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Almost two years and 10,000 comments after initiating a study on the topic, the U.S. Copyright Office has finally released a “pre-publication” report on training AI and copyright. Unfortunately, it may raise as many questions as it tries to answer.

With an index of over 12 million items, Overton is the world’s largest searchable database of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications, and working papers.

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.

There has been little guidance from either the courts or Congress on the many copyright issues that generative AI raises. That is, until now.

The Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections exemplifies the Penn Libraries’ commitment to foster programming, pedagogy, and resources that promote a deep understanding of global issues and cultural competence.

Here's a look at what the Penn Libraries is doing to promote environmental activism and sustainability this week—and year-round.

In celebration of National Library Week, we asked Penn Libraries staff to tell us about some of the ways that libraries have impacted their lives.

How the Penn Libraries Community Engagement Team is improving the classic “storytime” or “read-aloud” experience for elementary school students in Philadelphia.

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.