by Compendium News Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Last Keystone Webinar for this grant cycle to be offered An additional Keystone webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 5, due to the weather cancellation of a previously scheduled webinar. If your library is considering applying for a Keystone Grant for Public...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Children's Services, Library News, School Libraries
The Baldwin School Libraries hosted author Hena Khan in December. Khan is is a Pakistani-American Muslim who enjoys writing about her culture and religion. She met with students in PreK – Grade 6 to share her journey as a writer and explain the need for...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 2, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The NASIG Diversity and Inclusion Award is open to members of an unrepresented group in the NASIG community who are in a position of a professional nature with primary responsibilities for some aspect of information resource management (e.g., serials and/or...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Find professional development opportunities in February 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...
by Compendium News Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Governor's Advisory Council (GAC), Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Robert Gallivan, PhD, is a lay member the Governor’s Advisory Council from Erie. He is on the bylaw committee and has served on the legislative committee, as well as others. Gallivan is a retired Organic Chemist. He earned a PhD in organic chemistry from Purdue...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 30, 2019 | Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
by Jessica Miller, Coordinator, Washington County Library System Do you want to be able to better prepare your patrons based on where your community is heading? This was the focus of the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Conference in August. At...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 30, 2019 | Children's Services, POWER Library, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
POWER Teens Website Now Available for Comment Designed with middle school teens in mind, POWER Teens is a mobile-friendly website featuring the POWER resources for teen users. Based on the feedback from the library community, the POWER Teens site does not promote...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Health Focus, Resources of Interest
Newest eMedicare Tool Provides Valuable Information to Mobile Users CMS NEWS January 28, 2019 Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare experience with direct access on a mobile device...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Health Focus, Professional Development, Resources of Interest
Healthy Aging: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information – January 31, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM ET Did you know that the 65+ population will outnumber children for the first time in history by 2020? Given the rapid growth of this demographic, this “train the...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Broadband, Library News
By Tammy Garrison, Executive Director Clinton County Libraries, Annie Halenbake Ross Library Annie Halenbake Ross Library, part of the Clinton County Libraries, has been making significant strides to be ready for the 2020s, a decade that is approaching with...
