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Text & conText Lab print setting

The Text & conText Lab, a Center for Creativity/University Library System partnership on the Third Floor of Hillman Library, provides an active environment for the creation, manipulation, and/or disassembly of text, including papermaking, bookbinding, and more!

Machine learning

Machine Learning? Coding? Data Sharing?

Get skills to get an edge. Check out all the workshops we offer and register for one or more today!

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage collection
On the 3rd floor there of Hillman Library there is a small sample of the diverse and deep range of books held in the Eduardo Lozano Latin American Collection as it relates to Latin America and Latinos in the United States. The display includes holdings that document the vast diversity and richness of Latin America and Hispanic cultures through the Spanish-speaking world.
Hillman LIbrary Interior

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. 

University Library System Acquires Jonas Salk Papers
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of an archival collection documenting the research and career of Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the first successful polio vaccine.
Sam Rivers playing the soprano saxophone

Rivers was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano, and viola. With a thorough command of music theory, orchestration, and composition, Rivers was an influential and prominent artist in jazz music. more...

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