by Compendium News Staff | Dec 20, 2019 | Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Young children (ages 0-5) are considered “hard-to-count” because the Census Bureau finds them challenging to interview, locate or contact! Cultural and linguistic barriers only compound this issue. Libraries across the United States are responding in innovative ways....
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The National Network Library of Medicine (NNLM )Training Office (NTO) and Southeastern Atlantic Region (SEA) have invited applications for their two-day interactive, hands-on Library Carpentry workshops in Baltimore, MD and Salt Lake City, UT this spring. Library...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
Did your library take an Edge 1.0 Assessment? Log in to your Edge 1.0 account today to download your Assessment Results and Peer Comparison Reports before Dec. 31. Click here to find answers to FAQs about the Edge 1.0 shutdown. Need help to access your Edge 1.0...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Summer Food Service Program
ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed United Way of Pennsylvania launched a statewide data project, ALICE, which provides data on those who are working, yet struggling financially. Learn more about this data and access the report. A photography...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 4, 2019 | Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries
Up to 15 scholarships to the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) 2020 event in the Chicago suburbs, July 12-15, 2020, are available to staff working in rural and small public libraries in the United States. These scholarships are funded by the Institute of...
