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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
September 12, 2024

Excel Basics: Visualize Data

Want images that speak louder than words? Practice a process for visualizing data in Microsoft Excel so you can communicate your findings in class and on the job.

  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Hybrid: Virtual and in-person at Yablon Financial Resources Lab, Room 244, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Marian Anderson & James DePreist
  • Workshop
September 12, 2024

Coffee with a Codex: James DePreist and Marian Anderson

Head of the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library & Eugene Ormandy Music & Media Center Liza Vick will bring out a poetry chapbook by conductor James DePreist, paired with a handwritten letter from DePreist to his aunt, contralto Marian Anderson.

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Open to the Public
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  • Lecture
September 12, 2024

Art and Action in Movable Books and Paper: from the Collection of Ellen G. K. Rubin

To celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions, Ellen G. K. Rubin, better known as “The Popuplady” for her amazing collection of pop-up and movable books, will give a talk drawing on her forty years of collecting.

  • 4:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to the Public