by Compendium News Staff | Nov 2, 2015 | Health Focus, PA Forward, Resources of Interest
by Ashley Flynn, Library Director Highland Community Library Eating healthy can be tough, even in the best circumstances. It requires planning smart meals, purchasing and preparing ingredients, and then controlling portions when it is finally time to eat. For some,...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 23, 2015 | PA Forward
by Caitlyn Boland, Director, Butler Area Public Library With election day right around the corner, libraries are a perfect place for people to get the information they need in order to make an educated decision about issues and events affecting their...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest
Sarah Applegateby Sarah Applegate Currently Reading: The Nightmare Charade by Mindee Arnett I recently took on a full-time youth services position within my library and now find myself having to plan programs for birth to teen. Preschool and teen programming is easy...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 11, 2015 | Library News, PA Forward, Professional Development
by Ashley Flynn The evolving technology landscape makes for a very exciting – and challenging – aspect of library service. For librarians, staying up to date with the numerous devices on the market is daunting. However, the public desperately needs exactly...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 2, 2015 | Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, School Libraries
PA Forward: ‘Teens After 2’ by Caitlyn Boland YALSA has done the research. Libraries know that approximately 14 million middle and high school students are on their own after school. The hours between 3 and 6 p.m. are the peak hours for juvenile crime and...
