Library services during winter break: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center will be closed on 12/25 and on 1/1-1/2, and will be open all other weekdays between 12/25 and 1/1. All other libraries will be closed from 12/25 to 1/4. Circulation of books and materials, as well as other services, will also be affected. See our Service Alerts for more details

About Our Collections

Our collections represent the Penn Libraries’ vast information resources as well as the preservation of those resources in many forms. Books, journals, and other printed and digital materials join carefully curated artifacts of cultural and human heritage to advance research and scholarship at Penn and beyond.

Students look at special collection folios in the Museum Library
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Collage of Manuscripts from the Collection.
Two student curators interact with an exhibit alongside a Kislak staff member
A lecture in the Henry Charles Lea Library.

Maps and More

Campus Libraries Map

Staff Information

Resources for Staff Committees