6/7 Van Pelt Closure: Due to needed electrical switchgear and breaker replacement, the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center will be closed on Saturday, June 7. It will reopen for regular hours on June 8.

Changes coming to Books by Mail: Starting in fall 2025, Books by Mail items will only be shipped to addresses in the contiguous United States 50 miles or further from campus. We will make exceptions for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. Learn more

Fisher restoration: Fisher Fine Arts Library is open and operating normally during ongoing exterior work. Find more details about this important restoration project.

Marcella Barnhart is the inaugural Zilberman Family Director of the Lippincott Library. She manages and develops the Lippincott Library's ability to support the business research, instructional and information needs of the students, faculty and staff of Penn's world-renowned Wharton School.

She holds a BA in Political Science from Rice University, an MA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MS in Library Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an MBA from Temple University. Prior to coming to Penn, Marcella worked for the Thomson Corporation (now Clarivate Analytics), managing the customer education and training operation in the Americas and Europe for Thomson Scientific.

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