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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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Virtual HealthLiteracyMonth citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
  • Workshop
October 7, 2024

Health Literacy Month: #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

In observation of Health Literacy Month, Penn Libraries is participating in the Network of the National Library of Medicine's (NNLM) #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon initiative to edit health-related pages on Wikipedia, an online open-source encyclopedia that has become one of the world's most popular websites.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Online
Open to the Public
A book is wrapped by some tape with a cutting board and a pair of scissors next to it
  • Workshop
October 7, 2024

Bookbinding: Japanese Stab Binding

Come and bind your own book at Common Press! 

  • 12:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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  • Workshop
October 8, 2024

Data Cleaning Using OpenRefine

This workshop will teach how to use the open source software OpenRefine to clean data.

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Virtual
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff