jan 1, 1883 - First Carnegie Library built in Dunfermline, Scotland
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Carnegie would build and furnish libraries if the city agreed to maintain and staff it. Carnegie envisioned that libraries would "bring books and information to all people.
By 1930, half the American public libraries had been built by Carnegie.
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History of Public Libraries
A brief history of Public Libraries
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