Editing Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (section)

== Theft case ==
In 2018, the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' reported that nearly 320 rare books, maps, engravings, and other items had been stolen from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's main branch in Oakland, which houses the system's rare book collection.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/06/29/carnegie-library-pittsburgh-rare-books-stolen-search-warrants-gregroy-prioire-jonathan-schulman/stories/201806280184|title=Court documents detail theft of rare maps, books, prints from Carnegie Library|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en}}</ref>  The items, including a 1787 document signed by Thomas Jefferson, were valued at more than $8 million.  In July 2018, a former library archivist and a Pittsburgh-area bookseller were charged with the thefts, which took place over a period of two decades.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/07/20/Two-men-charged-with-stealing-8-million-rare-books-Carnegie-Library-Greg-Priore-John-Schulman/stories/201807190205|title=Two men charged with stealing more than $8 million in rare books from Carnegie Library|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en}}</ref>

It was one of the largest rare-book theft cases in history.<ref name=":3" /> According to the criminal complaints detailing alleged scheme, the archivist said that he "often removed items from the Oliver Room at the library's main branch in Oakland by carrying individual plates [and] maps in manila folders, or for books or larger items, by brazenly rolling them up and walking out." The archivist is alleged to have turned the rare items over to the bookseller, who would then sell them through his store.<ref name=":3" />