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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An open holiday card that says Happy Christmas Everybody and featuring an illustration of a Christmas tree, along with a Santa Claus pop-up insert.
  • Workshop
December 3, 2024

Make a Pop-Up Card

In conjunction with the exhibitions The Movement of Books and Material World, we invite you to make your own pop-up card in celebration of winter!

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor
Open to the Public
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  • Workshop
December 3, 2024

Learn To Solder And Create Your Electronic RNG Device

Try out soldering to make your own electronic random number generator (RNG) machine to use for your board games or decide which roommate has to take out the trash this time!

  • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Education Commons TinkerLab
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff