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August 26, 2025
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Single Sign-On
Attention K-12 Schools: Sign-On (SSO) Migration Required by October 15
New POWER Library SSO apps are available!
If your district’s schools have not yet migrated to the new SSO apps, this will need to be completed by October 15, 2025. The updated apps allow school SSO platforms to link directly to POWER Kids, POWER Teens, and List All E-Resources.
 
The current SSO, which functions as a single app requiring users to choose between POWER Kids, POWER Teens, or List All E-Resources, will be retired on October 15, 2025. To ensure uninterrupted access, please complete your migration before this date. If migration has not yet been completed, your librarian or technology staff should contact HSLC support.
Contact HSLC Support!

POWER Library website maintenance
POWER Library Website Maintenance Alert!
Next Thursday, August 28, at 9:30 p.m., we will be performing maintenance that will briefly make the POWER Library, POWER Kids, and POWER Teens websites unavailable. 
 
Note also that this maintenance does not affect direct access to external resources such as the databases, ILL service, etc. 
 
If you experience any issues accessing services beginning on Friday, August 29, please contact HSLC support.
Contact HSLC Support!

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Fall Training Registration is Filling Fast!
There is no cost to attend training!
Earn 4.5 Continuing Education/ACT 48 credits!
The sessions offered are:
  • Thunderbolt Trivia - E-Book Edition
  • Teaching Mode Activated: Unlocking Educator Tools in POWER Library
  • The POWER Library Playbook
  • Access Pennsylvania: Who wants to be a mILLionaire?
  • ...and more!
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View the Full Agenda, Dates, Locations, and Register Now!

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Teacher-Librarians Review Your Participant  Information
Let's get the school year started 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 the Participant Directory

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Call for
Contributions
In Celebration of America250PA 
Our Local History Matters — Help Us Share It!
In recognition of America250PA, PA Photos & Documents invites Pennsylvania libraries, museums, and cultural institutions to share digital content that highlights the state’s diverse history, people, and culture.
Ready to Contribute digitized or born-digital items such as:
📷 Images (photos, postcards, drawings, posters)
📜 Documents (letters, diaries, journals, ledgers)
📚 Bound items (books, pamphlets, yearbooks)
🗞️ Local newspapers
🗺️ Maps
🖼️ Photos of significant cultural or historical artifacts
🎧 Audio (oral histories, interviews)
🎞️ Video or Film (linked from YouTube, Vimeo, or your website)
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NEED EQUIPMENT?
FREE equipment loans for digitization are available through the SCAN PA program. We provide setup and training too!

START HERE!
Step 1: Complete our quick Pre-Application Survey 
This will help determine eligibility and next steps.
 
AMERICA250PA!
Celebrate Pennsylvania's Leading Role in the 250th Anniversary of America with America250PA!
https://america250pa.org
 
Get the call for contributors as a printable flyer.
Questions? Please Contact Support

Take a break for Labor Day
Labor Day Holiday Office Closure Notice
Please be advised that HSLC will be closed for business on Monday, 
September 1, in observance of Labor Day.
 
HSLC staff will monitor support for any notification of service outages. 
All other support needs will be responded to upon our return to work on Tuesday, September 2.
Enjoy the holiday!

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