by Compendium News Staff | May 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Apply by May 19 to Be Part of Cohort 4 of YALSA’s Future Ready with the Library Project (membership is not required) Through funding from IMLS and in partnership with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), YALSA’s Future Ready with the Library project...
by Compendium News Staff | May 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Library News, Resources of Interest
Read about the Penn State University Libraries’ Conservation Centre, which has opened in University Park.
by Compendium News Staff | May 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Find professional development opportunities in May 2019 by topic or date at WebJunction! Remember to check WebJunction Courses, WebJunction Webinars and the Compendium for other continuing education opportunities that may interest you. All WebJunction courses and...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 30, 2019 | Broadband, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries Tuesday, April 30, 2019 In March, I announced that the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) is working with the Keystone...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 29, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Applications to borrow a Finch Robot for the 2019-2020 school year are being accepted by BirdBrain Technologies. This is open to districts, schools and libraries. You may borrow more than one! BirdBrain wants the robots to be used in pair programming so that 2...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 29, 2019 | Governor's Advisory Council (GAC), Resources of Interest
Dr. Patrick Michael Oates is a native Philadelphian and a product of the public school system of the city. He completed his undergraduate training at Tuskegee University in Animal Science and a doctorate degree at Howard University in Washington, DC in...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 28, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Visit the Connected Learning Alliance to access GitHub, a FREE Toolkit for Youth-Serving Library Professionals and Professionals-in-Training and other resources. The toolkit is a set of free, customizable, and self-paced modules that will help with planning,...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Register for one of four FREE workshops across the state to learn about financial best practices presented by Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO) speaker, Angie Lightfoot Roth! The purpose of the workshops is to provide full-day, hands-on...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Corning Incorporated Foundation Grants DiscoverE Collaboration Grants Ford Motor Company Fund’s Community Grants Program Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Grants Saxena Family Foundation STEM Grants SparkFun Sony USA Foundation Inc. Toyota USA ...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON – Today the American Library Association (ALA) and Public Library Association (PLA) announced the names of 20 libraries* in Pennsylvania selected to receive funding from Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, an initiative of ALA and PLA, sponsored by...
