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April 8, 2025
Happy National Library Week!
National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries and library profressionals play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.
POWER Library Annual Technology Support Fee Payment Due July 16
Invoices for 2025-26 have been mailed. These payments help HSLC cover costs during the transition from one fiscal year to the next while we await Library Access funding appropriations.
Did you know? The Access Pennsylvania and POWER Library programs are underwritten with Pennsylvania Department of Education and Federal grant funding. These funds cover most of the resources (staff, networks, hardware, and software) used to offer these services at no cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers. PDE, through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, contracts with HSLC for basic services that comprise the Access PA/POWER Library programs. The annual technology support fee covers a portion of staff costs, enhanced support, training, and custom programming for participating libraries. Technology support fees also underwrite grant administration costs, capital expenses for new hardware, and other unbudgeted expenses in support of the Access PA/POWER Library program.
Attention: Schools Please note that for schools, invoices were mostly mailed to the district office for consolidated payment. If you need a copy of your invoice, please contact HSLC support at support@hslc.org.
We accept payments online Note that the fee may be paid via credit card on the HSLC website at: https://hslc.org/power-participants/payments/ There are no fees added for paying via credit card.
Spotlight On... National Geographic Archive 1888-2020
Flip through the pages of National Geographic online!
Explore National Geographic Magazine cover-to-cover to experience the exploration, photography, maps, and more offered in this award-winning magazine. All Pennsylvanians now have perpetual access to over
1,500 issues of digital content that attracts, engages, and informs students, educators, researchers, and general readers.
Want to contribute materials from your institution? No collection is too small and there is no cost for POWER Library participating institutions. Get in touch with us!
A couple of recently added collections:
John F. Ballier Civil War Journal made available by the German Society of Pennsylvania. This Civil War Journal records the battlefield activity of the 98th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, which Ballier led between May 4-July 2, 1864.
Mary Eliza Brinton Hopkins Diary Collection made available by the Chester County History Center. This digitized diary includes a range of daily life events recorded by Mary Eliza Brinton Hopkins. Mary Eliza Brinton was born in 1830/31 to William Brinton
(1785-1878) and Gulielma Cooper Brinton (1793-1879/80) in the family residence near Gap in Lancaster County. Known siblings were Jane Brinton (married surname Smith) (1826-1895) and Joseph Brinton (1828-1917). The family was Quaker; as an adult, Joseph was active in the Wilburite schisms in the 1850s and 1860s in the Society of Friends... [read more]
Visit Your POWER Library Support Team at Conferences
If you're not attending, touch base with your coworkers who will be and encourage them to visit the POWER Library booth in the exhibit hall to collect outreach materials for your institution.
This is where your POWER Library support team will be, ready to promote POWER Library and provide attendees with outreach materials.
Using | Doing | Teaching Black History: A Public History Workshop’s Community Resource Fair
April 25
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
PA Workforce Development Conference April 29-30 Hershey Lodge (Hershey)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference May 2 Hilton Harrisburg (Harrisburg)
Moving to a new school, retiring, or otherwise leaving your current position? Please let us know! Keeping us updated with contact changes ensures email lists are kept current and newsletters and invoices issued by HSLC are received.
POWER Library This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Library Access funds administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
POWER Library is hosted by HSLC 3600 Market St., Suite 550 Philadelphia, PA 19104
