University of Pittsburgh Library System

On Wednesday, September 9 from 4-7 pm on the third floor of Hillman Library, artists and community members from the University of Pittsburgh and beyond are invited to visit the library to see collections, learn about current exhibits, participate in creative activities at the library’s makerspaces…

Two hundred and fifty years of American history is neither simple nor settled. Our Archives…

The ULS is a partner in the creation of a comprehensive digital critical edition of the complete works of Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970), a pioneer of Analytic Philosophy and a key figure in the Vienna Circle, profoundly shaped 20th-century thought. This 25-year €400,000-per year funded international…

The ULS is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of Bill Cole, a jazz musician, ethnomusicologist, educator, author, and composer known for his use of non-western instruments....more

Explore the latest soundscape radio-art piece by August Wilson Archive Community-Artist Scholar, Ricardo iamuuri Robinson. “The Gospel According to WILSON” uses excerpts from interviews with the late playwright August Wilson to convey contemporary messages. It transforms Wilson’s spoken words into…

The University of Pittsburgh Library System receives a National Endowment of the Humanities grant for the third time since 2022, to fund the program called the “Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power,” a two-week-long workshop hosted at the University of Pittsburgh…

“The goal is to transform the experience that students researchers and the community have in the research library to offer a lot more than what traditional libraries offer,” Ms. Tancheva said. “Now we are also offering access to experiences, to experiential learning and to the library as a big…