by Hadiyah Cleveland | Mar 30, 2023 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News
Greetings library community! As Heather Sharpe, Director – Bureau of Library Development (BLD), stated in her January article, “operationally, it was a very challenging year for BLD with the turnover and vacancy of more than half of our team, the addition of new...
by Heather Sharpe | Jan 12, 2023 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News
Good afternoon, colleagues. I am pleased to share the news that Julianne (Julie) Moore will be joining the Programs and Advising Team in the Bureau of Library Development (BLD) as the Professional Development Advisor. While details are still being finalized, I expect...
by Compendium News Staff | May 3, 2022 | Academic Libraries, BLD News, Deputy Secretary of Education and Commissioner for Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News, Resources of Interest, rural, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Susan Banks Deputy Secretary of Education and Commissioner for Libraries
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), Office of Commonwealth Libraries is working with QualityMetrics Inc. on a new Five-Year Plan as required by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The plan will guide all the work of Office of Commonwealth...
by Heather Sharpe | Apr 13, 2022 | BLD News
April 13, 2022 Message from: Heather Sharpe, Director, Bureau of Library Development As I’m sure many of you know, Beth Bisbano recently retired from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL). Beth was essential to the work of OCL as the State Data Coordinator (SDC)...
