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November 12, 2024
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Add a Link to PA Online Learning Tutorials from Your Website!
Your Library's Link to PA Online Learning is available in the
PA Online Learning, provided by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries for all Pennsylvanians, is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources such as POWER Library! The icon and link have been added to the Links Generator in the For Librarians Hub so that libraries may add the link to their website, blogs, social media posts, etc.
Find tutorials in categories such as:
  • Computer and Internet Skills
  • Job and Career Skills 
  • POWER Library 
  • Genealogy 
  • Social Media 
  • Self-Help, Wellness, and Health 
  • STEMLab: Lunch and Learn
Not familiar with PA Online Learning? Check it out here!
Get Your PA Online Learning Link!

Find E-Resources
Single Sign-On (SSO) vs. IP Authentication
Know the Difference!
Information for K-12 Participants
Single Sign-On (SSO)
IP Authentication
SSO is available for schools that:
  • Use ClassLink, Clever, or Google as their SSO platform.
  • All schools in a district participate in POWER Library.
What's great? SSO allows users to sign-in to SSO from inside school or from home and not be prompted for a library card number.
 
What's worth noting?
  • SSO does not provide local usage statistics. 
  • Using the unique link provided by the Links Generator to access the POWER Library is not access via SSO.
Note: Private and Cyber Schools are eligible for SSO for an additional small annual fee.
Learn More About SSO!
IP authentication is available to all POWER Library participating institutions, and the important points are:
  • IP authentication uses your school's external IP addresses as the basis for enabling users inside your school to access the e-resources without being challenged for a library card number.
  • Each school must use their unique link for IP authentication to work. Find the link for your school in the Links Generator.
What's worth noting? Users accessing the unique for your school from home will be prompted for a library card number. 
Questions About IP Authentication? Contact Support!

PA Photos and Documents
Highlights from the Most Recent DPLA Harvest
The most recent harvest resulted in:
  • 10 new PA Photos and Documents collections are now discoverable in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Numerous new records added since the last harvest in June.
Below are the new POWER Library institutions now represented in the DPLA:
What is DPLA? DPLA works with a national network of partners to make millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience. Check out over 195,000 results from PA Photos and Documents that are available in DPLA. 
 
Add materials to PA Photos and Documents! Want to add historic materials from your collection to PA Photos and Documents? Have a few letters, a diary, or some postcards? No collection is too small! Contact us!
Explore PA Photos and Documents Now!

Find E-Resources
Do We Have All Your Patron Barcodes?
Your POWER Library support team at HSLC maintains a barcode registry to which all barcodes in use at your institution must be included for your patrons to successfully access POWER E-Resources. 
 
If you changed your barcode number scheme or added a new set of barcode numbers, please let us know!
Report Barcode Updates to Support!

Do You Need Support? We Are Here to Help!

If you need support, please use one of the options provided below to contact HSLC. 

Complete the POWER Library Support Form
Email us at support@hslc.org
Call us at 215-222-1532
Get Support!

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