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The Black Hero’s Journey, on view from October 15 to May 13, is free and open to the public.

The DC Comics character Static rides a flying disc with the words "Black Hero's Journey" repeated as a background pattern

Our ever-growing repository can be used by students, scholars, artists, teachers, designers, and curious individuals regardless of their institutional affiliation.

Vintage advertising card featuring a blue-toned illustration of two children and a turtle on a brown background. One child on the left bends forward watching a turtle standing upright on its hind legs, while a child on the right plays a horn. A label at the top reads: “Eckstein Brush Co., Henry D. Moore, Jr., 412 Arch St., Philad’a.” The image is printed in blue and cream inks with a textured, nineteenth-century lithograph style.

The Libraries' vice provost and director talks about modern research libraries, third places, and the new Don't Study Alone campaign.

Our new agreement greatly expands the availability of HathiTrust's public domain and Creative Commons licensed text data for Penn researchers interested in computational analysis.

Have you ever walked by an object in a museum and wanted to know more about it? Not sure how to get started when a professor assigns you to write an object biography? Read these tips from the head of the Penn Museum Library, Deb Stewart.

A photograph of three ancient Egyptian objects in an exhibition case (from left to right): statue of an Egyptian god, statue of an owl, and statue of an Egyptian goddess)

Ashlee Piper will discuss her work on October 7 during Climate Week at Penn

Book cover for "No New Things" by Ashlee Piper, showing bold white text on a yellow background with a shopping cart icon and the subtitle "A 30-day guide to saving money, the planet, and sanity."

The Penn Libraries now provides access to Inside Higher Ed, a leading news source for and about the higher education community.

A person stands in front of a projected presentation slide, gesturing toward the audience with one hand raised. The slide displays a scientific article page featuring a scatter plot comparing mean annual total phosphorus and chlorophyll concentrations, along with explanatory text. The presenter partially blocks the projection while speaking in a classroom or lecture setting.

As part of a class this spring on food in the Islamic Middle East, Library Assistant Rachael Schechter learned to cook jawādhib al-khashkhāsh, or bread pudding with poppy seeds, using one of the many cookbooks in the Penn Libraries collections.

Book titled Treasure Trove of Benefits and Variety at the Table: A Fourteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook standing upright on a wooden table in a bright room with large windows and blurred chairs in the background.

As part of America 250, the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing has been convening a series of programs exploring the role that nurses played in revolutionary America.

Two people view a nursing history exhibit in a hallway, with one pointing to a display panel beneath the heading “Nursing the Revolution.”

Penn Libraries News

New exhibit traces the evolution of Black characters and creators through the history of comic books in America

It's easier than ever to explore the Penn Libraries' digital collections online

Welcoming students to the Penn Libraries: An interview with Brigitte Weinsteiger

With a new agreement, the Penn Libraries expands access to HathiTrust text data

Researching Museum Objects Like a Pro

No New Things by Ashlee Piper named winner of Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability

Penn Libraries subscribes to Inside Higher Ed

Learning through making: My adventure with medieval Egyptian cooking

Nursing and the American Revolution

Maps and More

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