by Heather Sharpe | Apr 7, 2023 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News
Happy Spring library colleagues! The past few months have been quite busy in the Bureau of Library Development (BLD) as we continue to build our team and map out our work in accordance with the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) Five-Year Plan, which officially...
by Hadiyah Cleveland | Apr 5, 2023 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News
In May 2023, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) will begin accepting applications for Statewide Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants. There is no dollar threshold; however, awards will be granted to the proposals that are the most competitive and...
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 Ed Lupico | Mar 13, 2023 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
Is your library and municipality planning to submit a Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities application in the next year or two? Do you just want to learn more about the Keystone program and what it offers? If so, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries...
by Hadiyah Cleveland | Mar 10, 2023 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities
All entities that do business with the federal government or are granted federal funds like LSTA must be registered with SAM.gov. To make registering in SAM.gov easier, the federal government has reduced the number of new entities that need a Commercial and Government...
