CLP Spotlights: Melissa Stammely-Park from Animal Friends
Welcome to #CLPSpotlights, our monthly series highlighting individuals and organizations that make a difference in their community. This month, we interviewed Melissa Stammely-Park, the Therapeutic Programs Coordinator at Animal Friends. Animal … Continued
Everybody has a Mania to do the Polka from Pennsylvania!
Written by Lester Lee and Zeke Manners in 1942, The Pennsylvania Polka is 80 years old! This original piece of sheet music is available to check out from the library. … Continued
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Halloween can be a tricky time for families. Not everyone has the guts for scary things. Here’s a guide to a few not-so-scary programs that guarantee skele-fun for the whole family.
What Is an Archive?
October is American Archives Month, and we had the pleasure of welcoming David Ferriero, 10th Archivist of the United States (2009-2022). As an introduction to American Archives Month and the … Continued
Repair of the book “East End” by Carnegie Library Preservation staff
In the Preservation Department at CLP, we see books that enter the lab in varying states of disrepair. While some of our preservation “patients” are simply in need of a … Continued
Voting at the Polls: What to Expect
Exercising your right to vote is a powerful part of our democracy, but if you’ve never voted before, you might not know what to expect. Learn what it’s like to vote in person at your polling location.
Making Connections
Previous posts this week have focused on the ways that Censorship Divides Us. That phrase is one half of this year’s Banned Books Week theme. The other is Books Unite Us … Continued
Book Challenges at CLP
Our previous Banned Books Week posts focused on intellectual freedom and the recent increase in coordinated challenges to library materials in school and public libraries. While Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has … Continued
Organized Opposition to the Right to Read — Recent Changes to the Library Landscape
An unprecedented volume of attempts to reduce access to materials and services from school and public libraries was documented in 2021 by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom … Continued
Censorship, Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) strives every day to live up to the words etched above the entrance to our Main Library and ensure our city’s libraries and the information … Continued