The Pitts annual book sale and how book donations to the library work
We hope you participated in the annual Pitts Friends of the Library Book Sale, which was held on February 27th and 28th. This year’s sale was a resounding success! After two full days of bookselling and treasure hunting, 67 book bins and numerous single books and volumes found new…
John Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible and an early depiction of America
With the recent establishment of the J. Michael Morgan English Bible & Psalmody Collection, Pitts Theology Library has become a premier library for the study of the Bible in translation. Among the library’s incredible Bible holdings are many of the first Bibles ever printed in the new American nation.…
The year of physical media
Did you notice that 2023 was the year of physical media? It seems like almost overnight everyone was talking about the importance of having access to physical media. This conversation was mostly started when our favorite shows and films started leaving streaming platforms. At Pitts, we’ve always known that physical…
Pitts to host Professor Andrew Pettegree for Kessler Table Talk
Professor Andrew Pettegree will lecture on “Book History’s New Frontier and the Perils of Big Data” Pitts Theology Library is excited to welcome Professor Andrew Pettegree, of the University of St. Andrews, to give the Spring “Table Talk” keynote lecture, “Book History’s New Frontier and the Perils of Big Data,” on…
