What influence has Russian literature had on the countries and cultures on its periphery?
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Exploring the History of the Liberal Arts with SIMS Fellow Christine Bachman
While serving as the 2019-2020 Graduate Fellow at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Christine Bachman explored the early medieval manuscript called LJS 101.
Policy Commons – international think tank publications fulltext
The Penn Libraries have become a founding member of Policy Commons, a new one-stop community platform for research from the world's leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.
...Continue readingPenn Libraries Receives Gift for DEIA Lecture Series
The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 from William C. Park (‘89) and Jung Choi to fund a five-year lecture series dedicated to exploring topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff Can Now Access The New York Times Online
University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff now have access to The New York Times, courtesy of the Penn Libraries.
Featured Books: Pride Month
To help celebrate Pride Month, Penn’s LGBT Center have put together a selection of books and films that explore the LGBTQ experience from a wide variety of perspectives.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the Americas
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was a Church of England missionary organization active in the British Atlantic world from the 18th through the early 20th centuries.
...Continue readingThe Penn Libraries Acquires 15th Century Printing of the Sūtra of Perfection of Wisdom
One of the newest additions to our collections also happens to be the oldest printed book in the Penn Libraries.
African colonial and missionary records, plus South African Apartheid-era sources
The Penn Libraries have acquired several digitized primary-source collections on British colonial Africa, Apartheid-era South Africa, and British missionary activities in African countries. These collections have been digitized from original sources by British Online Archives.
...Continue readingDiversity in the Stacks: Immigrant Experiences in Children’s Literature
The Penn Libraries is expanding its collection of children’s and young adult literature with the goal of privileging underrepresented voices, cultures, and perspectives.
Diversity in the Stacks: Literature from Soviet Russia's Borders
What influence has Russian literature had on the countries and cultures on its periphery?
Exploring the History of the Liberal Arts with SIMS Fellow Christine Bachman
While serving as the 2019-2020 Graduate Fellow at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Christine Bachman explored the early medieval manuscript called LJS 101.
Policy Commons – international think tank publications fulltext
The Penn Libraries have become a founding member of Policy Commons, a new one-stop community platform for research from the world's leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.
...Continue readingPenn Libraries Receives Gift for DEIA Lecture Series
The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 from William C. Park (‘89) and Jung Choi to fund a five-year lecture series dedicated to exploring topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff Can Now Access The New York Times Online
University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff now have access to The New York Times, courtesy of the Penn Libraries.
Featured Books: Pride Month
To help celebrate Pride Month, Penn’s LGBT Center have put together a selection of books and films that explore the LGBTQ experience from a wide variety of perspectives.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the Americas
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was a Church of England missionary organization active in the British Atlantic world from the 18th through the early 20th centuries.
...Continue readingThe Penn Libraries Acquires 15th Century Printing of the Sūtra of Perfection of Wisdom
One of the newest additions to our collections also happens to be the oldest printed book in the Penn Libraries.
African colonial and missionary records, plus South African Apartheid-era sources
The Penn Libraries have acquired several digitized primary-source collections on British colonial Africa, Apartheid-era South Africa, and British missionary activities in African countries. These collections have been digitized from original sources by British Online Archives.
...Continue readingDiversity in the Stacks: Immigrant Experiences in Children’s Literature
The Penn Libraries is expanding its collection of children’s and young adult literature with the goal of privileging underrepresented voices, cultures, and perspectives.
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American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : Voices From The Inside
Presenting newspapers written and published by incarcerated people from within federal and state prisons nationwide, American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : Voices From The Inside aims to offer a quarter-million page-images with searchable fulltext from more than 300 prison newspaper titles when completed. The first installment of six prison newspapers is now available for reading by Penn students, faculty, and staff on the JSTOR platform.
...Continue readingAmerican Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : Voices From The Inside
Presenting newspapers written and published by incarcerated people from within federal and state prisons nationwide, American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : Voices From The Inside aims to offer a quarter-million page-images with searchable fulltext from more than 300 prison newspaper titles when completed. The first installment of six prison newspapers is now available for reading by Penn students, faculty, and staff on the JSTOR platform.
...Continue readingTwo new ebook collections : British Archaeological Reports and Archaeopress
British Archaeological Reports (BAR) and Archaeopress are two Oxford-based publishers that have built their reputation on publishing relatively quick, inexpensive, yet scholarly monographs, conference proceedings, reports, and - in Archaeopress's case - journals on archaeology and archaeological sciences worldwide.
...Continue reading
Two new ebook collections : British Archaeological Reports and Archaeopress
British Archaeological Reports (BAR) and Archaeopress are two Oxford-based publishers that have built their reputation on publishing relatively quick, inexpensive, yet scholarly monographs, conference proceedings, reports, and - in Archaeopress's case - journals on archaeology and archaeological sciences worldwide.
...Continue reading
Two new ebook collections : British Archaeological Reports and Archaeopress
British Archaeological Reports (BAR) and Archaeopress are two Oxford-based publishers that have built their reputation on publishing relatively quick, inexpensive, yet scholarly monographs, conference proceedings, reports, and - in Archaeopress's case - journals on archaeology and archaeological sciences worldwide.
...Continue reading
Southern Life, Slavery and the Civil War
In the seminal Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made, Eugene Genovese writes "The reception accorded by white America to black people brought here in chains and raised in slavery and under racist oppression has, first and foremost, provided a record of one of history's greatest crimes." Even within this brutal system, however, black people found opportunities for creativity, solidarity, love and resistance.
...Continue readingPenn Libraries Releases Strategic Plan 2020-2025
Through vision and mission statements, shared organizational values, and four core strategic priorities, the plan aligns the Libraries’ work with the Penn Compact 2022 pillars of inclusion, innovation, and impact and the University’s goal of advancing knowledge for good.
Children's Literature and Culture
Composed of vibrant archival materials ranging in genre and format from stereo photographs to sheet music, and from picture books to card games, Children’s Literature and Culture presents an expansive view of literature and print culture produced for and by children in the long nineteenth century.
...Continue readingNow Online! The Washington Post Website
Read all about it! Baby pandas, the Capital Weather Gang ... and, oh yes, the 2020 Presidential General Election. The Penn Libraries announces a new campus-wide subscription to The Washington Post website. This new subscription, live right now, uses Penn campus IP ranges and PennKey authentication
Now Online! The Washington Post Website
Read all about it! Baby pandas, the Capital Weather Gang ... and, oh yes, the 2020 Presidential General Election. The Penn Libraries announces a new campus-wide subscription to The Washington Post website. This new subscription, live right now, uses Penn campus IP ranges and PennKey authentication
Now Online! The Washington Post Website
Read all about it! Baby pandas, the Capital Weather Gang ... and, oh yes, the 2020 Presidential General Election. The Penn Libraries announces a new campus-wide subscription to The Washington Post website. This new subscription, live right now, uses Penn campus IP ranges and PennKey authentication
