Many University of Pittsburgh faculty use the collection. Prof. Oscar Swan, of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, uses the collection for studies in Polish linguistics, for teaching Polish, and for background for his internationally-acclaimed textbooks on Polish for English speakers. University of Pittsburgh students use the collection as well. They generally gather their material without help, so accurate statistics are impossible. Communism, Revolution, Transition.
Most courses require students to write research papers.
To date, approximately 250 duplicates from the collection have been sent to the National Library in Warsaw. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill Branch has received 52 Russian-language duplicates. The Free Library of Philadelphia, Richmond Branch is the recipient of 17 duplicate volumes, mostly Polish literature. Cornell University Library has received 376 Polish-language scholarly duplicates. The effort to find good homes for the duplicates continues.