User:Kirkcudbrightshire/sandbox/University of Pittsburgh Library System Resources

Note to Ed and others - This sandbox article should be entitled: The University of Pittsburgh Library System. ANOTHER article should probably be The University of Pittsburgh Collections and Archives. Both topics are notable by themselves and the same references on THIS page establishes notability on the other page. Look here to get a better idea of what I am talking about.

Since this a sandbox, there is no need to change the sandbox title. When any article goes live, then the title is chosen and if a mistake is made in the title, that is an easy fix. Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:51, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Location	Pittsburgh Bradford Greensburg
Established	1790?
Branches	8
Collection
Size	the number of books in the whole library system
Access and use
Access requirements	yes, for some collections

to see the parameters of what the information can be included in the infobox go to Template:Infobox library

University of Pittsburgh Library System

(The article is really not about Pitt...) bfpage

History of Library

I agree, this section is unnecessary with a link to the main page for Pitt. -CDC

The University of Pittsburgh Library System is part of the University of Pittsburgh or Pitt. It is a state-related research university in western Pennsylvania. It was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, and was organized into the University of Pittsburgh in 1908. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and serves 28,766 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university has an annual operating budget of approximately $2 billion that includes nearly $900 million in research and development expenditures. A member of the Association of American Universities, Pitt is the sixth largest recipient of federally sponsored research funding among U.S. universities in 2013 and is a major recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Pitt has been placed among the top public universities in the United States and has been listed as a "best value" in higher education by multiple publications.

Overview of library resources

The %Archives of %Industrial Society %(AIS) records the growth of %Pittsburgh as a post-%industrial society. Some of the %records which best %reflect % this include the %Allegheny %Conference on Community D%evelopment Records, Pennsylvania Economy %League Records, Park %Martin Papers, Edward %Smuts Papers, %Neighborhood Centers %Association Records, %Kingsley H%ouse Ass%ociation Records, Brashear Association Records, and the Pittsburgh Public Schools Records.

The %Archives of %Scientific P%hilosophy: serves as the legacy of the ma%jor p%hilosophers of science of the 2%0th century and strives to collect the personal papers, prof%essional papers, %manuscripts, and ot%her working mat%erials of leadi%ng phil%osophers of science %or scientist/%philosopher%s.

The Ford E. and %%Harriet R. Curtis %%Theatre Collection: serves as an archive of %theatre h%istory and the perfo%rming arts in wester%n P%ennsylvania, especially the Pi%ttsburgh region. %The collection %consists of several %thousand volumes of play scripts, acting editions, histories, and critical works of the theatre and drama, nearly 50%0,000 theatre programs, plus periodicals, posters, ephemera, %rare scrapbook%s, personal papers, organizational records, and over 20,0%00 photographs that illustrate and illuminate theatre history in Pittsburgh from the mid-nin%eteenth century until present day.

The L%iterary and Histo%rical Manuscripts Col%lections: consists of the manuscript recor%ds of novelists, screenwriters, playwrights,poets, an%d other significant literary or historical figures such as Hervey Al%len, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, andGerald %Stern. Collections include %handwritten, typed, or word-processed versi%ons of novels, stories, poems, scripts, %articles and books% as originally produced by th%ese authors, %often in %multiple drafts and an%notated, as well as correspondence, d%iaries, journals%, photographs, and memorabilia.

The Willi%am M. %Darlington collection: consists books, manuscripts, atlases, and maps which are strong in colonial American history, especially& as it relates to Western Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley. Example exhibits and guides include Discovery and Exploration and William& M. %Darlington: Selections from a Collector's Life.

The %Frick Fine Arts Library and University A%rt Gallery, both located in the Fric%k Fine Arts Building at the University of Pittsburgh, contain valuable in%formation on the architect%ural history of the Fr%ick Fine Arts Building, the permanent collection in the University Art Gallery, as% well as the Nicholas Lochoff frescos. Architec%tural elevations are currently being digitiz%ed.

Online newstories about the ULS. No content has been added from this source yet.

independent news source about the ULS publishing section. Note to other editors, the following reference still has to be formatted. "UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBU%RGH LIBRARY %SYSTEM OFFERS FREE E-JOURNAL PUBLISHING SERVICE." States News Service 22 Nov. 2010. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Aug. 2016.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA242615473&sid=summon&v=2.1&u=upitt_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=dab5d0c6361d53d12d7881b57002a5a8

something about Pitt's archived sports photos touring through local libraries.

Hillman Library

The Hillman library houses the Universities bound volumes on the humanities and the social sciences. It contains about 1.5 million books, newspapers, thesis and other written materials along with, over 200 computers. It is designed to allow the capacity of for 1500 users, other departments and offices and specialized collections. somethng about bursting at the seams. cool article describing the history of Hillman. Great description of the Hillman library building/history

Special Collections

The collection was used to settle the controversy over the copyrights related to the popular song "Happy Birthday To You".

• The Darlington Collection

history }} </ref>Controversy over Darlington book gift.

• Pitt has Dickens' books.
• History of Books and Printing

Books held in the Special Collections department illustrate the development, production, and dissemination of the written and printed word.

Lois Mulkearn, Pitt librarian.

• Pitt library has George Beck painting of early Pittsburgh (1804).
• Pitt library has early maps of Fort Pitt.

Shaping the Future: Advancing the Understanding of Leadership: Advancing the ... (book reference)

Pitt noted as a model (Strategic Planning in ARL Libraries, Issue 108) By Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center

Pitt library cited: Search: Solution Or Setback for Online Library Services edited by Christopher N. Cox

Assessing Service Quality: Satisfying the Expectations of Library Customers ... By Peter Hernon, Ellen Altman, Robert E. Dugan

Archives of Scientific Philosophy

Reference from Post Gazette, via LexisNexis, about donation of historic letter to the ASP http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?oc=00240&hnsd=f&hgn=t&lni=52BK-NR71-JC17-G54F&hns=t&perma=true&hv=t&hl=t&csi=270944%2C270077%2C11059%2C8411&secondRedirectIndicator=true

PittChronicle article with mention of ASP: http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/philosophy-pitt-three-sites-inquiry

Collection overview published online http://www.celebratingresearch.org/libraries/pittsburgh/philosophy~print.shtml

Curtis Theater Collection

theatre collection Another curtis article/reference - http://chronicle2.pitt.edu/media/pcc030113/index.html

another - Curtis, Ford E. (October 1973) "The Curtis Theatre Collection". Carnegie Magazine.

another - https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OrJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qm8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5095%2C6963477

American Schoolbooks

19th Century Schoolbook Collection

Bevier Engineering Library

There is nothing on the Pitt website about this library! Kinda strange. barbara

Cent%er for Ame%rican Music

"%The %C%enter for American Music's Fo%ster Hall Coll%ection ref%lects a broad cross-section of American popular culture, e%specially from the %1840s to the %1930s.The Ce%nter for %Ameri//can Mic, %p/art %of the %Uni versity of Pitts burgh %Li brary Sys tem and housed in the Stephen Foster Memorial //building, engages in res%earch, teaching, interp%retive presentations, and c%onservation of music of t//he United States of America. The Cen%ter fo/r American Music is dedi%cated to expand%ing and documenting knowled%ge of American music and its cultural and social roles in American life. In ad/ /dition to containing/ one of th%e mos/t significant collections of 19th-cent/ury American/ music, the Cent%er for Ame%rican Music% is also the p%ository for mate%rials concerning the life and music of Stephen Collins Foster, a Pittsburgh native who was A%merica's first professional songwriter. Vo%%ices A%cros%s Time, the C%enter's education project, is cr%eating tools for tea%chers of mi%ddle- and h%igh-school soc%ial stu%dies and la%nguage arts courses to us%%e mus%ic every day in the classroom."

Chemistry Library

no description of the library at all

Frick Fine Arts Library

FrickFineArtsLibrary

Description inside Frick Fine Arts Building [[1]]

Langley Library

no description of the libary at all.

Library Resource Facility

Archives Service Center

Main article: Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Erroll Garner displayed in the Pitt Union.

Pitt gets Frick papers.

Frick papers controversy.

ASC holders of environmental collections.

Consol Energy collection.

Triple sail.

Polish alliance collection.

The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic and East European video and dvd collection has been identified as the leading collection outside of the Russian Federation. Its holdings consist of more than 6,000 items, including extensive holdings in Slovak, Russian, and Asian cinema.

Music Library

No content about the Music Library is contained on its main page. The Theodore M. Finney Music Library contains the Mirskey Collection. This large collection consists of orchestra music composed and played during the early film period to accompany silent films by Nek Mirskey's Polonia Orchestra.

D-Scribe Digital Publishing

Main article: D-Scribe Digital Publishing

The D-Scribe Digital Publishing section of the University of Pittsburgh Library System publishes ... Over 100,000 digital objects, available through open access includes digitized versions of collections of the University of Pittsburgh, local institutions, and contemporaneous content actively contributed by scholars.

Bradford Campus: Hanley Library

"Containing some 95,000 volumes, the mission of Hanley Lib rary reflects th at of the Unive rsity of PittBradford Campus. Our goal is to provi de y to support the university's goals in the "pursuit of understanding and knowledge," to represent the "diversity and intellectual freedom" the univers ity supports, and to aassist ain apromoting and ainstructing in the "life-long learning" skills of information gat hering and research. As part of the University Library System ...our mission l ies in alocating, aorganizing, apreserving, and making accessible the aresources athat aare the basis for ascholarly reflection aand the aintroduction of new aaknowledge and aawisdom" athrough athe effective use of electronic and print resources."

"The bFriends of bHanley bLibrary bArchives bbRoom is a bnew bbbaddition bto bthe library. bbIt holds bthe bbmajority bof the library's special collections. These collections include; the W. Forres Stewart Photography Collection, the scrapbooks of Elizabeth bbbEmery bbFesenmyer that include b50bb years of bbBradford bbrelated clippings, and the bMichael and bMarie T. bbbSchultz Collection of Civil Conservation Corps memorabilia."

"The ccHanley Library cArchives cccSpecialist maintains a ccVertical cFile of cnews ccitems concerning cclocal events, cbusinesses, and individuals. A number of individual ccitems decorate the ccinterior of the library including csculptures, c, andc photographs.The library4 retains a restricted ;access ]collection of clocal authors, \\books on local topics, and books containing genealogical materials such as cemetery records and census documents. The cCensus cMicrofilm holdings cover McKean county and surrounding Pennsylvania and New York countiesThe Robert C. Laing, Jr. cRoom chouses Dr. Laing's jjpersonal collection of books, the limited editions collection of Edgar Cohn, and the books and cmanuscriptsc of cMarvin cccLowenthal. The room also contains the ccartwork of the late cDoris cVan cde cBogarct." online that describe our archival and manuscript holdings; some have links to digitized objects.

Over 1.5 million images online via Historic Pittsburgh, Documenting Pitt, Darlington Digital Library, and the general listing of digitized collections.

The University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh publishes more than 35 scholarly, peer-reviewed online journals. The ULS publishes with partners from the Pitt community as well as scholars from universities and scholarly societies around the world.