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September 30, 2025
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Instructions for patrons to access OverDrive for libraries that are and are not current OverDrive customers are available! 
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PA Photos & Documents
New Digital Collection!
Butterflies, moths, caterpillars, and more!
The Album of Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors is now available in PA Photos and Documents by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. This bound manuscript volume contains fifty-seven pages of 129 watercolor illustrations of butterflies, moths, caterpillars and chrysalids, beetles, flies, locusts, grasshoppers, and crickets; five drawings of insects with plants; and one drawing of a guinea pig. The illustrations, created by Alexander Marshal and others are drawn on scraps of 
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paper or vellum that may have been cut from a sketch book or manuscript and later assembled into an album. In some cases, the illustrations were drawn on the blank side of a letterpress text including seven drawings on pages of Cotes's translation of T. Mouffet's Theater of Insects (London: Printed by E. Cotes, 1658). Descriptions and natural history observations are written on the front and back of many of the illustrations by at least four different people. Some of these annotations were applied after the illustrations were mounted and the volume assembled, possibly in the nineteenth century.
Contribute materials from your institution!
Have a few photos, letters, or postcards? No collection is too small. There is no cost for POWER Library participating institutions.
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New Scan PA Equipment Available
Two new scanners are now available!
The Epson Perfection V850 Pro negative/slide scanner scans film/negatives as well as slides/transparencies up to 8” x 10”. It also functions as a flatbed scanner that can scan up to 8.5” x 11.7” with a removeable lid, giving you the ability to scan bound materials that can safely lie flat. This scanner is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems. We only have one of these to lend!
Epson scanner
The Epson Perfection V39 II flatbed scanner can scan up to 9600 ppi with a maximum scanning size of 8.5” x 11.7”. The lid easily detaches, giving you the ability to scan bound materials that can safely lie flat. This scanner is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems.
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Be sure to fill out the Application to Borrow A Scanner at your earliest convenience to reserve the above equipment; first-come, first-served! While we also have overhead scanners in stock, we still have a long waiting list for the microfilm scanners. Thanks for everyone’s patience as there’s lots of microfilm to digitize in Pennsylvania!
Questions about equipment?
Learn About SCAN PA!

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Fall Training Space Still Available at Most Locations
There is no cost to attend training!
 
Earn 4.5 Continuing Education and/or
ACT 48 credits!
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NOTICE: The following locations are full:
  • October 1st, Riverview IU6 (Clarion)
  • October 15th, Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 (Lancaster)
  • October 16th, Upper Merion Township Library (King of Prussia)
Space is limited for other locations. Please do not wait to register.
More Information and Register Now!

Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On (SSO) Migration Deadline is October 15th
Seeing the below message when logging into SSO?
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If yes, your district needs to migrate!
If your district’s schools have not yet migrated to the new SSO apps, this must 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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