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Enacted in 2012, the Public Library Code provides laws related to the State Library of Pennsylvania and public libraries in Pennsylvania (24 PA. C.S. Education. Chapter 93.) The Pennsylvania Code contains library regulations (22 PA Code §§ 131 - 143.) Regulations explain how the Public Library Code is implemented.
The South Shore Public Libraries’ Selection Policy guides staff in choosing materials to be added to or withdrawn from the Library’s collection and informs the public about the principles by which selections are made. This policy was approved and adopted by the South Shore Regional Library Board in October 1988, and revised and approved in May, 2008.
As a statewide resource center and law library, the State Library provides residents with Pennsylvania State and U.S. Government Documents, print materials, digitized collections, online reference services and automated resources. Rapid access to other state and national collections is available through online systems, networks, interlibrary ...
The passage of the federal Library Services Act in 1956 made funds available for the first time to aid state libraries in the extension of public service to rural areas. The State Library commissioned a study by Lowell Martin that pointed the way to a state system of local libraries, district library centers, and regional library resource centers.
The State Library of Pennsylvania is one of the largest research libraries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Until 1971 it was known as the Pennsylvania State Library. [1] The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, has holdings in almost every area of human concern.
Subsidies and Grants. The Office of Commonwealth Libraries' Bureau of Library Development administers grants to strengthen library services for Pennsylvanians. Funding sources that may be available include the Library Services and Technology Act , Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities, e-Rate, and State Aid to Public Libraries.
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Mechanicsburg, PA (January 8, 2021) – The Pennsylvania Library Association just announced the 2020 fourth quarter PA Forward® Star Library awardees. As libraries continue to re-instate services which are in high demand by the public, they have been provided with evolving safety guidelines provided by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and Pennsylvania Department of Health.
