Editing Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (section)

{{Short description|Public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}
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| name               = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
| logo               = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh logo.svg
| logo_size          = 100
| logo_alt           =
| image              = Interior of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.jpg
| image_size         = 250
| alt                =
| caption            = Interior view of the main branch in the Oakland neighborhood
| country            =
| type               =
| scope              =
| established        = February 6, 1890
| ref_legal_mandate  =
| location           = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
| coordinates        = {{nowrap|{{coord|40.442728|N|79.950787|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}}}
| branch_of          =
| num_branches       =
| items_collected    =
| collection_size    = 5,230,200<ref name="2009annual">{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/annualreport/2009/ |title=Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 2009 Annual Report |publisher=Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031164444/http://carnegielibrary.org/about/annualreport/2009/ |archive-date=2010-10-31 }}</ref>
| criteria           =
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| annual_circulation = 3,529,379<ref name="2009annual" />
| pop_served         = 2.6 million
| members            = 294,733<ref name="2009annual" />
| budget             = $26,879,454<ref name="2009annual" />
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| website            = {{nowrap|{{URL|www.carnegielibrary.org|www.CarnegieLibrary.org}}}}
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| embed                  = yes
| name                   =
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| designated_other1      = PHLF
| image                  = CarnegieLibraryPittsburghFrontEntrance.jpg
| caption                = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood
| location               = 4400 Forbes Ave., [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
| locmapin               = Pittsburgh#Pennsylvania#USA
| area                   = {{convert|9.5|acre|1}}
| refnum                 = 79002158<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| added                  = March 30, 1979<ref name=nris/>
| designated_other1_date = 1970<ref name="PHLF list">{{cite web | url = http://www.phlf.org/plaques/locallist.html  | title = Internet Archive: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: PHLF Plaques & Registries| date=2007-01-27 | access-date = 2008-02-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070127092030/http://www.phlf.org/plaques/locallist.html |archive-date = 2007-01-27}}</ref>
}}
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The '''Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh''' is the [[public library]] system in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Its main branch is located in the [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)|Oakland]] neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city.  Like hundreds of other [[Carnegie library|Carnegie libraries]], the construction of the main library, which opened in 1895, and several neighborhood branches, was funded by industrialist [[Andrew Carnegie]].  The Pittsburgh area houses the first branches in the United States.

The [[Pittsburgh Photographic Library]] is a [[photography]] repository held by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of over 50,000 prints and negatives relating to history of Pittsburgh.