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

Connected Care is a public education campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of chronic care management (CCM) to patients with multiple chronic conditions and to provide health care professionals with the support to implement successful CCM programs. It was developed by the...

Free Library of Philadelphia Prison Services Program; Toolkit Offered to Other Libraries

May 16, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest

WebJunction featured Expanding Opportunities for Incarcerated Parents and Their Families at the Free Library of Philadelphia.   The library recently released a FREE toolkit in an effort to collaborate with their peers, share what was learned in building a prison services program,...

Adult Basic Literacy Team (ALT)

Adult Literacy Team (ALT)

July 7, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, ILEAD USA, Library News, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

The second session of ILEAD USA 2016 is coming up July 11-14.  This is the technology session for the teams when they challenge themselves with technology classes and present the first view of their proposed solutions to community problems during a poster session. This is a...