Which of the following statements is FALSE about Andrew Carnegie and libraries? It is hard to get an exact count of how many Carnegie libraries are still in use today as a "library." Carnegie insisted that his name be on every library that he built. The period between 1893 and 1919 is referred to as the "golden age" of public libraries. Carnegie paid for the building of 1,689 libraries across the United States between 1893 and 1919.