Penn Libraries News

Snapshots from a Summer in the Stacks

September 28, 2023

Get a behind-the-scenes look at an ongoing project to reorganize and refresh the Van Pelt stacks.

A staff member pushes a crate of books past a row of tall shelves holding more books. In the middle of the aisle, another individual retrieves items from a shelf using a forklift.

Celebrate Health Literacy Month with the Penn Libraries!

September 25, 2023

A drawing of a person in a cape skipping a stone over the words, Start a ripple of health literacy.

Brigitte Weinsteiger Appointed Interim Director of the Penn Libraries

September 20, 2023

Weinsteiger has served in multiple leadership positions since she joined the Penn Libraries staff in 2008.

Diversity in the Stacks: Sources on Taiwanese Indigenous Populations

September 20, 2023

Collecting materials related to the history of Taiwan's indigenous people presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities.

Black and white photo of ocean waves crashing over rocks, with a small rowboat in the background.

Featured Books and DVDs: Latinx Heritage

September 13, 2023

Titles are laid out face up on a block background. They include , in order from the top and left, DVD Nobody's Watching, book Musica Popular na America Latina, DVD Searching for Sugar Man, book The Siete Table, book City of Clowns, book The Latin Beat, DVD Retablo, book Suggest Paradise, DVD Viva, book Joteria Communication Studies, and DVD Palante, Siempre, Palante!

Featured Books and DVDs: Philadelphia

August 16, 2023

You can find the selections highlighted below, and many more, on display on the first floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, next to New Books.

Books and DVD cases are stacked on a stool in front of a display of graffiti. From top to bottom, the titles displayed are: Philadelphia, Baby Mama, Crumb, No Good About Goodbye, Alain Leroy Locke, Creole Conjure, Fading Ads of Philadelphia, Beautiful Something, The Inheritance, Quest, Philly D.A., The Secret Apartment, Upon the Ruins of Liberty, The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, Philadelphia Mansions, The Connections of Mechanical Fasteners, and Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City.