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May 7, 2024

Staff Changes? Please Let Us Know!

Moving to a new school, retiring, or otherwise leaving your current position? Please let us know! Keeping us updated with contact changes ensures staff are kept up-to-date on email lists, newsletters, and that invoices issued by HSLC are received.

Help us keep the participant directory up-to-date!

Please Report Contact Updates to HSLC!

Add a Link to PA Online Learning Tutorials from Your Website!

Your Library's Link to PA Online Learning is available in the Links Generator.

PA Online Learning, provided by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries for all Pennsylvanians, is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources, such as POWER Library!

The icon and link have been added to the Links Generator in the For Librarians Hub so that libraries may add the link to their website, blogs, social media posts, etc.

Not familiar with PA Online Learning? Check it out here!

Get the PA Online Learning Link for Your Library!

Spotlight On...

Living with Disorders and Disabilities Series Available in GALE E-Books

This series examines the causes and symptoms of a disorder/disability, looks at the everyday realities of people with the condition, and explores the management and treatment options available.

The titles in the Living with Disorders and Disabilities are:
Living with ADHD
Living with Learning Disabilities
Living with OCD
Living with Panic Disorder
Living with PTSD

Find These Titles in GALE E-Books

Fall Training -
Save the Date!

What participants said about last year's POWER Library training:

It was wonderful! I just started as a librarian last year and I learned so much today. I can’t wait to take what I learned back to the teachers and students that I work with.
It was one of the best trainings I've been to in a long time. I had been struggling with knowing how to access and navigate the databases, but now I feel much more confident in using these resources with my students and staff members.

We can't wait to see you this fall, so please save the date for Fall Training!

October 1st at Intermediate Unit 1 (Coal Center)
October 2nd at Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit 27 (Monaca)
October 3rd at Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5 (Edinboro)
October 10th at Capital Area Intermediate Unit 15 (Enola)
October 21st at BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 (Williamsport)
October 22nd at Penn State DuBois (DuBois)
October 23rd at Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 (Altoona)
October 29th at Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 (Schnecksville)
October 30th at Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (Lancaster)
October 31st at Crowne Plaza Philadelphia (King of Prussia)

Fall Training Schedule

Come Visit Us at One of These Upcoming Events!

You can find us in the exhibits hall promoting POWER Library resources and providing attendees with outreach materials. Not attending a given conference yourself? Maybe your colleagues are attending. Tell them to stop by the POWER Library booth.

PA Intermediate Units Annual Conference, May 29-31, 2024, in Mt. Pocono
POWER Library Fall Training Schedule

Questions? Contact Support!

POWER Library/Access PA Annual Technology Support Fee Notice

The technology support fee will remain the same for 2024-25.

Invoices will be distributed in April of 2024.

What are the cost-savings of participating in POWER Library?
Statewide contracts for POWER Library resources are paid by the Pennsylvania Department of Education/Office of Commonwealth Libraries. In turn, your school or library benefits by not having to purchase these databases from local funds.

It would cost a school $56,515 to subscribe to all of the e-resources in POWER Library on their own.
It would cost a public library $73,366 to subscribe to all of the e-resources in POWER Library on their own.

In addition to cost-savings, participants are provided with enhanced support, training, and custom programming for access to the e-resources.

Need Support? Contact Us!

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

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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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