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.

Next week, summer workshops kick off with our partner, the Center for Creativity at Pitt, in the Text & conText Lab at ...
06/02/2026

Next week, summer workshops kick off with our partner, the Center for Creativity at Pitt, in the Text & conText Lab at Hillman Library. Join us on Tues. June 9, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., to give your book a makeover!

Transform a worn paperback into a beautifully rebound hardcover edition with simple bookbinding materials and techniques. Bring a book or choose one from our collection.

Learn more and register here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/16996383

The ULS will host several exciting events at Hillman Library as part of the Pgh Book Fest on May 30th with our neighbors...
05/11/2026

The ULS will host several exciting events at Hillman Library as part of the Pgh Book Fest on May 30th with our neighbors at the main Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland. Register for these and more at Pgh Book Fest.

📖 Are you Keen to Zine? Learn how to create a single-sheet zine in the Text & conText Lab. We'll provide the materials, history, and context for zine-making.

📖 Bookmark your fest with the ULS! This drop-in workshop will introduce the printmaking process, and participants can operate our printing press to create a unique bookmark in the Text & conText Lab.

📖 Stop by our Historic Pittsburgh table to see treasures related to the greater Pittsburgh region.

📖 Did you know that the papers of "America's Agatha Christie", Mary Roberts Rinehart, are part of our digital collections? Join us for a panel discussion about Rinehart, a nurse from Allegheny City best known for her mysteries, who dominated the literary market in the early 1900s.

📖 Learn how mid-century broadcast technology and collaboration redefined storytelling on radio and television at the panel discussion, "Connecting Pittsburgh through Storytelling: Children, Media, and Innovation."

📖 Join horror author Daniel Kraus, who finished George Romero's incomplete manuscript, "Pay the Piper," using the George A. Romero Archival Collection, as he discusses "How the Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World."

We're excited to announce that the ULS will host this year's Designing Libraries XIII conference on October 18-20th!Libr...
04/27/2026

We're excited to announce that the ULS will host this year's Designing Libraries XIII conference on October 18-20th!

Librarians, architects, planners, designers, and information technologists will gather in the newly renovated Hillman Library, a LEED Platinum facility and student-centered, technology-rich space for collaboration and innovation, to explore the achievements and challenges of designing libraries and learning spaces for the 21st century.

Want to be notified when registration launches? Sign up here: https://library.pitt.edu/designinglibraries

Help us build The Supply Loop for students and keep reusable resources out of landfills. From April 20 to May 1, drop of...
04/20/2026

Help us build The Supply Loop for students and keep reusable resources out of landfills. From April 20 to May 1, drop off new or gently used school and office supplies at the Science & Engineering Library's front desk (G33 Benedum Hall). Why throw away perfectly good supplies when you can give them a second life?

What to Donate:
Paper & storage: binders, folders, and notebooks (half-used is fine!)
Writing and office tools: pens, pencils, highlighters, clips, sticky notes, bookmarks, and index cards
Essentials: working calculators and textbooks

Join us for a conversation with this year's Archival Scholars Research Award (ASRA) winners, who will discuss their rese...
04/14/2026

Join us for a conversation with this year's Archival Scholars Research Award (ASRA) winners, who will discuss their research using the ULS's archival, rare, and special collections. Following the conversation, they will officially launch their exhibit on the first floor's digital interactive wall. The event is free and open to the Pitt community. Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, April 17, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Thornburgh Room, Hillman Library, first floor

Learn more here: https://pitt.libcal.com/event/16526099

👉 Swipe through photo highlights of some of the winners from 2025.

Curious about conducting global research? Join us for a Fulbright information session on Tuesday, April 14, from 11 a.m...
04/13/2026

Curious about conducting global research? Join us for a Fulbright information session on Tuesday, April 14, from 11 a.m. to noon in Hillman Library's Latin American Reading Room and discover how to make it happen!

RSVP via Handshake here: https://pitt.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1934806

04/07/2026

Journeys & Jazz: Black History Celebration 🎶

Join us at the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center in Homewood for an evening celebrating the legacy of legendary Pittsburgh jazz pianist Erroll Garner.

In partnership with Pitt Library System and Pitt Jazz Studies, explore items from the Erroll Garner Archive, enjoy an overview presentation, and experience live jazz by the Howie Alexander Trio.

📅 April 14, 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 622 N. Homewood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA

Scan QR code to register or visit:
http://bit.ly/4bdnEmt

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