University of Pittsburgh Library System

The University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of the musicWitness® Project, which is the moniker of visual artist and sculptor Jeff Schlanger (1937-2026), a prolific, multi-media artist who drew over 1,400 live jazz performances at major events in New York City, Canada, France, and Finland.

A $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the ULS's work to preserve and share the Charles and Frankie Pace Collection, one of the earliest archives of modern Black gospel music.In 2021, music librarian Christopher Lynch began a project to promote research and use of the collection, which consists mostly of printing plates that Pace used to publish his own music.… more

On Wednesday, September 9 from 4-7 pm on the first and third floors 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, and explore this year's theme of 'home'...more

Join us for a workshop on Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 4-5:30 pm in Text & conText Lab at Hillman Library where art meets functionality as we combine two exciting studio processes: printmaking and bookbinding. Make your own one-of-a-kind monoprint that will serve as the cover of a handmade mini-journal, then learn how to bind the pages with a simple stitch technique.… more

Join us for a workshop on Thursday, October 15, 2026 from 4-5:30 pm in Text & conText Lab at Hillman Library and explore the art of decorative bookbinding in this relaxed, hands-on workshop. Learn the fundamentals of Japanese stab binding, a traditional technique known for its beautiful, visible stitching. ...more

Two hundred and fifty years of American history is neither simple nor settled. Our Archives & Special Collections preserve the voices, images, and stories that make up that history in its full complexity — the celebrated and the contested, the familiar and the forgotten.

Celebrate 100 years of Pitt’s Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Program (NRIEP) at the grand opening of two new exhibits! Join us Thursday, February 26, 2026, from 5–7 PM at Hillman Library, 3rd floor, The Hyland Gallery Archives & Special Collections Exhibits....more

Join lead curator Dr. Lina Insana, Professor in the Department of French and Italian, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from Noon-12:45 p.m. for a gallery talk on the new exhibit, Read the Room! Uncovering the Italian Room's Transnational Traces.  This exhibit documents the transnational networks and economic class dynamics at play during the Room's development in the 1930s and 1940s.… more

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 collaboration affirms Pitt’s role as a global leader in philosophical scholarship...more

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