Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
In the News 2013

VIDEO: Carnegie Library opening on Saturdays
WTAE - ABC
March 22, 2013: "Just in time for spring the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh plans to open up on Saturdays. This will happen at the Downtown and Business branch, taking effect April 20th. This will keep the library open 6 days a week"

Carnegie Library branches adding hours
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 21, 2013: "The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh plans to open its Downtown and Business branch on Saturdays beginning April 20.""

Food for Big Thoughts: Eat & Live Healthy
The Brashear Kids (blog)
March 18, 2013: "We had picnics in Grandview Park and enjoyed visits from the Carnegie Library.""

Field Trip to Carnegie Library's Pop-Up Library
The Brashear Kids (blog)
February 26, 2013: "This past Monday, the second- and third-graders in Brashear Association’s after school program at Grandview Elementary in Allentown had the opportunity to take a field trip to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s new pop-up library on Arlington Avenue, next to the Zone 3 police station"

Lecture preview: 'Paris Wife' author reveals Hemingway's first spouse
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 18, 2013: "Ms. McLain speaks tonight at 7:30 in Oakland's Carnegie Music Hall at the Ten Literary Evenings series presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures."

Carnegie asked to scrap new library, keep two branches
South Pittsburgh Reporter
April 30, 2013: "Representatives from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) held a community workshop meeting at Temple Baptist Church on Saturday morning, to discuss with area residents progress on its proposed capital campaign project along Brownsville Road."

'Bunker Hill': Ye olde Boston strong
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 28, 2013: "With his usual skill, Nathaniel Philbrick recasts the start of the American Revolution."

Drawing Power: the Dog City Report
Dog City Press
April 25, 2013: "This past weekend Dog City trekked down from Vermont to Pittsburgh, PA for the Drawing Power conference at the Carnegie Museum of Art."

Screenwriting contest adds to high-school short fiction, poetry competition from Carnegie Library
Pop City
April 24, 2013: "Leah Durand is excited about what she'll be able to read in this year's Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest for grades 9 through 12 at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh."

Creative writing contest deadline nears
South Pittsburgh Reporter
April 23, 2013: "Creative teens with a passion for writing can express themselves through Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's 2013 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest."

Trivia Bowl Champions And Creator Talk About Competition
Pittsburgh Today Live
April 19, 2013: "Mykal Duffy and Lisa Banyas of the 'Dewey Decimators' talk about winning the Trivia Bowl Competition for the Greater Pittsburgh Literary Council."

Book Buzz and Lawrenceville Zombies
Pittsburgh Geek
April 18, 2013: "For Karen Brooks, part of her mission as manager of the Lawrenceville branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) is to engage young readers and make the public more aware of the library’s many attributes."

New Proposal Marks National Library Week
Dormont-Brookline Patch
April 10, 2013: "Next week marks National Library Week throughout the country. First debuting in 1958, National Library week is sponsored by the American Library Association and observed by libraries nationwide each April."

Get updates on the new proposed Hilltop library
South Pittsburgh Reporter
April 9, 2013: "Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is holding a meeting to provide updates and discussion on the potential new library along Brownsville Road."

Mount library offering family programing
South Pittsburgh Reporter
April 9, 2013: "Beginning the week of April 14, all of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh neighborhood locations will be increasing their hours of operation."

Books for young readers: Two new books are pet projects
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 8, 2013: Read Andrea McNeill's (CLP – Hill District) latest book review.

Tonight: Book Buzz looks to reconnect adults with literature
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 8, 2013: "Tonight you have the chance to get your head screwed on right with Book Buzz at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville."

Carnegie Library plans to add hours
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
April 2, 2013: "Rosemary Merrell signed petitions and attended meetings nearly four years ago to keep the Beechview branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh open after the library board voted to close it and three others."

Book Sale at Carrick Library
South Pittsburgh Reporter
April 2, 2013: "The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Friends of the Carrick Library will hold a week-long book sale April 22-27."

No need to travel far to enjoy a vacation
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 28, 2013: "I have liked the main branch of Carnegie Library since I was a kid. All that information and entertainment in one place. But this Saturday, I noticed how peaceful everyone seemed. I suppose it happens, but I just can't see a fight breaking out in a library. Everyone seems to smile, and life moves at the pace of a turning page."

Operating on the Bleeding Edge: How a library benefits from forward-thinking
Techsoup for Libraries
March 26, 2013: "Eric Wolfe is the IT Manager of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) in Pennsylvania. CLP is a large urban library that services all of the city of Pittsburgh and is part of a larger consortium that encompasses the entire county of Allegheny. As the IT Manager, Eric manages four full-time employees who include assistant administrators, Sequel database administrators, and website administrators. The site has its own internal virtual LAN environment using VMware and approximately 30 virtual servers, all of which are managed in-house.""

VIDEO: Carnegie Library opening on Saturdays
WTAE - ABC
March 22, 2013: "Just in time for spring the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh plans to open up on Saturdays. This will happen at the Downtown and Business branch, taking effect April 20th. This will keep the library open 6 days a week"

Carnegie Library branches adding hours
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 21, 2013: "The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh plans to open its Downtown and Business branch on Saturdays beginning April 20.""

Food for Big Thoughts: Eat & Live Healthy
The Brashear Kids (blog)
March 18, 2013: "We had picnics in Grandview Park and enjoyed visits from the Carnegie Library.""

Field Trip to Carnegie Library's Pop-Up Library
The Brashear Kids (blog)
February 26, 2013: "This past Monday, the second- and third-graders in Brashear Association’s after school program at Grandview Elementary in Allentown had the opportunity to take a field trip to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s new pop-up library on Arlington Avenue, next to the Zone 3 police station"

Lecture preview: 'Paris Wife' author reveals Hemingway's first spouse
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 18, 2013: “Ms. McLain speaks tonight at 7:30 in Oakland's Carnegie Music Hall at the Ten Literary Evenings series presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures.”

Briefing Books: A Civil War soldier's story, a novel of Steelers' female fandom, lush Greek life and more
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 17, 2013: “Mr. Schilling researched a big chunk of this book at Carnegie Library in Oakland.”

'Sarajevo Haggadah' focus of this year's community literacy program
The Jewish Chronicle
March 14, 2013: The famed 'Sarajevo Haggadah' is the subject of the historical novel "People of the Book," chosen by the Allegheny County Library Association as the featured title for its 11th annual 'One Book, One Community' program.

Best-Selling author will talk about Hemingway's 'Paris Wife' at Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
McLain appears at 7:30 p.m. March 18 at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland as a guest of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures.

Carnegie Library Brookline Services, Hours to Increase
March 5, 2013: Services and hours are increasing at several Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branches—including the one in Brookline—thanks to a tax residents voted for in 2011, and increased revenue from county property tax reassessments.

Program Creates Buzz About Books
Bloomfield-Garfield Bulletin
March 4, 2013

Carnegie Library To Extend Operating Hours
"In today's Internet age, libraries are often forced to make cuts in hours and resources. However, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is doing just the opposite thanks to some extra funds."
KDKA-TV
February 27, 2013

Carnegie Library Gets More Revenue than Expected
"The Carnegie Library will be adding services and increasing hours at some of its 19 locations in the City of Pittsburgh because the property tax reassessment in Allegheny County has increased this year's expected proceeds by $900,000."
WESA
February 27, 2013

Carnegie Library to use tax revenue to extend hours
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will collect $900,000 more than it expected this year from a real estate tax and use part of the money to extend operating hours at many of its 18 branches."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 27, 2013

Walkabout: In own small way, use of ukuleles strikes fine chord as a lure to library
"When I was growing up, libraries were about books and nothing but books. I chewed my way through the ones in my hometown library -- not all of them, but it seemed possible. Childhood was a yawning expanse when I was going through it, and the library was small."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 26, 2012

Preview: Jennifer Haigh's new stories a requiem for coal patch characters
"Ms. Haigh will do a reading and speak at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Carnegie Library in Oakland and do a reading at 7 p.m. Friday at the Barnes & Noble in The Waterfront, Homestead."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 20, 2013

The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Photography Month
"Today we welcome Andre Costello to the Library as Incubator Project! Andre is a Mentor for The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; in his first guest blog for us, he shares an exciting overview of the photography programming that happening at CLP throughout February."
Library as Incubator Project
February 15, 2013

Library seeks nominations for Advocate Award
"In an effort to recognize outstanding and deserving community members who demonstrate a commitment to further library services, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is seeking nominations for its 2013 Community Advocate Award."
South Pittsburgh Reporter
February 12, 2013

America's Most Literate Cities, 2012
Pittsburgh is #4!
From Central Connecticut State University

20 Great Public Library Websites
CLP's website is #7!
February 11, 2013

'Vive la France' theme for Carnegie Library after hours bash
"Bookworms invaded the Carnegie Library in Oakland en masse Friday night for the annual "After Hours @ the Library" benefit bash."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 12, 2013

Book review: New titles celebrate Black History Month
Read Tina Zubak's (CLP – Main) latest book review.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 12, 2013

Carnegie Library's Late Night social takes on a French twist
"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh ensured that all of the 500 in attendance during its Late Night social broke the cardinal rules of hushed etiquette on Friday, keeping its doors open at the main branch for another round of After Hours @the Library."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 11, 2013

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh recommends the following books
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — Downtown & Business recommends the following books on real estate."
Pittsburgh Business Times
February 8, 2013

Award-winning author to present at family lit series
"Christopher Paul Curtis — Newbery Award-winning author of "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" and the 2012 book "The Mighty Miss Malone" — will be the presenter Sunday at the season finale of the "Black, White & Read All Over" Family Literature Series, presented by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 4, 2013

Secretly teach your kids career- and school-building skills
"For kids seeking a career that combines creativity with technology, the Labs@CLP -- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- can open the door to that experience."
Kidsburgh
January 31, 2013

Allentown Pop-Up Library looks to improve life for residents
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has one core mission: to engage the community in literacy and learning. And while the new Allentown Pop-Up Library doesn't deviate from those principles, it does seem to go above and beyond the traditional role of a library."
Pop City
January 30, 2013

The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Life After the Launch, Part One: Filmmaking at The Labs
"After successfully launching a digital, multi-site makerspace initiative in a large, urban library system, The Labs team at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh got down to business with six months of exciting programming in filmmaking, graphic design, and audio recording."
The Library as Incubator Project
January 25, 2013

On the Road with Sarah Dessen
"Sarah Dessen's new novel, The Moon and More (Viking, June), does not ship for several more months. But the lucky audience – largely teen girls and young women – who turned out on January 18 for her event in Pittsburgh was the first to hear Dessen give a sneak preview."
Publishers Weekly
January 24, 2013

Kids Briefs: Special Storytime at Carnegie Library
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Main branch in Oakland offers weekly Inclusive Storytime sessions, designed for children ages 3 to 6 who have special needs, including autism."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
January 16, 2013

Preview: Sarah Dessen tells the truth about high school
"Ms. Dessen appears Friday at 7 p.m. in the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in Oakland as part of the Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures series Black, White & Read All Over. Her appearance will be followed by refreshments and a book signing in the Carnegie library."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 16, 2013

Carrick library programs include help with FAFSA aid applications
"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Carrick has a variety of upcoming programs coming up in January and February."
South Pittsburgh Reporter
January 15, 2013

BookReview: Two new books tap into fascination with Lincoln
Read Maggie Craig's (CLP - Carrick) latest book review.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 15, 2013

Views from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
"Recently I spent a morning with the web committee at the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library. My thoughtful host told me that the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's main library - the flagship of the whole program - was across the street. Clearly I had to take a peek."
Walking Paper (blog)
January 14, 2013

Use libraries' resources; embrace changes in library systems
"As Pitt students, we're privileged to have two major libraries literally facing each other, and more Pitt students should venture across that grassy square, get a library card and use it."
The Pitt News
January 8, 2013

Libraries for Life
"In 2011, the Design Pittsburgh jury awarded another Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) project an Honor Award for the renovation and expansion of a branch library within the system. This is the fifth such award granted over the past eight years, and does not take into consideration awards and accolades given at the national level. What lies behind this recent dedication to these key community spaces?"
AIA Pittsburgh
January 3, 2013