by Compendium News Staff | May 20, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
NASA has created a special 4-week program that can be used in libraries across the country. If the library does not have room or time for this program, children may participate at home. Access the flyer with listed activities. NASA was inundated with requests...
by Compendium News Staff | May 20, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries seeks contributing libraries for the Chat with a Librarian service. Chat with a Librarian (formerly known as Ask Here PA) has been providing 24/7/365 live chat reference since 2006, and this service is a core component of the...
by Compendium News Staff | May 20, 2019 | Access PA, PA Digital Collections, POWER Library, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Fall 2019 POWER Library Training Dates and Locations are now available! September 17 – Crowne Plaza (King of Prussia) September 18 – Ephrata Public Library September 19 – Bucks County IU22 (Doylestown) September 24 – Appalachia – IU 8...
by Compendium News Staff | May 18, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has launched an initiative aimed at promoting literacy by featuring prominent Pennsylvanians reading a children’s book to an at-home audience. The videos will be available through PDE’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube...
by Compendium News Staff | May 17, 2019 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Trustee Workshop: Building an Exceptional Board presented by PANO’s Tish Mogan When: Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 8:30AM-1:30PM Where: Stone Ridge Poplar Run, 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA 17067 In this presentation, participants will use the Standards for...
by Compendium News Staff | May 15, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offers conservation educational programs. Check them out!
by Compendium News Staff | May 15, 2019 | Children's Services, Library News
The new library pet at the Altoona Area Public Library is a ferret –and he made it on the local news! Follow #libraryferret!
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Resources of Interest
Jerilynne Stewart, Corrections Librarian at the State Correctional Institution Mahanoy in Frackville, has been awarded the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant. Her project, Doing Time Doesn’t Have to Mean Behind the Times, uses non-fiction graphic novels...
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries in partnership with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is developing a state-wide version of the Institute for Museum and Library Services funded Future Ready with the Library (FRwtL) project. In Pennsylvania the...
by Compendium News Staff | May 14, 2019 | Children's Services, Library News, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Karey Killian, a library media special at the Milton Area School District, is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and the first educator from around the world that Microsoft chose to highlight in their Changemaker series! After extreme rain, high humidity levels...
