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September 2, 2025
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Recently Added Digital Collections!
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Have a few photos, letters, or postcards? No collection is too small.
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The Jacob M. March Diary Collection, made available by the Chester County History Center, includes two volumes that belonged to Jacob M. March (1840-1913) who served with Company G in the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, having mustered June 6, 1861, and been discharged June 13, 1864. The first part of volume one includes entries from a member of the 8th Regiment of the North Carolina Volunteer Army of the Confederacy, and it includes lists of supplies (both medical and other) requisitioned for the unit. The book was found on a battlefield in June 1862 and [read more]
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Kittanning's Natural Disasters made available by the Kittanning Public Library, is a collection that contains photos from fires, floods and tornados from the 1900's.
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Single Sign-On
Attention K-12 Schools: Migration To New Single Sign-On (SSO) Apps Required by October 15
Not sure if your school participates in SSO?
Use the Links Generator to find out! 
  1. Visit the Links Generator
  2. Start entering your library's name
  3. Select your library from the choices offered
  4. Select the Generate Links button
If your school participates in SSO with POWER Library, you will see a notice in red near the top of the page, similar to:
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"Great news! Your school has access to POWER Library via Single Sign-On (SSO) with Clever.

Log into the SSO platform(s) listed and look for a POWER Library icon. This works in school AND from home!"
 
However, if you do not see a notice similar to the sample provided above, then your school does not participate in SSO with POWER Library. 
 
Do you want SSO for your school? Please note that there is an eligibility requirement that all schools in your district must participate in the POWER Library to be eligible for SSO. More information about participating in SSO is available in the Librarians Hub.
Confirmed that your school does participate in SSO with POWER Library? If yes, read on!
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.
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Teacher-Librarians Review Your Participant  Information
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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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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.  
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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.

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