Changes coming to Books by Mail: Starting in fall 2025, Books by Mail items will only be shipped to addresses in the contiguous United States 50 miles or further from campus. We will make exceptions for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. Learn more.
An avid patron of the Penn Libraries’ Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections, history doctoral student Mengliu Cheng was awarded a prestigious Graduate Student Paper Prize from the Association of Asian Studies last year.
According to the Copyright Act of 1909, a work enters the public domain 95 years after it was published. But what does "published" mean? That’s a more complicated question than you might think.
Earlier this year, the United States Copyright Office added or renewed a number of exemptions to the DCMA, including many that benefit education and research.