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.

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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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  • Workshop
November 21, 2024

Mapping & GIS Club (PennMGIS)

A group that meets to discuss, learn, and collaborate on topics and projects related to mapping, geospatial data processing, visualization, and analysis tools.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • RDDSx Space, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Floor 1
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Ms. Coll 713, Breviary Collage
  • Workshop
November 21, 2024

Making [and Remaking] Texts: Past, Present, and Future

Through crafting our own collages, codices, and cut-outs, this two-hour workshop encourages us to learn through enacting as we explore how manuscripts have been created and recreated across time by human beings.

  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Van Pelt Library Room 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to the Public
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  • Workshop
November 21, 2024

Tea & Tarot -- Home Stretch Edition

Come to Tea & Tarot where you can learn what the end of the semester has in store for you (insert ominous laugh)!

  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Weigle Information Commons, Van Pelt-Dietrich Center, 1st floor
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff