University of Pittsburgh Library System

Hillman Library is now a vibrant, modern hub of learning and innovation. Join us for a special alumni exclusive guided tour on Friday, October 24, 2025 at 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. at the ground floor entrance, or experience it for on your own during our open house activities occurring from noon to 4 p.m. Step into the past with Archives & Special Collections or witness the future with 3D printers and digital creation tools....more

Join us on Friday, November 21, 2025 from 10-11:30 a.m. in Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room (Hillman Library, 3rd Floor) with Kenn Kaufman, naturalist and author of The Birds That Audubon Missed, as he explores the historic rivalry that helped to shape John James Audubon's spectacular Birds of America. When Audubon set out to compile his Birds of America, he faced a challenge: Alexander Wilson was already regarded as the ultimate expert on our birds,...more

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

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

“The goal is to transform the experience that students researchers and the community have in the research library to offer a lot more than what traditional libraries offer,” Ms. Tancheva said. “Now we are also offering access to experiences, to experiential learning and to the library as a big gathering space.” ...more