Press Room

Library Faces Funding Challenge
December 30, 2008: Level funding for 2009 forces service hours reduction at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main.

Pennsylvania Library Resource Becomes Fastest Growing Reference Service in Nation
December 1, 2008:'Ask Here PA' Has Answered More Than 125,000 Questions

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Welcomes New Director of Development
November 6, 2008: Dr. Barbara K. Mistick, President and Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, announced the appointment of Patricia Quinn Winter, CFRE as the Library’s new Director of Development and promotion of Karlyn Voss to Director, External & Government Relations.

Nationally-Acclaimed Author and Cancer Expert to Speak at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
October 28, 2008: Dr. Devra Davis, Ph.D. will share insights from her latest book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, on November 20 at CLP - Squirrel Hill.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hill District is Open!
October 25, 2008: Dedication of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hill District marks first new library in 28 years

New Voice of the Middle East
October 20, 2008: Islamic Scholar Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, To Discuss East/West Cultural Relations During Visit to Pittsburgh

Two-Day Celebration Planned in Honor of Pittsburgh’s Newest Library
October 8, 2008: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hill District set to open October 24-25 in grand style.

Mental Health & Wellness Lecture Series Begins at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
September 25, 2008: Area residents can learn about a variety of topics that impact their personal health through a series of free programs at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute,

Gourmet Sampler Kicks Off Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – South Side’s 100th Anniversary in the Community
September 24, 2008: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – South Side will host its annual A Taste of the South Side: Gourmet Sampler on Friday, October 3 at 7 pm.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh receives Challenge Grant from R.K. Mellon Foundation
September 10, 2008: One million dollar challenge aimed to help Library reach final $55M goal.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Hill District Prepares for New Home Saturday
September 8, 2008: September 13 marks last day of service at Dinwiddie Street location.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Makes Digital History
September 2, 2008: National grant takes "Iron and Steel" into the modern age.

Teens Do Battle at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!
August 15, 2008: Online video game tournament pits CLP against North Carolina Library

Carnegie Library Introduces Oral Histories of Pittsburgh
August 12, 2008: Series of interviews illuminate the region’s rich history.

Carrick resident preserving his neighborhood’s history
Joseph Speicher, a life-time resident of Carrick and local historian, has compiled and preserved a collection of photographs and memorabilia about the Carrick neighborhood. He has donated the compilation to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Carrick.
South Pittsburgh Reporter
December 9, 2008

Oasis in the Hill: A new library brings life to the neighborhood
The $3.15 million facility, which opened in October, is now easily the most striking structure in a community dominated by dilapidated storefronts and tired buildings.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Saturday, December 06, 2008

Reference arsenal adds new weapon
"Ask Here PA is an online reference site sponsored by the state's libraries, which features a live chat-room style service where users can interact directly with librarians. At a press conference yesterday in the Carnegie Library, Pennsylvania Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak asked the 125,000th question on the site."
The Pitt News
December 2, 2008

Ask Here PA called top online reference in nation
"At a news conference yesterday at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland, state Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak announced that Ask Here PA is the fastest growing program of its kind in the nation, receiving between 300 and 500 queries per day."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 2, 2008

Ed secretary praises state reference service
"Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak said the online reference service hosted by Commonwealth Libraries has become the fastest growing service of its kind in the nation after only two years in operation."
Daily American
December 2, 2008

State's online library reference service may be No. 1
"Services such as "Ask Here PA" have caused computer use at the Carnegie Library to skyrocket, said Barbara K. Mistick, president and director of the Carnegie Library. She said 80 percent of its terminals are occupied."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
December 1, 2008

Councilman toiled for Swissvale, veterans
When Swissvale wanted to erect a memorial to war veterans, William M. Davies spent hours at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland, identifying troops from Swissvale.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Real life found in youngsters' digitized universe
"Robbi Ann Webb, an 11-year-old student at Pittsburgh Weil Elementary School in the Hill District, also makes a beeline for a computer after school -- but not at her house. Her family doesn't own a computer. Instead, she heads over to the Carnegie Library branch on Centre Avenue. Its computers allow her to log onto her much-prized MySpace account."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Fresh Look: Borrowing some enjoyment at Carnegie Library
Alan W. Petrucelli shares his love of an "old friend": the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Main. "She turns 113 next month, a fresh and fun and functional and feisty old broad whose interests are, well, rather broad."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday, November 10, 2008

FanFare: One for the Books
"Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and native son August Wilson once mused, "If you can read, you can do anything." On Friday, a red-letter day for the Hill District where Wilson staged all his plays, 170 bookworms gathered at the corner of Centre & Kirkpatrick for We're All Jazzed Up, the grand opening of the splendid new branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
October 27, 2008

Libraries are 'microcosms of community'
"A library card. 'It's the most precious card in my wallet,' said Sylvia Griffin as she took in the grand opening ceremonies yesterday at the new Carnegie Library yesterday on Centre Avenue near Kirkpatrick Street in the Hill District."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 26, 2008

History shapes new Hill library It's hoped new site will spur development
"From hand to hand a copy of August Wilson's last play made its way along Centre Avenue, from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's old location in the Hill District to its new one two blocks away."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sunday, October 26, 2008

The library -- any library -- is your friend for life
"My library card became my passport to the prairie of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the parlor of Louisa May Alcott, the England of Charles Dickens, the Russia of Fyodor Dostoyevsky."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 24, 2008

Computer workshop in Oakland aims to protect kids Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
October 18, 2008