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August Wilson from "The Ground on Which I Stand." (David Cooper Photography)
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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!

Pressed: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward Logo

The PRESSED exhibit draws from the Forward archive a selection of the metal printing plates used to print photographs in the paper, depicting daily life and historical moments of Jewish life in America and around the world from the 1920s to the 60s.

The University of Pittsburgh Library System is pleased to announce that students, faculty, researchers, scholars, and the public now have access to the August Wilson Archive in Hillman Library.  The organization of the archive is detailed in the collection finding aid. more...

hillman exterior

The final phase of the Hillman Reinvention begins, with the ground floor and the core of the building (including elevators and bathrooms) under renovation starting spring 2023.
When completed, these newly renovated spaces will contain: a centrally located help & information desk, a Media Lab "blackbox" light and sound-controlled audio and video production suite of spaces, Pitt IT Computer Lab, expanded and updated bathrooms and elevators, and new light-filled atrium entrance.

Romero Artifacts
See our Horror Studies Collection Coordinator give WTAE TV a tour of the Romero Archive!
A Conversation with Evan Laine on his Book: Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus
Arlen Specter Center, Paul J. Gutman Library and the University of Pittsburgh Library System present a Conversation with Evan Laine on his Book: Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus

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