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Photography of Curtis Reaves
Curtis Reaves’ award-winning photography can be found in commercial and residential spaces, and will exhibit at Swissvale Library starting December 2nd. His work is influenced by the process of envisioning the countless possibilities unearthed in discarded materials. Inspired by shapes, textures and unusual compositions, Reaves finds the most interesting things in unexpected places. Reaves states, “My creative passion and strength is founded in an intrinsic ability to take discarded materials and found artifacts, and transform them into distinct pieces that have a lasting impact.”

Access Free Resources with your Card!
Working on a school project? Writing a paper? With your library card you have access to many resources for research, exploring topics in science, social studies, language arts, and more! Here’s a list: Gale in Context: Elementary, Gale in Context: Middle School, Gale OneFile High School, Gale PowerSearch, Science Reference Center. Available 24/7 with your library card!
24/7 Chat with a Librarian!
Now you can connect with a librarian for reference, research and general information help, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Start a chat right now!
Reading Ready Pittsburgh!
Free books for kids under 5! Join to receive a free book mailed to your house each month! All families from Swissvale and Rankin are eligible to enroll:
readingreadypittsburgh.org/DPIL
New Library Events Calendar

Our events calendar is easy to use and has many exciting new features. Check out what’s happening at Swissvale Library: View our new calendar.
New Mobile App
The Allegheny County Libraries mobile app provides quick access to core services for patrons of all public libraries in Allegheny County.
Make sure you choose “Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale” as your preferred library the first time you start the app. Download the mobile app today (search: ‘Allegheny County Libraries‘)!
Printing From Your Mobile Device or Laptop
To print an email or a document, email it to: swissvaleprints@gmail.com. Call us to make sure it arrived and we will print it for you. We will delete the email as soon as we have printed it. Please know that we may see your document as we send it to the printer. Emails not printed will be deleted by the end of the following business day. Questions about printing? Call us at 412-731-2300.