University of Pittsburgh Library System

On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 12:10 pm dive into Standards and learn how standards can help you during your career!  This fast paced 50 minute webinar will cover:• Learn how IEEE Standards are important in academia, patenting, and the innovation process• Understanding the IEEE...

Join us on Monday, April 12, 2021 7—8:30 p.m. ET for the world premiere of this short film CHASING COVID which takes us inside the lab of Pitt's Center for Vaccine Research, where Dr. Paul Duprex, Director and Jonas Salk Chair, and his team work to...

Join us on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 11 am - 12 pm to learn more about invasive species in Western Pennsylvania. Amy Jewitt, Invasive Species Coordinator, from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will describe the iMapinvasives, an online GIS-based data management system used to assist citizen...

Join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021 from 7-8:30 pm for the premiere screening of the George Romero & Pittsburgh: The Early Years documentary and a special presentation of the George A. Romero Foundation Pioneer...

Join Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin and Visiting Researcher Adam Hart on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 from 7-8 pm as they discuss their favorite and most significant discoveries from processing the George A. Romero Archival...

Horror Studies Webinar Series presents: Panel featuring Melanie Anderson, Lisa Kroger, and Lisa Morton. Join us on Monday, January 25, 2021 at 7- 8 pm.

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month on Friday, November 13 from 1-2pm with guest speaker, Joseph Bruchac. Bruchac, a Nulhegan Abenaki citizen, is a well-known and respected storyteller, poet, author, singer, composer, and teacher. Through his words, whether spoken, sung, or written, he...

You are invited to the virtual premiere of the feature-length documentary The Revolution They Remember on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 7–9:30 p.m. View the trailer here!Registration is required....

GIS Day (November 18) is an international celebration of this scientific framework often implemented by using software for gathering, analyzing, and visualizing geographic or georeferenced data. GIS enthusiasts from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and a number of community...

We are thrilled to announce we have acquired the archive of the late playwright and Pittsburgh native son August Wilson, best known for his unprecedented American Century Cycle —ten plays that convey the Black experience in each decade of the 20th century. All ten of the plays have had...