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 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...
by Hadiyah Cleveland | Mar 9, 2023 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Uncategorized
All entities that do business with the federal government or are granted federal funds like LSTA must be registered with SAM.gov. All SAM.gov users have specified roles, with each type of role offering different levels of ability to interact with the system. Beginning...