Center for Global Collections
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8:30am - 9pm | Library Hours
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Van-Pelt Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
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The Center for Global Collections is an intellectual hub for engagement with the world. Students and scholars can explore the diversity of cultures and societies around the world — their histories, languages, perspectives, narratives, and cultural contributions — through the Center’s vast information resources, the expertise of a dedicated team of librarians, and dynamic programming.
Newsletter
Stay updated about the Center for Global Collections' notable acquisitions, events, collaborations, and more.
News and Events
Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian
Brie Gettleson speaks about her role as a subject librarian with the Penn Libraries and liaison for the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.
Diversity in the Stacks: The Ediciones Vigía Collection
This new collection of handmade artists' books acquired by the Penn Libraries demonstrates the creativity and beauty of the form.
Diversity in the Stacks: The Muslims in Japan Collection
A new collection focuses on the Turkish-speaking and Muslim communities in interwar and Pacific War-era Japan.
Diversity in the Stacks: Collecting as Resistance: Khajistan and the Shaping of Pakistani Cultural Histories
The Penn Libraries and Khajistan have collaborated to bring several groupings of ephemera, popular magazines, pulp fiction, and rare books to campus, and we're currently working to make these available to researchers from around the world.
Diversity in the Stacks: Nova khata: A Ukrainian Folk Art Journal in Interwar Galicia
The Penn Libraries has recently acquired several issues of the women's journal Nova khata (New Home), which offer a unique window into Ukrainian culture as it existed a century ago.
Diversity in the Stacks: Exploring Chinese Internet Literature
To more accurately reflect the diversity of literature in China, the Penn Libraries has made a special effort to add recent internet novels that have been published in print form to our collection.
Diversity in the Stacks: Sources on Taiwanese Indigenous Populations
Collecting materials related to the history of Taiwan's indigenous people presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Launches Renovation of the Center for Global Collections Following Two Major Gifts
The $15M renovation project will transform the fifth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Receives Major Gift of Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection of South Asia History
Kenneth and Joyce Robbins designated the Penn Libraries as the recipient of the Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection of South Asia History in their estate planning.
Govindaraju/Chandrasekhara South Asia Studies Seminar Room
Spaces
- Class of 1979 Africana Studies Room (Rm. 305)
- Candice and Robert Willoughby East Asian Studies Seminar Room (Rm. 526)
- Govindaraju/Chandrasekhara South Asia Studies Seminar Room (Rm. 551)
- Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Room (Rm. 523)
- Weigle Judaica and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Reading Room (Rm. 401)
Support the New Center for Global Collections
We invite you to enhance global studies at Penn with a gift to name a space in the new Center for Global Collections
Staff
Jef Pierce
Assistant Director of the Center for Global Collections and South Asian Studies Librarian jfpierce@upenn.edu
Mercy Ayilo
Africana Studies Librarian kayilo@upenn.edu
Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer
Chinese Studies Librarian afodd@upenn.edu
Brie Gettleson
Latin American Studies Librarian brieg@upenn.edu
Joseph Holub
Librarian for Romance Languages holub@upenn.edu
Heather Hughes
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian hkhughes@upenn.edu
Arthur Kiron
Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections kiron@pobox.upenn.edu
Rebecca Mendelson
Japanese Studies Librarian rmendel@upenn.edu
Kirsten Painter
Slavic and East European Studies Librarian kpaint@upenn.eduLocation and Accessibility
Accessibility
The accessible entrance of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center opens into the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center. This entrance is on the ground floor of the building facing Blanche P. Levy Park and College Hall. A wheelchair accessible doorbell is located on the railing leading toward the door.
