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June 11, 2024
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New Digital Collections Added to PA Photos Documents!
Johnston Bender Family Collection
by Springs Historical Society - Meyersdale Public Library
 
The Johnston Bender Family Collection combines photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and business records of two families--the Rev. Elias S. and Anna (Odell) Johnston family of Altoona and Salisbury and the Fred W. and Malinda (Miller) Bender family of Springs.
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The Melon Eaters - Two young boys with bare feet and in shorts are each eating a watermelon slice. Clark Opel (b. 1919), on the far right, is picking seeds out of his slice.
Johnston served as a Lutheran minister in Cambria, Adams, and Somerset Counties from the 1860s to the 1920s. In Salisbury, son Robert H. worked in stores, as a trolley conductor, and as the owner and editor of the "Somerset County Star," Salisbury's newspaper. 
 
Robert's wife, Caroline (Smith), wrote letters to her daughter every week on Salisbury society... [Visit this collection]
Miller Machine Collection 
by Springs Historical Society - Meyersdale Public Library

Gideon D. Miller (1862-1941), a Mennonite minister, shifted from his family's woodworking traditions to metal. 
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Maple Sugar Water Hauling Tank on Sled Pulled by Team of Horses - Man pouring sugar water from metal container into metal hauling tank on sled pulled by two draft horses.
He started with his patented steam traction engines shipped across the US and Mexico for the 20th Century Mfg. Co. With his refusal to let the US Government use his designs for the military and increasing use of gasoline over steam, he shifted to items such as coal cars, animal feeders, and maple sugaring tools and equipment. With his sons Dwight and Myron, G. D. began Miller Machine Works... [Visit this collection]
Interested in adding materials from your institution to PA Photos & Documents? Complete this questionnaire to help determine if your materials are eligible for inclusion. 
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POWER Library Annual Technology Support Fee Payment Due July 16
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who has already paid for 24-25! These payments help HSLC cover costs during the transition from one fiscal year to the next while we await Library Access funding appropriations.
 
Did you know?
The Access Pennsylvania and POWER Library programs are underwritten with Pennsylvania Department of Education and Federal grant funding. These funds cover most of the resources (staff, networks, hardware, and software) used to offer these services at no cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers. PDE, through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, contracts with HSLC for basic services that comprise the Access PA/POWER Library programs. HSLC charges an annual technology support fee to provide enhanced support, training, and custom programming for participating libraries. Technology support fees also underwrite costs to administer the grant, capital expenses for new hardware, and other unbudgeted expenses in support of the Access PA/POWER Library program.
 
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Spotlight On...
National Geographic Archive 1888-2020
Explore National Geographic Magazine cover-to-cover to experience the  exploration, photography, maps, and more offered in this award-winning magazine.
 
All Pennsylvanians now have perpetual access to to over 1,500 issues of digital content that attracts, engages, and informs students, educators, researchers, and general readers. 
Flip through the pages of National Geographic online!
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Browse every issue in the archive by the cover!
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Are You Prompted for a Library Card or eCard Number When Inside Your Institution?
Your POWER Library support team at HSLC maintains an I.P. database to which all I.P. addresses must be included for users inside your institutions to successfully access POWER Library E-Resources. 
 
If you are prompted for a library card number or eCard number when inside your institution, we can help you resolve that issue.
 
To expedite the resolution of this issue for your institution, please ask your I.T. staff to provide you with all the available external I.P. addresses in use at your institution, and send that list to HSLC support.
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Reminder:
KidSpeak Languages Now Available on POWER Kids
6 KidSpeak languages available in Transparent Language have been added to POWER Kids.
 
The KidSpeak languages available are:
  • Chinese, Mandarin - Simplified 
  • English 
  • French 
  • German 
  • Italian 
  • Spanish, Castillian
KidSpeak languages help kids learn phrases suitable for learners’ age, needs, and interests. More than 40 activities, puzzles, and songs guide young learners through the basics, along with a cartoon “friend” who speaks the language.

Important Note - The landing page for the KidSpeak languages will present a login screen to users. This is correct. In order to track progress it is necessary for users to have an account. Users who do not want to track progress may select the 'Continue as a guest' option located beneath the login to proceed. 
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