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The University of Pittsburgh Library System received the generous gift of 130 Japanese woodblock prints from Pitt alumni Barry and Elizabeth Rosensteel, adding to their previous donations.

We are pleased to announce the online availability of 300+ oral histories of African American migrant and European immigrant populations to the Steel Valley!
Audio oral history collections highlighting the experiences of minority communities, their lives, and their voices in Western PA from the 1970s - early 2000s are now available online, made possible through a grant from the Recordings at Risk Program of the Council on Library and Information Resources.

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.

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. 

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.

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...

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.

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