University of Pittsburgh Library System

When completed in early 2025, updates will include:

• Expanded and updated bathrooms and elevators, a new light-filled atrium entrance, a Media Lab "blackbox" light and sound-controlled audio and video production suite of spaces, and a centrally located help & information desk and a Pitt IT/ULS Computer Lab.

There will be some noise and disruption, for which we apologize. Disposable earplugs are available throughout the building. See the Hillman Reinvention page for more information. 

Floors 1 and 2 (and 3 and 4) are now open. The newly renovated floors 2 and 1 contain:

• An expanded and relocated Open Lab, a collaboration between the University Center for Teaching and Learning and the University Library System. Through workshops, class sessions, consultations and trainings, the Lab aims to connect the Pitt community with technology for hand-on making and experiential learning
• A large, open study area with movable furniture, which can be reconfigured into event space
• A significantly expanded indoor/outdoor café
• An accessible ramp entrance on the Forbes Ave. side of the building

We apologize for any disruptions this might cause. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help you!

Ok, it might not look like much, but this is real progress! Space cleared and walls starting to go up. Set to reopen in 2020, it will house Archives & Special Collections, including a reading room, classroom, & a large digital interactive wall. Also of note on the newly renovated 3rd floor will be the Text & conText Lab, which will provide an active environment for the creation, manipulation, and disassembly of text, as well as the wide variety of forms and media in which text is represented, experienced, and stored. Stay tuned!

Say goodbye old third floor and wait for the amazing new one, which will be open next year!

The Archives & Special Collections Hillman reading room moved to our new temporary location in G-20 Hillman (located near the Cup & Chaucer) during the library renovation. Stop by and say hi!

Check out the renovated 4th floor! 11 new group study rooms, a computer bar, a graduate study space, & more light! But this is really just the beginning. The third floor will be closing soon for renovation, then the lower floors after that, so stayed tuned and enjoy the new digs!

We're getting very close to the reopening of the 4th Floor. It's currently scheduled for early August, before the start of the term. Even though it's all dust and drywall and exposed wires right now it's still an impressive change! Stay tuned for details!