Digital Skills Basics: Using a Mouse
Double or single click? Right or left side? The mouse can seem confusing, but here are some simple tips to have you clicking confidently every time. Single clicking: This is the mouse skill … Continued
Digital Skills Basics: Finding Your Way Around a Windows Computer
The public computers at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh use Windows as their operating software. This is also a common operating system in schools and workplaces. Let’s take a look at … Continued
Digital Skills Basics: Parts of a Computer
Whether you’re upgrading your machine and need a refresher on what’s what, or you’re exploring a computer for the first time ever, we’re here to help you get the basics … Continued
Podcasts That Center Diverse Perspectives
Podcasts! Ideal companions for driving, dishwashing, housecleaning, even gardening — or maybe insomnia companions. Here I have compiled a list of podcasts that cover a range of identities engaging with the world, focusing on Black, LGBTQ+ and disabled perspectives.
Always Available on Hoopla: Race and Healing
Whether we are engaging in social activism and working for social justice for the first time or as a regular practice, we must be prepared for ongoing growth and learning. … Continued
Always Available on Hoopla: Cooking on a Budget
It’s challenging to be creative with cooking when our time at the grocery stores is limited, the kids are tired of the usual go-to meals, and some days, cooking a … Continued
Stay Connected and Creative with the Library!
Whether you have more time on hand, more stress than you can manage, or are looking for the social connection and creative inspiration you would find at the Library, we … Continued
Get Book Recommendations at Home!
We all been home for a while now and possibly gone through our stacks of library books we grabbed before library doors closed, the books we bought that have been sitting on our shelves for years, the … Continued
Miss Our Programs? Here are Some Program-alikes to Hold You Over
Good librarians, like any professionals, have a set of little-noticed soft skills that we use to help people in our communities everyday. At the top of that list is something … Continued
Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time walking around my neighborhood. It started when we got a puppy a couple of months ago. But the practice has definitely increased as our ability to … Continued