Stories

The Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx) offers a vibrant interactive, collaborative space for the Penn community to discover and apply digital methods for conducting research and creating scholarship.

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We’re excited to share some of our newest services, collections, and features with you. Here’s just a taste of what we have to offer.

A tattooed hand with a watch is selecting a book from a stack of various hardcover books on a table. There are additional books scattered around the table.

Many library patrons know that they can explore new and different places through books, but the Penn Libraries can also transports you through music.

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Check out this month's recommendations, which are focused on food.

An array of books are displayed laying flat, including cookbooks, a film novelization, and a book on climate activism. Visible titles include Julie and Julia, Rataouille, Farm: the making of a climate activist, and Eat Pray Love.

Celebrate by delving into LGBTQ+ stories this month.

A library scene with a stack of books on a table, titles visible, and blurred figures in the background, suggesting a quiet, studious atmosphere. Titles include the DVDs Potato Dreams of America, Waking Up Dead, Framing Agnes, 8 Years, Homo Say What, Like Me, Estuaries, and Blue Jean, followed by the books David Bowie Made me Gay, Bright Lines, A Sturdy Yes of People, Nobody Needs to Know, and The Unfortunates.

How courts make and interpret law, and what it means for copyright.

A row of five books with blue covers titled "History of the Supreme Court of the United States." Along with the title, the spine also features the seal of the United States.

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this selection of books and DVDs!

A tall stack of books with their spines displayed sits on a marble ledge, with a line of DVDs leaning against the left edge of the stack. The colorful assortment of titles is displayed in front of a variety of greenery, indicating the outdoors.

Follow Ms. Codex 1950 through the conservation process and learn what goes into bringing a fragile manuscript out from ‘restricted access’ for teaching and study.

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We recently spoke with Sidiqi about her tumultuous journey from Afghanistan to the United States, her love of libraries, and what it has been like to make a new home in Philadelphia.

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Category: Stories

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Explore Beyond Collections with Music in the Stacks

Featured Books and DVDs: Snack-tacular!

Featured Books and DVDs: Pride

The Purposeful Messiness of United States Caselaw

Featured Books and DVDs: AAPI Heritage Month

A New Chapter for a 16th Century Codex

Meet Arzoo Sidiqi, the Penn Libraries’ Afghan and Perso-Arabic Metadata Fellow