The Bureau of Library Development
The Bureau of Library Development (BLD) in the Office of Commonwealth Libraries supports libraries and library services for Pennsylvanians through the administration of state and federally funded programs and grant opportunities including LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act), Library Access, LAMP (Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians), the Public Library Subsidy, and Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities. BLD also provides advisory services, professional development, and continuing education for library staff at public, school, academic, and special libraries.
If you have a request or question that is related the following items, please direct your inquiry to the corresponding email address:
- Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) grants and programs - ra-edbldadmin@pa.gov
- State funded contracts (Library Access, Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians) - ra-edbldadmin@pa.gov
- Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities – ra-keystone@pa.gov
- State Aid to Public Libraries (Public Library Subsidy) - ra-stateaid@pa.gov
All other requests or questions should be sent to ra-libdev@pa.gov.