University of Pittsburgh Library System

University of Pittsburgh Library System It provides a large array of innovative, world-class services.

The ULS stands at the center of intellectual life at Pitt, fostering connections and knowledge creation and dissemination that help faculty, students, and researchers around the world to excel in research, scholarship and creative expression. Pitt's University Library System is the 22nd-largest academic research library in all of North America and the 16th-largest among the prestigious public libr

aries of the Association of American Universities. The ULS is made up of libraries located on the Pittsburgh campus, a Library Resource Facility in the city’s Point Breeze neighborhood housing the Archives Service Center and Digital Research Library, and the libraries of the Greensburg, Johnstown, Titusville, and Bradford campuses.

Join us for an open house at Hillman Library for Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh on Wed., Sept. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. Find su...
09/08/2026

Join us for an open house at Hillman Library for Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh on Wed., Sept. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. Find support and inspiration as you explore this year's theme of home.

🌟View rare collections from Archives & Special Collections at Pitt and the Frick Fine Arts Library. (3rd floor)
🌟View exhibits in the Hyland Gallery on Pittsburgh photographers, horror literature, August Wilson, and more! (3rd floor)
🌟Experiment with letterpress printmaking and collage as you create postcards to and from home. (3rd floor)
🌟Make buttons in the Open Lab. (1st floor)

Learn more here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/17067463
Center for Creativity at Pitt University Center for Teaching & Learning

Thanks for joining our open house festivities in Hillman Library this week! We had a great turnout for the artist talk b...
09/04/2026

Thanks for joining our open house festivities in Hillman Library this week! We had a great turnout for the artist talk by Susy Bielak and Fred Schmalz, with Aaron Henderson, who drew inspiration for their art installation, "I am made to leave I am made to return," from the Pitt Nationality Rooms archives held by the library.

The installation has four interconnected artworks that unfold across Hillman Library's atrium, staircase, and entry areas. Together, they invite us to consider how cultural memory is carried forward and continually remade.

- Pattern Atlas (column wraps)
- Speculative Nationality Room (painting on bulkhead)
- When I Left (texts on staircase)
- Holdings (sculpture under staircase and blueprint column wraps)

Experience the installation in person and learn more here: https://iammade.library.pitt.edu/

Archives & Special Collections at Pitt Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs Pitt Studio Arts

08/28/2026

Get inspired by our experiential learning spaces at the Designing Libraries XIII, October 18-20. We're thrilled to be hosting this year's conference at the ULS. Explore the future of library and learning space design and forge connections with librarians, architects, planners, designers, IT professionals, and more.

Learn more here: https://library.pitt.edu/designinglibraries

08/26/2026

Get hands-on at Hillman Library! 🙌 From virtual reality to 3D printing, laser cutting to film editing, the library makerspaces help to turn your ideas into reality, no experience needed.

💡Drop into the Open Lab for 3D scanning and printing, vinyl and laser cutting, and VR.

🎥Our Film and Audio Media Labs provide space to record, edit, and experiment with digital media.

📖The Text & conText lab is a space to create, remix, and reimagine text with different tools and printing presses. Learn skills in bookbinding, papermaking, and more.

Whatever you're making, the library has the tools and space to set you up for success!

Learn how the ULS can help you succeed this semester at Hillman Library's Open House on Wednesday, September 2 from 11 a...
08/25/2026

Learn how the ULS can help you succeed this semester at Hillman Library's Open House on Wednesday, September 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

At 12:30, hear from the artists Susy Bielak, Fred Schmalz, and Aaron Henderson (Dept. Chair of Studio Arts) about their installation in the atrium, "I am made to leave I am made to return." Discover how migration, cultural memory, and the library's Nationality Rooms archives shaped their work.

Learn more about these events here: https://pitt.libcal.com/calendar/

08/21/2026

Did you know the library holds one of the earliest archives of modern Black gospel music, published in Pittsburgh? The original printing plates in the Charles & Frankie Pace Collection are what remains of the husband-and-wife team who ran one of the most successful independent Black gospel music publishing businesses nationwide. A $190,000 NEH grant will support the library's efforts to establish a complete edition of Charles Pace's over 200 songs. By producing new polymer plates that create crisp, clear prints of Pace's music as he designed it on the page, we can bring his music and family legacy back to life.

Welcome, students! We have many library events designed to prepare you for the fall semester. Today you can join us for ...
08/19/2026

Welcome, students! We have many library events designed to prepare you for the fall semester.

Today you can join us for a scavenger hunt in Hillman Library from 3 to 5 p.m. to familiarize yourself with all we offer to support your success.

Learn more about this event and others: https://pitt.libcal.com/calendar/today

All University Library System libraries will be closed on Monday, August 10. Visit library.pitt.edu/hours for updates.
08/07/2026

All University Library System libraries will be closed on Monday, August 10. Visit library.pitt.edu/hours for updates.

Our Text & conText Lab has everything you need for a relaxing afternoon of making. Join us for a hands-on workshop combi...
07/13/2026

Our Text & conText Lab has everything you need for a relaxing afternoon of making. Join us for a hands-on workshop combining two studio processes: printmaking and bookbinding. You'll create a monoprint—a unique, one-of-a-kind print—to serve as the cover of a handmade mini-journal, then learn to bind the pages using a simple stitching technique. All materials and expert instruction provided.

Thursday, July 23, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Hillman Library
Text & conText Lab, 3rd floor

Register here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/16996397

250 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was distributed to the public as a broadside, or a single sheet of paper ...
06/30/2026

250 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was distributed to the public as a broadside, or a single sheet of paper printed on one side, similar to a flyer or poster.

Only at Hillman Library can you examine original 18th- and 19th- century American broadsides from our Archives & Special Collections at Pitt, learn from the experts who preserve them, and then print your own, all in the same afternoon.

Celebrate the history of democracy in print on Tuesday, July 7. We'll explore related ephemera from the archives and print our own broadsides using the 1884 hand press in the Text & conText Lab.

4 to 5:30 p.m. in Hillman Library
A&SC Reading Room and the Text & conText Lab, 3rd floor

Registration is required. Register here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/16942844

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