Press Room

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board Meets
May 16, 2012: At its Annual Meeting on May 14, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees elected new trustees and officers and approved audited financial statements.

Author Ron Tanner, A Memoir of Love and Historic Restoration: From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story
April 16, 2012: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce the appearance of writer Ron Tanner on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 6 pm, at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland, as part of the free Writers LIVE @ CLP - Main series.

Mobile Library Rolls into Downtown’s Market Square
May 11, 2012: Downtown workers, residents and visitors can satisfy their literary appetites in the midst of the City’s lunchtime bustle when Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s mobile Reading Room returns to Market Square. The Reading Room @ Market Square begins Tuesday, May 15 and runs each Tuesday through October 9, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Holds Neighborhood Workshops to Help Set its Strategic Direction
May 9, 2012: Community members who missed Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's recent strategic planning workshop can meet with Library board members and staff in any of six neighborhood workshops or provide input via an online survey.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – The Next Five Years - Part 2
April 30, 2012: Library holds second in a series of community workshops to help frame its path for the future on Monday, May 7 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main (Oakland).

Behind the Construction Walls of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — South Side
April 27, 2012: With just a few months remaining until the library reopens to the public, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – South Side will host a preview for community members and media to tour the building and view the renovation progress.

Calling All Teens. Express Yourself and Become a Published Author!
April 20, 2012: Creative teens with a passion for writing can express themselves through Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's 2012 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest.

Three Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Locations Awarded Prestigious LEED® Silver Green Building Certification
April 19. 2012: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) is doing its part to make the world a little greener.

Local Novelists Stewart O’Nan and Jane McCafferty Present New Releases: The Odds and First You Try Everything, Two Takes on Marriage
April 10. 2010: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce the appearance of fiction writers Stewart O’Nan and Jane McCafferty at Writers LIVE on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 6 pm, at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland.

Digital collection provides world-wide access to region’s rich iron and steel heritage
April 9, 2012: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Launches Digital Collection with media demonstration on Thursday, April 12 at 9 am and Community Day activities on Saturday, April 14 from 11 am – 3 pm.

Pittsburgh Seed and Story Library to Launch in May at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Lawrenceville
April 2, 2012: The Pittsburgh Seed and Story Library, a partnership between Chatham Food Studies graduate student Amanda West and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, aims to provide a public seed bank, gardening and seed saving classes, and a place to hear and share some of Pittsburgh’s vibrant gardening history.

Happy Hunger Games!
March 15, 2012: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Celebrates the Release of the New Hunger Games Movie with a “Night in Panem” at 8:30 pm on March 22.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hosts Annual Meeting with the Public
March 12, 2012: As part of Carnegie Library of Pitsburgh's Community Engagement strategy, the board members and staff will host a meeting with the general public.

Emerging Novelist Stephen Dau visits Pittsburgh with his new release The Book of Jonas, a story of war, memory, guilt and atonement.
March 2, 2012: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce the appearance of fiction writer Stephen Dau on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6 pm, at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board Meets
February 29, 2011: – During its winter quarterly meeting on February 27, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees approved the process for the five-year plan, discussed building renovation projects, set the agenda for the Library’s public meeting, received board committee reports and was updated on progress made during President and Director Mary Frances Cooper’s first 57 days in office.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – The Next Five Years
February 20, 2012: Community members are encouraged to contribute ideas about Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s future direction during a weekend workshop to help the Library develop its next five-year plan.

Acclaimed Author Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appearing at Hill House, Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium, Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:30 p.m. with Illustrator & Son, Christopher Myers, and their new book, WE ARE AMERICA
February 7, 2012: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are pleased to announce a Black, White & Read All Over season finale collaboration with the Hill House Association.

Pittsburgh Spoke, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Listened
February 1, 2012: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh customers will now have greater access to programs, computers, materials and facilities. Beginning Monday, February 20, most Pittsburgh library locations will have expanded hours, opening more evenings, after school and weekends for customer use. In total, library customers will gain an additional 119 hours per week, with all neighborhood libraries open for service Mondays and Fridays. Hours at CLP – Main in Oakland, CLP – Downtown & Business and the Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped will remain unchanged.

Love is in the Air … or Not at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Mildly Romantic, Slightly Educational Happy Hour
January 24, 2012: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main, located at 4400 Forbes Avenue, will reopen after hours for the Happy Hour crowd from 6:30 - 9 pm for After Hours @ the Library, a 21 or older event for the romantic, lovesick, happily single, happily coupled, haters and everyone in between. The event benefits the continued operations of the Library.

Family author series "Black, White & Read All Over" opens in 2012
January 5, 2012: Black, White & Read All Over begins the year with Big Nate cartoonist Lincoln Peirce in January, and acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers, the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, in February.

Read Between the Lines
"For once, the sound of pulsating music wafting down Penn Avenue in East Liberty wasn't coming from the usual suspects."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
May 21, 2012

Market Square Farmers Market returns tomorrow double the size; more events weekly
"In addition to the farmers market, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has also returned to the square with its Reading Room in Market Square, every Tuesday."
POP City
May 16, 2012

A Rebirth in Pittsburgh
"It was very good news when Mary Frances Cooper, a librarian, was appointed the 11th director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in January."
Library Journal
May 15, 2012

Carnegie Library to run Pa.'s cassette program for blind
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is now the sole operator of the state program providing books on audiocassette for the visually impaired across Pennsylvania."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 14, 2012

Clearing the record on libraries for the blind (Editorial)
"After reading erroneous editorials about the realignment of services for the blind and physically handicapped, I felt the need to correct the record."
Philly.com
May 13, 2012

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Annual Staff Art Show
"We're delighted to feature this wonderful profile by Beth Lawry, the Customer Services Manager at the Main Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, who launched a Staff Art Show six years ago."
The Library as Incubator Project
May 10, 2012

'Where the Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies
"'It is a sad day for children's literature with the passing of Maurice Sendak,' said Georgene DeFilippo, youth services coordinator for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 'Through his Caldecott Award-winning "Where the Wild Things Are," Maurice created a fantasy world for children, where it was OK to use your imagination and create a world where they were king.'"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 8, 2012

Book Review: 'The List' counts the ways social labels hurt teens
Read Annica Stivers' (CLP - West End) latest book review.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 8, 2012

Mary Frances Cooper (Speaking Volumes)
"Mary Frances Cooper, President and Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, loves the heft and texture of a good book. But, as she tells Speaking Volumes, Cooper also sees a bright future for libraries and readers through digital publishing."
Essential Public Radio
May 7, 2012

Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Seeks Public Input On Future Plans
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is reaching out to the community for suggestions on a five-year plan for the library by holding the second in a series of workshops to help frame the path for the future."
Essential Public Radio
May 7, 2012

Iron and steel heritage gets digitized
"At the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the history of the steel and iron industry in Western Pennsylvania has collided with the digital age."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Pittsburgh Press
May 2, 2012

Short List: April 26 - May 2
"Wed., May 2 – Words: Two of Pittsburgh's top resident novelists meet for a joint reading tonight at the Carnegie Library's Oakland branch, as Writers LIVE @ CLP Main hosts Stewart O'Nan and Jane McCafferty."
Pittsburgh City Paper
April 25, 2012

Metro Briefs April 26
"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will hold its 2012 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest for teens."
The Jewish Chronicle
April 25, 2012

Carnegie Library Brings Pittsburgh's Industrial Past into the Internet Age
"Picture a team of librarians, poring through now-antiquated card catalogs and skimming through seldom-used stacks. They're looking for specific documents: pictures, books, trade catalogs, maps, anything that helps define the metals industries that dominated Pittsburgh for the better part of the city's history."
Essential Public Radio
April 4, 2012

Seed and Story Library Comes to Lawrenceville
"Starting in May, southwestern Pennsylvanians can 'borrow' local seeds from the Lawrenceville branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, with the hope that gardeners will then return harvested seeds in the fall for use the following spring."
Essential Public Radio
April 18, 2012

Historic steel, iron, coal documents now online
"Carnegie Library is unveiling the Pittsburgh Iron and Steel Heritage Collection -- a large digital archive of historic documents related to the city's steel, iron and coal production industries."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 14, 2012

Carnegie Library releases Iron and Steel Heritage Collection
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has opened a digital archive that will let Internet users worldwide view more than a half million pages of historical documents about the city's iron and steel heritage."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
April 13, 2012

3 Poems By… Poetry Discussion at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
"3 Poems By, now in its 5th year and going strong, is a unique model for poetry programming in public libraries of all sizes."
The Library as Incubator Project
April 12, 2012

Book review: 'The Book of Blood and Shadow' combines myth, mystery and teen angst
Read Janina Kvedaras' (CLP - Main) latest book review.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 10, 2012

Urban gardening program at Lawrenceville library
"Starting in May, city residents will be able to get seeds and information about urban gardening through the Pittsburgh Seed and Story Library at the Lawrenceville branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
April 9, 2012

Household census records made available by National Archives
"Marilyn Holt, head of the Pennsylvania Department at Carnegie Library in Oakland, one of the places that keeps microfilm of the pre-1940 census responses, has spent recent weeks giving talks about the new information coming out Monday."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 1, 2012

What to do Tonight: Head to Carnegie Library to hear up-and-coming author and Greensburg native Stephen Dau
"Mr. Dau, who is originally from Western Pennsylvania, worked for 10 years in postwar reconstruction in Eastern Europe and Bosnia before focusing on his writing. He now lives in Brussels, but he returns tonight to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as part of 'the Writers LIVE @ CLP - Main, a series of free live appearances from nationally acclaimed authors and promising up-and-comers with personal or literary connections to Pittsburgh.'"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 28, 2012

Bound in History, Go inside the William R. Oliver Special Collections Room at the Carnegie Library
"Pittsburgh's greatest treasure chest is tucked into a corner of the Carnegie Library's flagship branch in Oakland. The William R. Oliver Special Collections Room is home to some of the most important pieces of western Pennsylvania history as well as a wide range of other rarities - from early editions of Charles Dickens' works to 80-year-old Disney film cels."
Pittsburgh Magazine
April 2012

Shelf Life: Behind Pump Pain
"For a deeper understanding of the history of the oil industry and the market forces that set oil -- and gasoline -- prices, turn to these titles, selected especially for A Page of Books readers by manager Karen Rossi and her staff at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Downtown & Business branch."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 25, 2012

What's new at the Carnegie Library?
"Check out these new business books at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Downtown & Business."
Pittsburgh Business Times
March 23, 2012

Pittsburgh coffee shops welcome those seeking Wi-Fi access
"Coffee shops aren't the only places Internet bargain hunters are running to save a buck. Public libraries also are becoming hot spots."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 23, 2012

Carnegie Library board has open meeting
"Janet Jai waited until the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh board held its first public meeting Thursday to hand-deliver her donation to the system."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 23, 2012

'Hunger' anticipation party set in Oakland
"The main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland will give fans an early taste of the 'The Hunger Games.'"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 19, 2012

Library plans Hunger Games party
"So you cannot or do not want to see "The Hunger Games" at 12:01 or 12:04 or 12:06 a.m. on Friday. The Carnegie Library is celebrating the release with what it's calling a 'Night in Panem.'"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 18, 2012

Corey Wittig | Movers & Shakers 2012 - Innovators
"When parents of school-age children in Pittsburgh were growing up, there were certainly no digital teen librarians around to help get things done. A year ago, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) didn't have one either. Now, Corey Wittig is working to make the grant-funded position his own, although he doesn't lack for projects. The results of his first year-'figuring it out'-have been impressive."
Library Journal
March 13, 2012

Book reviews: Animals bring home many a book's message
Read Michael Balkenhol's (CLP - Hazelwood) latest book review!
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 13, 2012

U.S. diplomat discusses Sudan in meetings here
"For lunch, he met up at the Carnegie Library's Hill District branch with members of the Sudanese diaspora who live in Pittsburgh."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 13, 2012

Pittsburgh arts groups ended year in the red
"'We are really pleased to be starting the year on better financial footing than we have in many years, but there is still a lot of work to do,' said Karlyn Voss, director of external and governmental affairs for the Carnegie Library."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 12, 2012

Carnegie Library earns good rating in national study
"Saw 5th-highest usage increase among 15 cities."
Pittsburgh Press
March 8, 2012

Corey Wittig Digital learning developer, teen mentor, future-proofing the library
"Some teens are naturally drawn to libraries. For others, the stacks rank somewhere between the dentist chair and principal's office on their list of favorite destinations. Corey Wittig hopes to change that. He's hard at work crafting a digital learning curriculum at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh."
Sprout Fund
March 2012

Get up to speed with zines
"'Zines are relatively new,' said Melissa McKenna, a librarian on the first floor of the Carnegie, not far from where the zines are kept, 'Public libraries and universities having collections of them and using them for research is very up and coming. This is one of our newer collections.'"
Pittsburgh Press
March 1, 2012

What should be the next Seuss movie?
"Lisa Dennis, coordinator of children's collections at the Carnegie Library in Oakland, has resisted seeing the Seuss movies but notes, 'The one I want to see is 'The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,'..."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 1, 2012

An artful storyteller
"One man's story is on the panels of the basement of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's West End branch."
Pittsburgh Press
February 29, 2012

Carnegie Library board developing five-year strategic plan
"The board of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh intends to approve in October a five-year strategic plan to guide the future of the system, library officials announced today."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 29, 2012

Library officials want something spectacular here
"Mary Frances Cooper, director, Carnegie Library, wants 'something spectacular and eye catchin'" when plans are finalized to build a new building which will merge the Carrick and Knoxville branches."
South Pittsburgh Reporter
February 28, 2012

'One Dog and His Boy' and more dog tales to enjoy
Read Jeanne Nikolaison's (CLP - Knoxville's latest book review!
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 28, 2012

Walkabout: Neighborhoods may grow more healthy from urban farming
"At a small presentation Saturday at the Carnegie Library in Homewood, he (Keith Bey) spoke about the woeful look of neglect that wards off investment as the "before" picture. The "after" imagery is lot after lot and row upon row of bright green corn fronds, tomatoes bursting red and orange, shiny peppers, clusters of beans, thick bunches of greens and cucumber vines."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 28, 2012

Shelf Life: Counting the Days
"The upcoming Feb. 29 -- and the ancient Mayans' supposed prediction that the world will end before leap-year 2012 can -- illustrate calendars' importance."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 26, 2012

Clubs join to nurture reading
"Ms. Amos is one of many dedicated volunteers who organize an annual Celebration of Reading for the United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh. This umbrella organization of librarians, readers and book clubs is a grass-roots initiative that was officially formed in 2004. Many of the book clubs meet at the Carnegie Library in Homewood. Names of the groups include Caribbean Book Club of Pittsburgh, The Circle of Friends and R.E.A.L., which stands for Reading, Entertainment and Laughter."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 22, 2012

Carnegie Library wants public input on five-year plan
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is asking for public comment on Saturday to help it develop a five-year plan addressing the future of libraries, funding and connecting with the community."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 22, 2012

Storytime Extended
"Today was a normal day at the West End branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, but it was on a day that wasn't normal. The West End library-closed on Mondays since 2003 and closed on Fridays for all of its recent history- will now be open Monday through Saturday, thanks in part to financing made possible by a special real estate levy approved by city voters in November."
Pittsburgh Press (online afternoon edition of the Post-Gazette)
February 20, 2012

Library to Work on Strategic Plan
"This week, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be holding the first of several meetings to gather community input on a strategic plan for the next five years."
Essential Public Radio
February 21, 2012

After Hours @ The Library party held at Carnegie
"Inside the doorway of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, a security guard kept a close eye on the sell-out crowd of 450 that had checked in for a let-your-hair-down cocktail hour, where, halfway through the festivities, it appeared as though everyone was still on good behavior."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 12, 2012

Author Walter Dean Myers is passionate about the benefits of parents reading to children
"In his new role, Mr. Myers, 74, of Jersey City, N.J., will visit schools and libraries nationwide for the next two years to talk about reading and literacy. He appears Sunday at Hill House with his 37-year-old son, Christopher, an artist who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and has illustrated many of his father's books."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 08, 2012

August Wilson Guidebook Book Signing at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hill District
"In honor of Black History Month, the Squirrel Hill and Hill District branches of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are hosting book talks and author's signing for August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays."
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
February 03, 2012