The state-of-the-art building will sit between two Victorian buildings, the B-listed Dunfermline Carnegie Library and a B-listed former bank.

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The remaining sites include Rochester Cathedral in Kent, the Carnegie Library in Dunfermline and Victorian mansion house Insole Court in Cardiff.

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The event at Carnegie Library pays homage to the original home of the cherry trees gifted to the U.S. more than 100 years ago.

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The Thomas wing at the renovated Carnegie Library in Savannah is a nod to the era of segregation when blacks could not use the city's public library and Thomas instead spent hours at the Carnegie Library.

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The town has benefitted in other ways too, including the library, the swimming pool and its own Carnegie hall.

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Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburgh steel mogul, gave both the city and the university their library buildings!

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Both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are awarded annually to a book for young people by Cilip: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

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