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Pitt library archives gallery

The University Library System (ULS) received a transformative $1M gift to name the Archives & Special Collections Gallery

We have received a transformative $1M gift to name the Archives & Special Collections Gallery on the third floor of the newly renovated Hillman Library. This gift will allow us to enhance our distinctive collections through the acquisition and preservation of material of national and…
University of Pittsburgh Library system signed an agreement with the National Central Library of Taiwan for the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS)

The ULS signs agreement with the National Central Library of Taiwan for the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS)

The library has signed an agreement with the National Central Library of Taiwan for the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS), which will offer access to a wide range of materials for ULS patrons and the Pitt community related to Taiwan's history…
Corresponding authors currently enrolled as students or employed at the University of Pittsburgh or UPMC may publish open access at no charge in…
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the University of Pittsburgh Library System this week, as they become the Coalition’s newest Associate Member. The University of Pittsburgh Library System is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to a wide variety of materials…
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…
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.