by Heather Sharpe | Oct 8, 2024 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Data, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News, Professional Development, State Aid, Workforce, Youth
Happy Fall, library colleagues! Highlights of the Bureau of Library Development (BLD) in the Office of Commonwealth Libraries’ (OCL) ongoing projects and initiatives are listed below, and BLD’s third quarter digest is included at the end of this post in case you...
by Corri Hines | Aug 1, 2024 | Adult Services, BLD News, Children's Services, Data, Teen, Youth
The Pennsylvania Summer Library Program 2024 Impact Report is now open for the submission of Summer Library Program information from Pennsylvania Public Libraries. The impact report submission form will close at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 20, 2024. A copy of the...
by Corri Hines | May 1, 2024 | Children's Services, Data, Teen, Youth
A preview copy of the Pennsylvania Summer Library Program 2024 Impact Report is now available. Data collection for the Summer 2024 Impact Report will open for live submission via Microsoft Forms starting Thursday, August 1, 2024, and will be open through Friday,...
by Carrie Cleary | Feb 16, 2024 | Data, Professional Development
Register to attend FREE webinars to help your library use data. I am sharing forward this opportunity from Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL): Are you interested in gaining knowledge and skills for data-informed decision-making, program improvement,...
by Amy Geisinger | Feb 2, 2024 | BLD News, Data, State Aid
The Annual Report – PA Public Library Data Survey for reporting year 2023 is now open for data input via the Counting Opinions’ LibPAS platform. The deadline for submission is Friday, March 15, 2024. Please take note to the following important information:...
by Amy Geisinger | Dec 11, 2023 | Data, Surveys
Results of survey concerning possible changes to the national Public Libraries Survey (PLS) Annual Report for reporting year 2024. Thank you to all who completed the survey. Please take a few minutes to review the results of the survey questions: Should we keep the...
