Elizabeth Fee, who died in 2018, is probably most known for her work documenting and analyzing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Diversity in the Stacks: Old and Rare Sanskrit Series
The Penn Libraries collections include 19th and 20th century Sanskrit series that made old, rare, and foundational Sanskrit texts available to a wide-ranging audience.
Penn Libraries Opens Newly-Renovated Biotech Commons
The Penn Libraries has transformed its former Biomedical Library into a dynamic space with a new name: the Biotech Commons.
The Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image Celebrates 25 Years
Thanks to a generous gift from Lawrence J. Schoenberg, grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and private donations, SCETI has spent the past 25 years digitizing collections and making them available online.
Conserving Claudy Jongstra's "Fields of Transformation"
Claudy Jongstra's mural does more than evoke the natural world: it is intimately and continuously affected by it.
Featured Books: Hispanic Heritage Month
Put together by Penn’s Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, this month’s Featured Books list includes a variety of nonfiction titles related to Latin American history, culture, and activism.
Penn Libraries Welcomes New Curator for Civic Engagement Samantha Hill
Hill is an award-winning trans-disciplinary artist whose practice draws upon archives and oral histories collected by individuals and communities.
The Divine Comedy’s ‘universal message’
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Penn Today
Get the latest bestsellers from the Penn Libraries
Find popular books on the first floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
Celebrating New Students, New Services, and a New School Year at the Penn Libraries
This fall, the Libraries is rolling out new services and resources that will help connect library users with the materials and expertise they need.
February 2020
Exhibition showcases the brilliance of Black women writers
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Penn Today
Archive of pioneering author and artist comes to Penn Libraries
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Penn Today
In museums: Suffrage, scandal, sloths, and rebellion
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
February 2020
Andrew Hart to Join the Penn Libraries as MacDonald Director of Preservation
In his new role, Hart will manage the Preservation, Conservation, and Physical Processing units of the Penn Libraries, including oversight of both print and digital preservation, the 3,200-square-foot Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory, and physical processing, repair, and binding.
Penn Libraries Releases Strategic Priorities for Feedback
The Penn Libraries provides services and collections to further the University of Pennsylvania’s research, teaching, and learning mission and to address the essential challenges and opportunities presented by a rapidly changing world. Our 2020-2025 strategic plan aligns our work with the Penn Compact 2020 pillars of inclusion, innovation, and impact and the University’s goal of advancing knowledge for good.
Featured Books: Black History Month
Visitors to the Penn Libraries can commemorate Black History Month through a number of curated book displays — including the first of its kind at the Math/Physics/Astronomy Library. The inaugural Math/Physics/Astronomy Library Featured Book Exhibit features selected works in the Penn Libraries' collection authored by African American mathematicians, physicists, and astronomers.
Probing the “Time Capsule” of the Cairo Geniza at Adath Israel Synagogue
In mid-January, Emily Esten visited the Adath Israel synagogue in nearby Merion Station to deliver two presentations on the Cairo Geniza, one tailored to adult synagogue members and the other to children. “The Cairo Geniza is unique among digital humanities projects,” says Esten, who is the Penn Libraries’ Judaica Digital Humanities Coordinator.
Probing the “Time Capsule” of the Cairo Geniza at Adath Israel Synagogue
In mid-January, Emily Esten visited the Adath Israel synagogue in nearby Merion Station to deliver two presentations on the Cairo Geniza, one tailored to adult synagogue members and the other to children. “The Cairo Geniza is unique among digital humanities projects,” says Esten, who is the Penn Libraries’ Judaica Digital Humanities Coordinator.
Patricia Guardiola Named Director of the Fisher Fine Arts Library
The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce that Patricia Guardiola has been named the new Director of the Fisher Fine Arts Library. Guardiola joined the Penn Libraries in 2015 as Assistant Director of the Fisher library. Before coming to Penn, she was a Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship and then Reference and Instruction Librarian in the Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University.
'Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries' Opens February 10
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to present Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries, on display in the Goldstein Family Gallery on the sixth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center from February 10 to May 19, 2020.
A Rare Discovery: Celebrating Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances with The Philadelphia Orchestra
A wholly unexpected musical discovery was at the center of a collaboration between the Penn Libraries and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as the two institutions partnered to celebrate the only known recording of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff playing his last major orchestral work, Symphonic Dances.
A Rare Discovery: Celebrating Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances with The Philadelphia Orchestra
A wholly unexpected musical discovery was at the center of a collaboration between the Penn Libraries and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as the two institutions partnered to celebrate the only known recording of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff playing his last major orchestral work, Symphonic Dances.
Behind the Scenes: Curators Reflect on 'Making the Renaissance Manuscript' and 'Medieval Life'
Drawing from the collections of the Penn Libraries and other area institutions, two exhibits in spring 2020 use lesser-known treasures to capture and convey elements of Renaissance culture and Medieval life.
