The main entrance to the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center is now open. Van Pelt Library and the Fisher Fine Arts Library are currently open to Penn Card holders, Penn affiliates, and certain visitors. See our Service Alerts for details.

The Engineering Book Fund was established in 1976 by the faculty of Penn's Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, in an effort led by Professor of Chemical Engineering John A. Quinn. The fund supports acquisitions of Library materials in the field of engineering.