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School Librarians: Here's Your Welcome Back Checklist!

We have put together a start-of-year checklist for you. It should take about 15 minutes to run through if you don't encounter any problems. It could take longer if you do, but it will be time well spent avoiding problems later on and ensuring a seamless experience for faculty and students when they use POWER Library.

Welcome Back Checklist

Contact Information

Look up your school in the Participant Directory and make sure that all the contact information is correct. If it isn't, then let us know by email at support@hslc.org.
If you are not receiving this newsletter at your preferred email address, please let us know by email at support@hslc.org so that we can update our mailing lists.
Please forward this newsletter to the librarians in your district that participate in POWER Library.

POWER Library E-Resources

For those of you inside your buildings...

Please test all the POWER Library links on your website from inside your school:

If you are prompted for a library barcode or eCard number, please get your current external/public IP address or range from your technology department and send it us by submitting a Support Form.
If you encounter any other access problem, check your links to make sure that you are using the correct, school-specific links. You can get a list of your school's links by using our Links Generator.
If using the current links does not solve the problem, let us know by submitting a Support Form. Please describe the problem in as much detail as you can. If possible, send screenshots, they are wonderfully helpful in troubleshooting access issues.

For everyone...

Make sure that you are using the current POWER Library icons on your website. Logos are available for downloading icons for POWER Library, POWER Kids, POWER Teens and the individual POWER Library e-resources in the Outreach Materials section of POWER Library for Librarians.
Log into the Current Statistics module and set up your profile to send you monthly statistics by email. If you are not sure how to do that, download the POWER Library E-Resource Statistics documentation and look for the section called "Generating Monthly Reports."

Access Pennsylvania Catalog and Interlibrary Loan System (SHAREit)

Take a look at your Participant Record to make sure it is current and correct. Participant Record documentation is available if you need a refresher on how to complete it.
We ask that schools update their holdings in Access Pennsylvania at least once a year. Some choose to update twice a year. If it has been more than a year since you updated your library's holdings, please contact us about doing so by submitting a Support Form.

We hope this proves helpful to you as you start the new school year. As always, do not hesitate to contact us with any concerns by phone at 215-222-1532, by email at support@hslc.org, or by submitting a Support Form.

Pennsylvania State Archives Community History Dialog

You're invited!

The Pennsylvania State Archives invites you to join our, “Community History Dialog,” a free series of five online lunchtime discussions from September 14 through 18. The sessions are free, but you must register as online 'seating’ is limited.

Our goal is to inspire and help communities think about how they can keep their own history. Please join us each day if you can, or for any specific sessions you are interested in.

The discussions will be held from 12:00 to 1:30pm each day and will take place online. Everyone is encouraged to join the discussion as they eat their lunch.

Annual Technology Support Fee Invoices

The annual fee invoices were mailed in April. If you did not receive your invoice, you might check with your district office.

If you need another copy of your invoice, please contact us at support@hslc.org.

The option to pay by credit card is available at:
https://www.hslc.org/payments-accepted/

HSLC's W-9 is available at:
https://www.hslc.org/wp-content/uploads/HSLC-W-9-2020.pdf

POWER Library OER hub launches!

We are excited to announce the launch of the POWER Library OER Hub, created to support Pennsylvania K-12 educators through this unprecedented school year and beyond.

Open educational resources (OER) are publicly accessible teaching and learning materials that are licensed for use, re-mixing, improving, and/or redistributing.

The POWER Library OER Hub provides a place for educators to share lesson plans designed around the e-resources available in the POWER Library, e-resources freely available to any Pennsylvania resident. We invite all Pennsylvania K-12 teachers and librarians to dip their toes in the OER waters by joining the POWER Library OER Hub.

The POWER Library OER hub is already populated with a handful of lesson plans created specifically for POWER Library application; they are ready to download and remix. Take a look at the plans and see how they can help K-12 educators support each other and, more importantly, support the students across Pennsylvania by engaging with them in innovative and creative ways in this non-traditional learning environment.

By establishing and supporting community, Pennsylvania’s K-12 educators have the opportunity to help each other navigate the uncharted waters of teaching during this pandemic and beyond.

POWER Library Support

For support, please select the option of your choice below:

Complete the POWER Library Support Form
Email us at support@hslc.org
Call us at 215-222-1532

Access Pennsylvania Training Webinar Recordings

You can view recordings of both of the required webinars at your convenience. After viewing both videos, contact us to request that your SHAREit account be enabled. Include your library's name in the email subject line and message.

We regret that we cannot issue continuing education credits for viewing the recordings.

(If prompted for a password, contact support@hslc.org)

That's it for this week!

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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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