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August 12, 2025
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Registration is OPEN for Fall 2025 POWER Library Training!
9 locations around PA!
Registration is OPEN for Fall 2025 POWER Library Training 
 
We are excited to announce that registration is open for this fall's POWER Library training tour! 
 
Get ready to Level Up your POWER Library skills with session topics including:
  • POWER Library E-Books and Overdrive
  • Educator Resources Deep Dive
  • Access Pennsylvania Training
  • E-Resources Digital Escape Rooms and more!
View the Full Agenda, Dates, Locations, and Register Now!

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Teacher-Librarians Here’s the Beginning of Your POWER Library “Welcome Back” Checklist!
Let's get started off on the right foot!
Check your POWER Library contact information
Is your school’s entry in the Participant Directory up to date?

Does your district have any new librarians?
Please let us know so that we can get their contact information and get them added to service email lists, newsletters, etc.
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Check your access to POWER Library E-Resources 
Test your links! The Links Generator is your friend!
Make sure you test ALL the POWER Library E-Resource links on your website from inside your school — sometimes authentication issues are vendor-specific, which results in E-Resources working with some vendors, and not others.
 
Are you seeing another type of access issue? Check to make sure that you’re using your school-specific links, available via the Links Generator. If updating the links doesn’t solve the problem, please let us know!  

Prompted for a barcode number in school?
Contact your IT department for your current public/external IP addresses or range as well as any additional public IP addresses including load balancers, backups, cloud filters, separate wireless or student device networks, etc. If there are any updates, please let us know!
 
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Does your school use SSO to access POWER Library? There are two ways to check:
  1. Login to your SSO platform (ClassLink, Clever, and/or Google) and look for a POWER library icon. If it isn’t working and/or is prompting you for a library card number, please let us know!
  2. The Links Generator has been updated to provide a notice to schools that have access to POWER Library via SSO. The notice will indicate from which platforms your district has access — ClassLink, Clever, and/or Google. 
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Below is an example of the notice that will be presented to schools that have access via SSO. 
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Why is SSO so great? SSO allows students to sign-in and access POWER Library from inside the school AND from home, and not be prompted for a library card number.
Questions? Contact Us!

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Password Change is Coming August 13!
Please note that this is not your SHAREit login. 
This is the password you will need to: 
  • Set up Access PA as a Z39.50 search in your ILS to download MARC records
  • Upload your .MRC file to the Auto-Graphics Cloud for your holdings updates
  • Set up your ILLiad IOS connection to SHAREit
Due to the sensitive nature of this password, we do not share it openly with participants in mass communication. Beginning August 13, if you need the password, please contact support.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is also important to note that once the password is changed (and your saved one is no longer valid), you will not receive an error message. Rather, you will simply receive no results from Access PA's SHAREit database. Further, all communication between SHAREit and ILLiad/Tipasa will also not occur — you won't get an error message, there will just be no data sent to your ILL interface. 
Need the Password? Contact Us!

New Job? Retiring?
Staff Changes? Please Let Us Know!
Help us keep the participant directory accurate!
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.  
Please Report Contact Updates to HSLC!

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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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