Access Pennsylvania News - Do you process ILL?, New Collection, E-Resource Name Change, and more!

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August 6, 2024

Attention:
Staff Who Process Interlibrary Loans

Are you on the Access PA Contacts E-mail List?

The SHAREit software challenges we’ve experienced these last couple of weeks have highlighted the fact that many of the ILL processing staff across the Commonwealth are not on the ILL contacts email list that we use to communicate with staff that process ILL.

If you did not receive multiple emails from Erin Halovanic about Access Pennsylvania during this time, please contact support@hslc.org so that we may get your email added to the list. This will ensure that you stay in the loop for any issues, changes, or updates to Access Pennsylvania and the SHAREit software.

Let Us Know If You Need To Be Added!

POWER Library 101: The Who, What, How, and Why for all things POWER Library

Earn CE and/or Act 48 for taking this tutorial!

This short 15-minute tutorial will review POWER Library and its four core services to all types of library staff members. In addition, learners will discover how to contact POWER Library support and stay connected through resources in the Librarians Hub.

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New Digital Collection: Byzantine Catholic Seminary Library – Prostopinije

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Prostopinije (Slav. prostopinije, "simple chant") is the traditional liturgical chant of the Rusyn peoples of the Carpathian Mountains, and of their descendants who emigrated to other parts of the world. This chant is sung in the parishes and monasteries of the Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church and the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church in the United States, and in the Ruthenian Catholic dioceses of Mukačevo (Ukraine), Prešov and Kosice (Slovakia), Hajdudorog (Hungary), Krisevtsi (Croatia), and Ruski Kerestur (Serbia) in Europe.

Prostopije is a descendant of the ancient znammeny chant common to Slavic Christianity. Used for centuries among the Carpathian mountains, prostopinije absorbed melodies from Greek and Bulgarian sources, as well as indigenous Slavic [read more]

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REMINDER: E-Resource Name Change

Science Reference Center is now called:
Science Reference Source

What do libraries need to do?
If your library provides the icon for this resource on your website, please update the icon with the updated icon available in the Librarians Hub.

Please note that this update does not change links. The unique link for Science Reference Source is the same as it was previously.

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Fall Training -
Save the Date!

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)

We plan for registration to open in August. Please keep an eye on the Access Pennsylvania News for Fall Training updates.

Fall Training Information

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