This year’s summer reading challenge is simple – read five books between June 13 and August 31. For decades, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has worked to prevent the decline in reading achievement by reminding children and parents about the importance of summer reading. This summer will be even more critically important for students to read. According to UNESCO, nearly 90% of the world’s student population…
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has announced a new speaker series program to inspire, excite and challenge the community with fresh ideas and perspectives on today’s most important civic topics including the First Amendment, social and racial justice, politics and more. The Library’s 2021 CivicCLP Speaker Series will kick off on June 17 with its first event featuring award-winning journalists Bofta Yimam and Brian Cook. The…
In collaboration with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) today announced the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has changed its name to the Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians (LAMP) and launched a new, centralized website available to all Pennsylvanians: MyLAMP.org. “For the growing number of Pennsylvanians who cannot use traditional printed…
