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Getting the Most out of AI

Navigating Pitt's AI Resources for Research & Learning

Discover the AI tools available to the Pitt community and learn which ones best fit your needs. This workshop covers the strengths and limitations of each tool to support research and learning, helping you choose the right options and create an effective plan for using them.

Creating a Personal Research & Learning Assistant: Writing Effective Prompts

Anyone can use an AI tool, but maximizing its potential for personalized learning takes some skills and forethought. Learn strategies for writing effective prompts by using personas, context, and references to improve idea generation and boost the usefulness of AI responses.

Technology Lab

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Papers of Neurosurgery Pioneer Dr. Peter Jannetta Open for Research at the University of Pittsburgh Library System

We are pleased to announce the opening of the archival papers of Dr. Peter J. Jannetta. The collection documents the life and career of Dr. Jannetta (1932-2016), an innovator in neurosurgery who made early use of the operative microscope to work effectively on a scale not before possible.

Library Research Informs the Creation of Student's Hand-Made Ballgown on Display in Hillman

Pitt junior Maya Jones researched and created the dress, on display on the third floor of Hillman Library, giving her a unique learning experience.

Listen to our library director in conversation with the Office of the Provost discuss resources, research expertise, one-of-a-kind collections, and new spaces

Listen to Hillman University Librarian and Director of the University Library System Kornelia Tancheva discuss resources, research expertise, one-of-a-kind collections, and new spaces. The conversation is part of the "From the Office of the Provost" podcast, which highlights exciting activities and initiatives in the office or University-wide that bolster and enhance our collective vision for growth and transformation.

University Library System Acquires Jonas Salk Papers

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of an archival collection documenting the research and career of Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the first successful polio vaccine.

Sam Rivers playing the soprano saxophone

We’ve acquired the archive of jazz legend Sam Rivers

Rivers was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano, and viola. With a thorough command of music theory, orchestration, and composition, Rivers was an influential and prominent artist in jazz music. more...

Charles and Frankie Pace Sheet Music and Images

Recovering the Lost Gospel Music of Charles and Frankie Pace

Join us in celebrating this important but little-known piece of Pittsburgh history in a Gospel Music Tribute to Charles and Frankie Pace on Saturday, March 25, 2023, 7 p.m., at Ebenezer Baptist Chruch.

PRESSED: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward

The PRESSED exhibit draws from the Forward archive a selection of the metal printing plates used to print photographs in the paper, depicting daily life and historical moments of Jewish life in America and around the world from the 1920s to the 60s.

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