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The Pennsylvania Black Librarians’ Caucus welcomed Kelly Richards, the new Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Kelly Richards, the new Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, is interviewed. Select ‘Read more’ below to watch the recording!
FCC and IMLS Sign Agreement to Promote Broadband Access
The FCC and IMLS, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote public awareness of federal funding opportunities for broadband. The partnership will work to generate efforts to promote the availability of affordable broadband programs, in light of…
State of America’s Libraries Report 2022
In 2021, libraries of all types stepped up to meet the needs of their communities as they responded to the impacts of a second year of the global pandemic. Library staff in every state faced an…
Post Your Job
Librarians! Post your positions for 30 days for as little as $1/day. Create your position description as a PDF document and then send it to us. Contact us to create your posting.
Where Have All the School Librarians Gone?
The study “SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution?” confirmed that the number of school librarians in the U.S. continues to decline. Between 2010 and 2019 nearly 20% …
Group Purchasing Program
HSLC is pleased to announce a Group Purchasing Program for Access Pennsylvania participants.
View exciting offers from vendors!
Institutional Memberships
HSLC participates as a member of the following organizations: The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the mission of ALA
Standards For Excellence
HSLC has been accredited by the Standards for Excellence Institute®, a national initiative established to promote the highest standards of ethics, effectiveness, and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations, and to help all nonprofit organizations meet these high benchmarks…
Check out the Booklist Blog
Check out the Booklist Blog! Opinion, News, And Lists From The Book People At Booklist, Book Links, And Booklist Online.
Join ALA on LinkedIn
This is a professional development and discussion group of ALA. You do not have to be an ALA member to participate, but are expected to have a bona fide connection to the library and information science profession.
Check out POWER Library!
POWER Library is the online portal to all that Pennsylvania libraries have to offer. This is the place to find trustworthy answers to questions about healthcare, consumer purchases, personal finances, and much more.
Check Out Burbio – Free Calendar Streaming Service
Burbio is a free digital service called “Burbio.com” that streams all your library events and makes them available on Amazon Alexa, optimized in Google search, and lets users create a customized feed of local events on their free web service and the Burbio IOS app.
