Banned Books Week – How Challenges Offer Opportunities for Reflection
Given that libraries celebrate Banned Books Week and condemn censorship, how is it possible that the occasional challenges that Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh receives from our users are not unwelcome?
Five Books for Emerging Leaders
Many people would agree that our world today needs creative, adaptive and innovative people in all positions of responsibility. From business executives to community organizers to those seeking social equity and inclusiveness, leaders on any level need the tools and philosophies to be successful. Here are five titles emerging leaders can use to discover methods and practices useful for creating positive and productive businesses, organizations and communities.
You Should Know These Five Black Authors With Pittsburgh Connections
Explore the works of these five contemporary Black authors currently living in Pittsburgh. Get to know their humor, fiction, memoir and poetry by checking out a book from your local Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh location!
Summer Film Tie-Ins
With summer reading comes summer blockbusters! Whether you’re beating the heat in your local Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch or in your neighborhood movie theater, we’ve got you covered. In keeping with CLP’s Summer Reading theme of Read Five!, here are five books to read before or after seeing each of these highly anticipated summer movies, that complement the films in different ways.
Family Histories and Family Sagas
Thanks to current technology and digitization, uncovering your family saga is easier than ever. Check out these resources to learn more.
Beyond Pride Month: LGBTQIA+ History in Its Own Words
Just like any of the big monthly celebrations – Black History month, Women’s History month, etc. – Pride month should be a starting point for exploration and interest rather than a self-contained celebration. Here are some suggestions for putting more queer history into your feed and your daily life, along with connections to our collection.
Graphic Novel eBooks Available From Hoopla
Already binged every television show? Kids all caught up on Dork Diaries and Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Are you on the hold list for the next book in your … Continued
Pride Month and LGBTQIA+ Resources at CLP
It’s Pride Month again—and normally we’d be updating our online booklists with some of the titles we’ve added in the last year. It hasn’t been a normal year (to say the least), so we haven’t quite managed to do that (yet). But we’re happy to share some new titles here and to point out other ways to locate books on LGBT+ topics.
Read 5 Books Together This Summer Using Hoopla eBooks, Video and eAudio!
Summer Reading 2021 kicks off on Sunday, June 13. We are challenging everybody to read five books this summer and support the young folks in our lives to read five … Continued
Summer Is Coming
Summer really is coming! Here are some things to look forward to as the season approaches.