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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.
333 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Employees. 500 (2019) Agency executive. Khalid Mumin, Secretary of Education. Website. www.education.pa.gov. The Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with publicly funded preschool, K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines.
The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It represents about 2,000 members affiliated with public, academic, special, and school libraries throughout the state, and was founded in 1901. Located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, PaLA represents the interests of ...
According to the 2005 Annual Report, Schlow had more than 291,000 visitors and 592,000 books in circulation. Schlow Centre Region Library is part of the Central PA Library District, allowing patrons to use interlibrary loan to check out material from other public libraries in Centre, Clearfield, Juniata, and Mifflin Counties. [3]
The Hershey Public Library is a full-service public library located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. The 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m 2) facility features over 102,000 books, DVDs, CDs, and more. Its special collections include the Pennsylvania Collection, Palliative Care Collection, and World Languages Collection.
The Reading Public Library (RPL) is the main public library of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania and the district library center (DLC) of Berks County.RPL's services and collections serve the City of Reading, its suburbs, greater Berks County, and beyond.
Pittsburgh Public Schools is the public school district serving the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and adjacent Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. As of the 2021–2022 school year, the district operates 54 schools with 4,192 employees (2,070 teachers) and 20,350 students, and has a budget of $668.3 million. [ 3]
Pattee Library is named after Fred Lewis Pattee, who is widely regarded as the first professor of American Literature [3] (1895–1928), and author of the Penn State Alma Mater. Pattee Library was built as part of a Public Works Administration-General State Authority project. Its construction took place over 1937–1940.