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Getting the Most out of AI

Navigating Pitt's AI Resources for Research & Learning

Discover the AI tools available to the Pitt community and learn which ones best fit your needs. This workshop covers the strengths and limitations of each tool to support research and learning, helping you choose the right options and create an effective plan for using them. Register here.

Creating a Personal Research & Learning Assistant: Writing Effective Prompts

Anyone can use an AI tool, but maximizing its potential for personalized learning takes some skills and forethought. Learn strategies for writing effective prompts by using personas, context, and references to improve idea generation and boost the usefulness of AI responses. Register here.

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Jazz Artist and Scholar Bill Cole Donates Archive to the University of Pittsburgh Library System

The University of Pittsburgh Library System 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.

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Library helps to make World Historical Gazetteer content more discoverable

August Wilson Archive Presents: The Gospel According to WILSON

Explore the latest soundscape radio-art piece by August Wilson Archive Community-Artist Scholar, Ricardo iamuuri Robinson. “The Gospel According to WILSON” uses excerpts from interviews with the late playwright August Wilson to convey contemporary messages. It transforms Wilson’s spoken words into a cohesive experimental jazz vocalese, creating a recycled stream of consciousness that bridges historical language with current societal issues....more

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The University of Pittsburgh Library System Receives Third NEH Grant for Homestead Steel Strike Workshop

The University of Pittsburgh Library System receives a National Endowment of the Humanities grant for the third time since 2022, to fund the program called the “Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power,” a two-week-long workshop hosted at the University of Pittsburgh Library System. ...more

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