by Compendium News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
The Office of Commonwealth Libraries is working with the Department of Health on a grant from the Center for Disease Control that includes a section on growing healthy kids. More than 300 childcare providers are part of the initiative and more are added each year. ...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Libraries Lead with Digital Skills: an initiative of ALA & PLA, is looking for libraries to apply for funding in Pennsylvania! Twenty-five grants will be awarded! Consider applying! Who should apply: Public libraries that have existing digital skills programs and...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Broadband, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Are you concerned about broadband in rural areas? Check out this Broadband Communities Magazine article, Bandwidth Hawk: Rural Broadband: Dividing The Spoils. Note the mention of federal funds. .
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Broadband, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Glenn Miller, Deputy Secretary & Commissioner for Libraries The Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) has awarded a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 14, 2019 | Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Free WebJunction Webinars for You These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free. Strategic Planning in a Deeply Weird World: The Flexible Roadmap Field Guide Approach...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 14, 2019 | Children's Services, Health Focus, Resources of Interest
Highlighted Content on WebJunction Tapping Your Team Talents: Elizabeth Koenig and the team at Everett Public Library are passionate about bringing fun, creative programming to their community. Many of their best ideas come from tapping into their own team’s...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 14, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
InfoPeople is offering the following FREE webinars: Creating A Crisis Communications Plan That Works -Presented by Kim Thursday, March 27, 2019 @ 3pm EST In world with a 24-hour news cycle, libraries must be ready to communicate quickly about any crisis that may...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 12, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Consider joining the first Library 2.019 mini-conference: “Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design,” which will be held online (and for free) Wednesday, March 13th, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm EST. You can also watch the recordings at any...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 12, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Glenn R. Miller Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
I’m pleased to announce that Academic Search Main Edition (ASME), an EBSCO product, is once again available in POWER Library. This online resource provides about 1,800 full-text journals and 1,300 that are full-text and peer-reviewed. Some of ASME’s subjects...
by Compendium News Staff | Mar 8, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Access PA, Broadband, Resources of Interest
Carrie Cleary has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS). Read more!
