Penn Libraries

Featured Collections

The Penn Libraries' global collections encompass hundreds of languages and scripts across a broad range of subject areas, preserving the rich cultural and scholarly record from Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia. Read about some of our unique recent acquisitions.

Photograph of stack of Chinese books.

Exploring Chinese Internet Literature

To more accurately reflect the diversity of literature in China, the Penn Libraries has made a special effort to add recent internet novels that have been published in print form to our collection.

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Student studying a binder of papers.
  • Workshop
November 7, 2024

Image Permissions for Dissertations, Publications, and Research

In this session Deb Stewart (Head, Penn Museum Library), and Mia D'Avanza (Director, Fisher Fine Arts Library) share their expertise in understanding image rights and seeking permissions to use images in dissertations and other publications.

  • 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Class of 1955 Conference Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 2nd Floor
Open to Penn Students Only
page from manuscript of hymns
  • Workshop
November 7, 2024

Coffee with a Codex: Hymns and Prayers

On November 7, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1604, a manuscript collection of texts of hymns and prayers bound with slightly later printed pastoral works appropriate for a priest. The main languages used in both printed and manuscript are German and Latin, and the manuscript section was written in Germany in the late 15th century. It's a fascinating example of the interplay between print and manuscript through the 15th century.

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Open to the Public