by Carrie Cleary | Jul 9, 2024 | Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News, State Library of Pennsylvania
The State Library of Pennsylvania STEMlab announces the offering of a full lending library of STEM resources for public and school libraries. Starting today, July 9, 2024, library staff across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania can place requests to borrow kits, books,...
by Heather Smith | Jul 2, 2024 | BLD News, Children's Services
The PA One Book Committee extends its gratitude to the Pennsylvania public libraries for promoting the 2024 PA One Book title, Slug in Love by Rachel Bright, and for creating engaging programs around it. We hope you will continue to use this delightful book for...
by Julie Moore | Jun 28, 2024 | BLD Updates, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Professional Development, Uncategorized
Greetings! The Office of Commonwealth Libraries is excited to announce the purchase of a statewide subscription to Homeless Library Academy by Ryan Dowd! This resource provides all Pennsylvania libraries with empathy focused de-escalation and conflict resolution...
by Carrie Cleary | Jun 11, 2024 | Broadband
Prepare to apply for a grant to receive laptops for your library outreach, training, and patron use. Broadband is an important matter for public libraries. As community anchor institutions, public libraries are well positioned to meet the need for high speed internet...
by Abbey Lukiewski | Jun 10, 2024 | POWER Library
Online Access to Time Magazine Archive and National Geographic Magazine Archive is Now Available to all Pennsylvanians, along with Three New Primary Source Collections. Pennsylvania’s Department of Education/Office of Commonwealth Libraries is pleased to announce new...
by Julie Moore | May 16, 2024 | BLD News, BLD Updates, Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Statewide Gathering Interest Survey. We appreciate your feedback! We are sharing information about the results below and decisions made based on the feedback. Overall, there was significant interest in attending an...
by Sara Deegan | May 14, 2024 | BLD Updates, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News, Professional Development, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Youth
Hello Library Community, The Bureau of Library Development (BLD) would like to send one more friendly reminder of the upcoming deadline for the 2024-25 Local Library Grants. Please be mindful that the deadline to submit your application is May 20, 2024, at noon. We...
by Heather Sharpe | May 2, 2024 | BLD News, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) News, Professional Development, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries, Youth
Hello Library Community, The Bureau of Library Development would like to remind you of the upcoming deadline for the 2024-25 Local Library Grants. As the application period is well underway, please be mindful that the deadline to submit your application is May 20,...
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 Julie Moore | Apr 23, 2024 | BLD News, Professional Development
Hello! Please find upcoming professional development workshops below. We hope you find these offerings useful. If you have recommendations for professional development, please submit them here. Come Play at the Library: How to Launch a Library Board Game Program for...
