Events

With engaging events, compelling lectures, and skill-building workshops, the Penn Libraries is a hub for cultural and educational activity at the University of Pennsylvania. Many library events and exhibitions are open to the public.

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Event Series

From the Kislak Stacks

Join us for these monthly lunchtime presentations (noon – 1 pm) by Kislak curators, faculty, and students focusing on specific works or small archives/collections found among the holdings of the Kislak Center.

A cozy, well-lit study area with individuals at separate wooden tables, each equipped with a desk lamp. People are engaged in reading or working on laptops.

Research Skills for Undergraduates

Learn introductory library research skills through a series of workshops designed for first-year students and other undergraduates.

Support for Publishing Workshops

Learn the ins and outs of the publishing process through a series of workshops hosted by the Penn Libraries in collaboration with the Grad Center at Penn.

On View Across the Libraries

Discover our unique and notable collections. See what's on display and opening soon at Penn Libraries locations across campus.

Exhibits

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Upcoming Events

Oct 25

Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Lunch and Learn: Zotero

In this session, we will introduce you to Zotero as a citation manager and generator. We will demonstrate a basic overview of the organizational and annotation features in Zotero.

October 25, 2024
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Class of 1955 Conference Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 2nd Floor

Oct 25

Lecture

Open to the Public

Modelling the Middle Ages: VisColl as a Digital Tool for Manuscript Research

Suzette van Haaren, post doctoral researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, presents a meta-analysis of VisColl, in particular its implementation software VCEditor, as a digital tool developed at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Stdues for as a tool for studying the codicology of medieval manuscripts.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Virtual

Desk with opened manuscript book in foam cradle, pencil holder, box, and open laptop showing digitized version of the open manuscript.

Oct 25

Lecture

Open to the Public

With Brush in Hand: How Ursula Sternberg Viewed the World

Holly Mengel, Head of Archives and Manuscripts Processing, shares vivid visual documentation from the archive of artist Ursula Sternberg-Hertz.

October 25, 2024
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)

Open diary page with handwritten text and an illustration of a city street with people, trees, and a kiosk with posters

Oct 28

Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Celebrating Immigrant Stories with the Penn Libraries

In observance of National Immigrants Day, Penn Libraries and the Common Press present Celebrating Immigrant Stories, a pop-up event on Weitzman Plaza.

October 28, 2024
10:00am - 1:00pm
Weitzman Plaza (in front of Meyerson Hall)

Oct 28

Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

BioCyc Fall Workshop

Learn to work with BioCyc: a collection of Pathway Genome Databases (PGDBs) that provides information on genomes and metabolic pathways for thousands of organisms!