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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. Register here.

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. Register here.

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Meet friend of the library and library Board of Visitors member Brian Wongchaowart

Brian has generously supported the Archival Scholars Research award and the renovated ground floor of Hillman Media Labs.

University of Pittsburgh Library System Receives One Million Dollar Grant from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation for August Wilson Archive Outreach and Engagement

We are pleased to announce we have received a $1,000,000 grant from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation to support in-depth public engagement with the August Wilson Archive over the next two years.

A Notice on Harmful, Offensive, or Misrepresentative Archival Description and Language

The University of Pittsburgh Library System strives to steward the materials within our possession with the highest level of cultural sensitivity. Within Archives & Special Collections, we aim to describe our archival materials in a way that is respectful to, and informed by, the communities who use, create, and are represented in our collections. ...more

ULS Awarded Grant from the CLIR Recordings at Risk Program

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk program has awarded a $36,826 grant to the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) to digitize five Pittsburgh area oral history collections held by the Archives and Special Collections Department.

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We Have Acquired the Archive of Jazz Pianist Dave Burrell

The Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh Library System is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Dave Burrell Archive. Burrell was an influential innovator in New York’s free jazz scene, playing alongside trailblazing musicians such as alto saxophonist Marion Brown and tenor saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and David Murray. ...more

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