Carnegie board's vote provokes an uproar Oct 7, 2009
Residents and politicians alike decried the announced cuts yesterday by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which will close five branches, move others and trim hours in the face of a spiraling deficit. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl called for an independent audit of the library budget by the Regional Assets District board "so that we know how the money is being spent. A lot of people don't know what's happening at the library. "The library was the only place where RAD didn't make any cuts," he said,... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
5 Carnegie Library sites to be closed Oct 7, 2009
For the first time in its 114-year history, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will close five of its 19 branches next year to cover a projected $1 ... Opened in 1898, the Lawrenceville building on Fisk Street is the Carnegie Library's first branch ... "In 1993, Pittsburgh provided the Carnegie Library with $5.3 million," Mr. Ravenstahl said, "then RAD took over the responsibility. But city taxpayers and county taxpayers contribute to the $17 million the library gets, so it's wrong to suggest... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Library backers plead for survival of branches Oct 6, 2009
Supporters of neighborhood branches of the Carnegie Library rallied yesterday in Oakland, greeting board members as they arrived for a 4 p.m. meeting with pleas and signs. The board was expected to vote on possible closings but deferred public comment until this morning, when the library administration will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. at the main branch in Oakland to announce its plan to deal with funding shortfalls. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Library supporters rally in Beechview Oct 2, 2009
Supporters of the Carnegie Library in Beechview rallied last night to save their library as the library system's board of trustees decides how to make the system financially sustainable ... At $23 per person, total spending on the Carnegie Library system is far lower than in many cities, Ms. Wagner said ... Administrators for those four libraries, and potentially others, have been called to a meeting preceding the all-staff meeting of Carnegie Library employees scheduled for Oct. 6. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Libraries add Kindle to collection in pilot program Oct 2, 2009
Students can borrow a Kindle DX from either E.S. Bird or Carnegie Library. Both libraries loan the e-reader for a 24-hour period. (Daily Orange, NY)
Cultural groups face pinch in RAD funds Sep 30, 2009
It freezes at the 2009 level grants to the Carnegie Library, the Allegheny County Library Association, and the city, county, and McKeesport parks ... While the Carnegie Library didn't receive a cut in RAD funding, maintaining the status quo wasn't anything close to a victory ... "Keeping us flat, I think, is an appreciation of how important libraries are. We're disappointed, but at the same time, I know what a difficult economic period it is," said Dr. Barbara K. Mistick, president and director... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Books for the blind enter the digital age Sep 30, 2009
The text, stored in a digital cartridge, soon will be available to borrowers at the Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped will begin to make the switch from analog books on audiocassette tape to digital cartridges next month ... You are eligible to use the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped if. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Closings prevail as city welcomes G-20 Sep 21, 2009
The Carnegie Library Downtown and Business Branch on Smithfield Street will close Sept. 23-25, and the Carnegie Library Main Branch on Forbes Avenue in Oakland will close Sept. 24 and 25. Additional Carnegie Library branches may close on a case-by-case basis. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Students gather to discuss civics Sep 15, 2009
Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette Marjorie Rendell, left, first lady of Pennsylvania, speaks to high school students in the music hall at the Carnegie Library of Homestead yesterday ... As microphones were passed around the crowded auditorium in the Carnegie Library of Homestead, some students said high school taught them to be submissive, while others argued that ineffective student governments were poor models for democracy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
RACCOON RIVER VALLEY TRAIL Sep 11, 2009
The event will be held at 7 p.m. at the Center for Town/Craft at 1124 Willis Avenue in downtown Perry, across the street from the renovated Carnegie Library. "We encourage communities all along the RRVT to send representatives, and we hope trail users will attend, too," said Chuck Offenburger, of Cooper, RRVT Assn. secretary. (The Guthrian, IA)
'Sorority Row' Sep 11, 2009
But in the end credits producers thank area locations used in the production, including Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, the Carnegie Library of Homestead, Collier Township and the Concordia Club in Oakland. Directed by relative newcomer Stewart Hendler, "Sorority Row" is a remake of 1983's "The House on Sorority Row." Hendler employs all the usual tricks to build suspense -- sound effects; slow, stalking camera movements -- and his murder scenes, while bloody, tend not to be too gory and... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
City may require bicycle parking at developments Sep 2, 2009
Pointing to a trend in development planning, Corey Layman, a city planner, said the just-opened Allegheny branch of the Carnegie Library is providing 12 spaces for bikes, while the ordinance would require only one. East Liberty Place, a multi-use development now under construction, will accommodate 59 parked bicycles; 19 would be required. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Incredible story' behind veteran's Navy Cross Aug 29, 2009
The University of Georgia, which will turn the base into a medical campus when the Navy leaves, intends to use the 1910 Carnegie library that houses the museum as a showcase for the history of the property, said Tim Burgess, UGA vice president for finance and administration. The campus also has served as a teachers' college and UGA dormitories for women. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Grand opening today for new North Side library Aug 29, 2009
Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette Barbara Mistick, president and director of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, stands in the children's section of the new Allegheny branch of the Carnegie Library. The new Allegheny branch of the Carnegie Library throws its grand opening party today, a free, public event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ... Dr. Barbara K. Mistick, president and director of the Carnegie Library system, will speak after a 10:15 a.m. ribbon-cutting. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Celebrating local food all month Aug 27, 2009
At 6 p.m. on Sept. 3, "YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip" kicks off Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's free Sustainable September film series at the Main library in Oakland. "YERT" (yert. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Groups make their cases for RAD funds Aug 26, 2009
That was the prevailing sentiment yesterday at the RAD board's first public budget hearing for 2010, as leaders of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, the National Aviary, and the city and county parks made their annual funding requests. "This year, funding from almost every source is threatened," said Barbara Mistick, president and director of Carnegie Library ... The Carnegie Library is seeking about $19. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sheridan intern preserves history during the summer of '09 Aug 25, 2009
They ranged from lists of book titles held at Sheridans old Carnegie Library to engineering documents for roads and bridges and proposals for projects that never got off the ground. A lot of the files are merely proposals, which we dont know much about or how they ended up, Bede said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Recession could plateau RAD funding Aug 24, 2009
The district funds major assets like the Carnegie Museums, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory, the city and county parks, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as well as dozens of other arts and cultural groups ... The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is seeking a nearly $1. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nobody's poured 'em longer (1/9/99) Aug 20, 2009
As soon as the nearby Carnegie Library clock struck 12, Angelo then 19 carried in the first case, plopped it on what had been a soda fountain, and started opening bottles for the thirsty throng. He tended bar until 2 a.m., "and I've been bartending ever since." For as much as the business has changed, he says, its essence is much the same as when Josh Gibson used to stop for nickel beers. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carnegie Library seeks RAD funding increase Aug 11, 2009
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will seek a 10. 1 percent increase in Allegheny Regional Asset District funding when it presents its 2010 budget to the RAD board Aug. 25, library spokeswoman Suzanne Thinnes said yesterday. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Library use changes over the years Aug 2, 2009
It had been built to replace the old Carnegie library across the street, which had stood for nearly 66 years. Chippewa Falls has had a library since 1894, 25 years after the city was founded. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
Library's 40th birthday celebration planned Aug. 5 Jul 30, 2009
The brand-new building at 105 W. Central St. was just across the street from the old Carnegie library, which had stood for nearly 66 years ... There will be refreshments and photos of the Library s dedication and the old Carnegie library on display. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Architect’s drawings rediscovered Jul 24, 2009
Burggraf, who was born in Illinois and moved to Oregon as an adult, designed and supervised the construction of many Albany buildings, including: Central; the old high school that is now First Baptist Church; the Masonic Temple; the Downtown Carnegie Library; the Venetian Theater; and the Bikman Building, now Sid Stevens Jewelers. He was credited with designing 40 schools and six courthouses, including the Linn County Courthouse demolished in 1939. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Fidelity donates to downtown Wichita plan Jul 24, 2009
Through various efforts, including refurbishing the Wichita Carnegie Library Building, Fidelity Bank has committed for years to advancing our city and our downtown. The city has received proposals from 32 companies seeking to become the consulting team for the effort, which would create a master plan for development in the city core. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
32nd annual Interior Tour of Homes features abode with funky and unusual Jul 19, 2009
In the past, proceeds have benefited the Carnegie Library, the Monteith House Museum and Central School. Reader Comments The comments below are from readers of Democratherald. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Many offer budget advice for library Jul 17, 2009
More than 45 speakers, including Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields, last night offered officials of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh simple advice on how to weather its looming budget deficit -- find more money ... "We don't have specific answers for solutions as we go along," Dr. Mistick told the crowd of nearly 150 at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Bencks, Hoenks Heritage honorees Jul 17, 2009
The winners were announced Friday, July 10, at the Founder's Day Celebration at the Carnegie Library Lawn. The Hoenks were awarded the Heritage Award posthumously for the philanthropy they've made over the years that have benefitted area school children. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Claflin among S.C. Big Read grant recipients Jul 13, 2009
The South Carolina grant recipients are Claflin University, Greenwood County Library, Spartanburg County Public Libraries, Union County Carnegie Library and the University of South Carolina Arts Institute in Columbia. "The South Carolina Center for the Book and the State Library are pleased that South Carolina is so well represented in this round of Big Read grants," said David Goble, State Library director. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Library asks for cost-saving ideas Jul 7, 2009
Anticipating a $6 million budget deficit by 2014, the Carnegie Library is asking the public this month for ways to save money. It has scheduled three open meetings to present its financial picture and then collect citizen suggestions to improve that picture. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Library to host Albany Idol talent shows Jul 7, 2009
The Tuesday show will be at the main library, 2450 14th Ave. S.E.; Wednesday s talent will perform at the Carnegie library, 302 Ferry St. S.W. Cash prizes will be awarded. Kids up to age 18 who want to perform are invited to pick up entry forms at either library. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Ten things to do before summer ends Jul 3, 2009
Beatty Street behind Carnegie Library, East Liberty (Mondays). Monday: "Hotel for Dogs". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Park County Arena Board is beginning fundraising to help with an upcoming payment on Riley Arena. The $118,000 payment is due July 18. (Photo by Sara Loven) Jul 1, 2009
" , Ditto the Coe Memorial Hospital , the old Carnegie Library , even the Irma ( which came within a day of being demolished in 1966!). Now that we have to pay for all these edifices and luxury attachments, like the Riley icehouse, out of our own pockets. Just how much more fundraising can we stand around here ? Sleeping Giant, Forward Cody , that goofy Events Center carousel, CYASO airline subsidies , and a dozen other smaller entities all standing there with their hands out. Those billionaires... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
A walk with Athens history Jun 30, 2009
Ensign Bryan Boggs talks about the history contained in the museum at Carnegie Library during a recent tour of the Navy Supply Corps School on Prince Avenue. Thanks to a new series of guided tours sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, residents and visitors alike can take a walk with history. (Athens Banner-Herald)
UPCOMING EVENTS Jun 26, 2009
6:30 p.m. first Tuesday of each month, Carnegie Library, (320) 632-1848, (800) 809-1848, www. bookinitontheweb. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Libraries taken aback by RAD reslicing Jun 25, 2009
The biggest winner in Tuesday's complicated vote of library representatives was the Carnegie Library of McKeesport, with a boost of $132,771 next year ... However, the long-struggling Braddock Carnegie Library does stand to collect an additional $62,724. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Library officials talk loudly of money trouble Jun 23, 2009
At Carnegie Library, officials talk volumes of money woes ... As the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh continues to serve more and more people and to renovate its aging branches, it anticipates a sharp decline in government support, including a $1 ... RAD has "not made any decision to decrease funding for the Carnegie Library. In fact, we have taken a lot of time to try and do exactly the opposite," responded Executive Director David Donohue yesterday. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carnegie Library projecting a $6M budget shortfall by 2014 Jun 23, 2009
Carnegie Library projecting $6M budget shortfall - Pittsburgh Business Times ... Carnegie Library projecting $6M budget shortfall ... 29 million, according to Carnegie Library s 2008 annual report. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Historic preservation: What's worth saving? Jun 21, 2009
Other projects include the ISU Design West building, 306 Virginia St., Castle on the Hill (Central High), Plymouth Block, Carnegie Library and the 501 Douglas building (Cobblers' Bench). Jung recalled a number of groups came together to lobby Security National Bank to save the Williges building, at 613 Pierce St., from the wrecking ball. (Sioux City Journal)
•Letter: Library would be boon for downtown Franklin Jun 20, 2009
More than 20 years ago, the library realized it would outgrow the space in the Carnegie Library on Madison Street. Land was acquired next to Franklin College, and a building was constructed, sized for the anticipated population growth in the coming 20 years. (The Daily Journal)
Women's Basketball in the Community - June 2009 Jun 16, 2009
Team volunteers at the Carnegie Library's 9th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza, Coach Serio plays in the Hines Ward Pittsburgh Celebrity Softball Game ... On Sunday, June 7th, the team partnered with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, volunteering for the library s 9th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza. (Goduquesne.com)
Around Town: Not your grandpa's ice-cream man Jun 16, 2009
They had a good day recently outside the main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and, as the Goodie Truck enters its first summer, it anticipates shifting more toward daylight hours. The frozen key lime tart has been a good seller as the weather has warmed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Teens invited to join marionette troupe Jun 6, 2009
Performances will begin at 10:30 a.m. July 28 and 2 p.m. July 29, at the downtown Carnegie library, 302 Ferry St. S.W.. To be a member of the troupe, students must attend the entire workshop/rehearsal and both performances. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Kids invited to summer reading program Jun 6, 2009
Participants can pick up event calendars and reading logs at the main library, 2450 14th Ave. S.E.; at the Carnegie Library, 302 Ferry St. S.W.; or on the library s website at. Call the children s desk at (541) 917-7583 for more information. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Library plans for growth, building Jun 5, 2009
During the hearing Cecil explained that Hartford City s library is a Carnegie Library. Even though it was built in the gas boom days, local taxpayers at the time were burdened with the cost of a new courthouse so city fathers wrote to wealthy philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and asked him to build a library. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
Woman says Victoria's Secret stole her bra idea Jun 4, 2009
She went to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and did patent research to see if something like what she envisioned already existed. It did not, so she made her way to a local patent attorney. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Funding starts flowing into Hill District May 29, 2009
"It is clear that all parties involved in this process understand the importance of revitalizing the Hill and have stepped up to the challenge," Mr. Frazier added during a news conference at the Hill District's Carnegie Library on Centre Avenue. Central to the community benefits agreement was the union of public-private partnerships that committed to infusing funds into neighborhood revitalization programs in the Hill District. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Celebrate 100th anniversary of the West Branch Library May 7, 2009
On Sunday, May 17, from 3 to 4 p.m., Sara B. Chase, architectural conservator, will talk about the work she and colleagues undertook in 2003 toward restoration of the interior of this historic Carnegie library. After her talk, there will be a tour of the interior and refreshments. (Somerville Journal, MA)
City Council approves second Shoemakers Truck Stop May 5, 2009
Approved the sale of two acres of property and the Carnegie Library at 27th and Center streets to Matt Talbot Soup Kitchen & Outreach. Matt Talbot is being displaced by Assurity s planned new headquarters. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Pittsburgh Marathon: Along the way, an audience of friends, family and even pets (Yesterday) May 5, 2009
which performed in front of the Carnegie Library South Side Branch near the Birmingham Bridge, said bandmate Nate Wildfire would join them to sing after running the half-marathon. "We've done a lot of crazy things," said band member Mike Yanchak. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
City reading list light on the classics May 3, 2009
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh representatives were on hand to say that many of the summer selections may be found at their branches. The district also announced that it received a $477,000 federal grant to purchase about 17,500 books -- all science-related -- for school libraries. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Old Stone Inn may be oldest in the city May 3, 2009
Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette Amateur historian Michael Shealey with the Old Stone Tavern ledger from 1793 to 1796 in the William R. Oliver Special Collections room in the Carnegie Library, of Pittsburgh Oakland ... Then, someone alerted Mr. Merrell that the Carnegie Library had an old accounts ledger from the inn from 1793 to 1796. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
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Your Dowagiac District Library has the answer: it's change, such as the many recent improvements to the familiar Carnegie Library at 211 Commercial St. in Dowagiac. On Tuesday, April 28, the library Board of Trustees invites once and future patrons to a Library Open House. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Broken water line closes new main library (23) Apr 15, 2009
The Carnegie Library at 302 Ferry St. S.W. is open. Reader Comments The comments below are from readers of Democratherald. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
• Book lovers, choose your costumes Apr 3, 2009
Swetnam, a professor of English at Idaho State University, will talk about events from the library's early history and discuss how it was almost a Carnegie Library, but not quite. This program has funding from the Idaho Humanities Council. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Mid-valley cultural timeline Apr 3, 2009
1914 The Albany Carnegie Library opens. 1915 Philadelphia s Liberty Bell visits Albany. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
You can feast at a library, but its costs are no fiction Mar 29, 2009
Before I get to my frets about the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, a treasure that must do more with less each passing day, let me celebrate its wonder ... Barbara Mistick, president of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, can boast that the 19 branches drew more visitors than the Steelers and Pirates combined last year, but that doesn't buy any books or computer time ... About 70 percent of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's revenue comes from that RAD tax. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
History of Berrien available thanks mainly to one man Mar 28, 2009
What is interesting is that Coolidge himself in his listing within his own publication and in other biographical sketches written to introduce him at lectures, omits the school entirely, speaking only of his 'grammar school years" being followed by his studies at the University of Michigan, where he graduated from the literary department in 1863 and his subsequent years at the Cambridge Law School, from which he graduated in 1865 before joining his father, Henry H. Coolidge, in the practice of... (Niles Star, MI)
Grammar School opened in 1916 Mar 20, 2009
He was a favorite of Sonoma officialdom, having previously designed the City Hall (opened in 1908) and Carnegie Library (1913, now the visitors bureau). The bids for construction of the Grammar School edifice were opened in July 1914, granting the contract to R. H. Ingraham for 31,000, the exact amount available from a recent bond issue. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
SUBVERSE: Greed and need Mar 17, 2009
Travelling through the broken small towns of the Great Plains, i've been struck by what is often the one lasting monument in an otherwise bleak community the Carnegie Library, as much a path to citizenship and the world's great minds for Mexican meat packers now as it was for poor Irish immigrants a century ago. Enlightened wealth may seem oxymoronic in this hard year, a time when four million Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the Great Recession while bailed out bank executives... (India Times, India)
Crazy Mocha Coffee Co. adding two stores Mar 14, 2009
Zeff expects the location to thrive due to the amount of new development activity happening around it, including a new Carnegie Library branch to be built around the corner and new residential housing in the works in a project called Federal Hill further up the street, where at least 60 townhouses are in development. There hasn t been any life in that corner for a long time, said Zeff of the North Side location, expected to open by the end of summer. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Parkway victim may have been confused Mar 11, 2009
Mr. Brazell had been retired for several years from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland, Mrs. Payne said. A library spokeswoman yesterday said his employment there could not be confirmed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A shining star - Schwanke’s exuberance for news fueled a 42-year-long career Mar 7, 2009
This was, say, in the late 1950s, at the Carnegie library downtown, where the Missoula Art Museum is housed now. Inside: Lynn (Stetler at the time), with her girlhood chums, feeding her reading fetish. (Missoulian, MT)
Penguins Notebook: Malkin's monster-like season on verge of hitting 100 mark (Today) Mar 7, 2009
In a series of charity drives, the Penguins will collect non-perishable food and cash for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at their home game Tuesday against Florida, children's books and cash for Carnegie Library branches March 20 against Los Angeles, and clothing or cash for Goodwill March 28 against the New York Rangers. First published on March 7, 2009 at 12:00 am Online: Print: Copyright. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Arbor Day celebrations Mar 6, 2009
On Wednesday at 11 a.m. the ceremony commemorating the holiday will take place at 11 a.m. near the old Carnegie Library building in the Plaza. Mayor Ken Brown will give an official proclamation and Sonoma Parks Supervisor Dave Chavoya will plant an Arbutus 'marina,' commonly known as a strawberry tree. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Clough retires from Santa's Castle after five seasons Mar 6, 2009
Clough fondly remembers the landmark from her own childhood, when she would help her grandfather, who served as caretaker of the structure when it was Storm Lake's Carnegie Library. The Castle had a successful holiday season with over 6,000 visitors, but Clough says each year the project becomes more and more labor intensive. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
