To this day, the French language plays an important role in North African countries like Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia—but that role is complex and contested.
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Exploring the meanings of "home": Children’s lit recommendations from the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team
To celebrate the end of the semester, we invited the students from the Community Engagement team to tell us about children's books that feel like “home” to them.
Penn Libraries Announces Warhol@Penn Again Series
The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce Warhol@Penn Again, a series of exhibitions and programs celebrating the career of the King of Pop Art Andy Warhol during the period 1965-1968.
May Featured Books and DVDs: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The Penn Libraries’ recommendations for books and DVDs to celebrate AAPI heritage reflect the diversity of populations comprised in this group.
“Translating Warhol,” a Symposium
The international symposium, to be held June 23-24, is supported by a grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Diversity in the Stacks: Folk and Tribal Arts in South Asia
In the last year, the Penn Libraries has purchase of several hundred volumes related to South Asian painting, textiles, music, and dance.
Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff Can Now Access Selections from the Criterion Collection through Kanopy
University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff can now stream more than 500 iconic films in the Criterion Collection through the Kanopy video platform.
Penn Libraries Joins Elsevier Open Access Pilot
As part of this three-year pilot, authors who have published with many Elsevier journals and who were affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania at the time of publication will retroactively have their articles made open access.
April Featured Books and DVDs: National Poetry Month
Not sure where to begin in your exploration of poetry? Try easing in with a book of lyrics from a beloved musician, a nonfiction book about a poet, or a poetic film.
VR for social work & counseling - Mindscape Commons, plus new social work, counseling, & therapy videostreams
Mindscape Commons provides immersive, interactive, and virtual reality experiences, serious games and apps for teaching and research in counseling, social work, psychology, health sciences, and related programs. The ~300 titles in Mindscape Commons are viewable on most devices, with enhanced immersion available for Google-cardboard smartphones, Oculus headsets, and other VR devices.
...Continue readingAugust 2021
Textual Treasures
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The Pennsylvania Gazette
Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education
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Penn Today
August 2021
Meet Five Leaders of Digital Infrastructure and Initiatives at the Penn Libraries
As we begin a new school year, we talked with a few of the many people leading the charge to transform digital services at the Penn Libraries.
Featured Books: Discovering Philadelphia
Whether you are a new student, new to Philadelphia, or are just looking for something new to read, we hope these recommendations from Penn Libraries’ staff will help you feel more at home.
Mapping South Africa's population with GIS data
The Penn Libraries have acquired the South Africa 2011 Census Data Collection. This GIS data product offers detailed aggregate tables on South Africa's population from its 2011 Census with geographic querying and visualization capabilities.
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Diversity in the Stacks: Literary Reflections on the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War has had a significant presence in a broad variety of cultural works created both during and after the war.
Diversity in the Stacks: Literary Reflections on the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War has had a significant presence in a broad variety of cultural works created both during and after the war.
Diversity in the Stacks: Literary Reflections on the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War has had a significant presence in a broad variety of cultural works created both during and after the war.
Diversity in the Stacks: Literary Reflections on the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War has had a significant presence in a broad variety of cultural works created both during and after the war.
"A Compass for the Libraries": How the Penn Libraries is Building Assessment into its Mission
What does it mean to be a successful academic library in 2021?
Mass Observation Project – British social history for the 1980s and 1990s
The Mass Observation Project continues to compile the "Anthropology of Us" for Great Britain, starting in 1981 and building upon the original Mass Observation program that ran from 1937 to 1967.
...Continue readingMass Observation Project – British social history for the 1980s and 1990s
The Mass Observation Project continues to compile the "Anthropology of Us" for Great Britain, starting in 1981 and building upon the original Mass Observation program that ran from 1937 to 1967.
...Continue readingFrom Psycholinguists to Patient Advocates: A Look at Open Access Journals Today
A look at the challenges and opportunities presented by Open Access journals today.
