Countdown to Extravaganza!
Summer reading! Two of my favorite words, smashed together like chocolate and marshmallows on a s’more. Click through for the official schedule of Extravaganza events. If you’re feeling the summer...
View ArticleConcerning the Adobe Digital Editions Data Log Issues
Some recent news has come to light surrounding Adobe Digital Editions and the way it collects information about eBook use. In an effort to stay on top of the situation, we wanted to provide some...
View ArticleGo West…
As an outreach librarian for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, I find myself in various neighborhoods throughout the city from week to week. In my year-end reflections, I’ve realized that through my...
View ArticleA Month in the Life of an Outreach Librarian
When I tell people that I’m a librarian, I can practically see the many stereotypical images that come to their mind in terms of what my day-to-day duties involve (and no, librarians do not get to sit...
View ArticleThere and Back Again: A Mentor’s Holiday, or The Labs @ CLP in Spain (Part II)
Part 2: Travelogue (This is part 2 of a two part blog post, so check out Friday’s post to catch up!) I don’t speak Spanish. Like many Americans, I took two years in high school and we focused on...
View ArticleA Summer Extravaganza of Heroic Proportions
Here we are again at the start of another summer of reading. Where did the past year go? Hopefully yours was spent reading, learning about and investigating this wonderful world of ours through books,...
View ArticleFREADom Songs
Do you love Pittsburgh? How about karaoke? Are you a little rebel who reads banned books? Do you like free stuff, games and prizes? If any of those things sound like your cup of tea (or coffee or hot...
View ArticleRemember
I find it absolutely hilarious that the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh shares its birthday with V for Vendetta day (a/k/a Guy Fawkes day for those of you who don’t speak geek). For starters, V. and...
View ArticleRun for a Reason
On Sunday, May 1, 2016, runners will take to the streets to participate in the 2016 DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. This year, not only can you run in any of the events of that weekend, but...
View ArticleWe’ve Moved
Our blog has moved to become part of the all-new Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh website! Follow us there for the same great library news, updates, book reviews and more:...
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