STAGING Compendium | News for Pennsylvania Libraries

The State Library of Pennsylvania Is Open!

The State Library of Pennsylvania is now open to the public in the historic Forum Building, 607 South Drive, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120. The State Library’s Main Reading Room, along with the full Forum Building, has undergone renovation and restoration and is...

Smokey Bear 2024 Reading Challenge

The USDA Forest Service has invited all Pennsylvania public libraries to collaborate on a free reading program celebrating Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday. Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention...

Library Funding 2023-24 and Enacted Language

  Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries Susan Banks, Deputy Secretary & State Librarian Thursday, December 21, 2023 Library Funding for 2023-24 We are pleased to share with you that the long delay in the authorization of the...