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25 Mar 2025
Looking for the latest from the Penn Libraries? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, or subscribe to our newsletter. Here's everywhere you can find us. 👇library.upenn.edu/social-med…

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We won’t bury the lede: this week, therapy dogs are returning to the Penn Libraries! And that’s just one of the study break options we’ll have available during reading days and finals. Here’s everything we have going on in the coming days. library.upenn.edu/events
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Historian Elizabeth A. R. Brown, who died August 8 at age 92, honored the Libraries with a bequest to establish an archive preserving the professional papers of medieval historians and an endowed archivist position to develop and manage it. library.upenn.edu/news/brown…

Penn Libraries receives $5 million bequest from medieval historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown

The bequest alongside the gift of Brown's professional papers elevates the Penn Libraries’ position as a leader for research in medieval studies.

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Our fall exhibits are closing soon! Don't miss out on Material World, The Movement of Books, Boxing at the Legendary Blue, and more. Here's a look at all our exhibits currently on display, including how to visit and closing dates. library.upenn.edu/exhibits
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This Friday 10am-1pm, check out a student-curated pop-up exhibit about Frances Steloff, who founded the influential Gotham Art and Book Mart in the 1920s. library.upenn.edu/events/boo…

Books, Bans, and Business: Two Women and a New York Bookshop

Penn students curate a pop-up exhibit on the collections of Frances Steloff, who founded the influential Gotham Art and Book Mart in the 1920s.

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This week at the Libraries, take a moment to stop and create something! We’ve got workshops on jewelry making, letterpress printing, and more—there’s even something for the less artistically inclined. Here’s a look at our upcoming events. library.upenn.edu/events
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Before heading off for Thanksgiving break, grab one of the books from the Featured Books display on the first floor of Van Pelt Library. This month we're featuring novels, memoirs, histories, and poetry collections that feature the stories of Native Americans.
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I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change but 'till I try I'll never know. ✨ This one goes out to all the Wicked girlies who will still be singing their way through Thanksgiving. Ft. our first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Heads up, library fans! The Penn Libraries will be closed on Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving break. We hope you get some well-earned rest this week!
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Among the nearly 1,000 artists’ books housed at the Penn Libraries is a growing collection of handmade specimens from publishing house Ediciones Vigía that demonstrate the creativity and beauty of the form. library.upenn.edu/news/artis…
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Need help RIGHT NOW? Use our online chat to get your questions answered! Wherever you are, you can send us a message 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, and we'll help you with your inquiry about books, research, study rooms, and more! Just click the "ASK" button on our website.
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Sure, you don’t need a study bike to write your novel this month, but it helps! Hop onto one of these contraptions and get your exercise in while you’re studying, reading, or just checking email. Study bikes are available on the ground floor of Van Pelt Library.
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Skin diseases can affect anyone, yet dermatology education is often limited in the medical school curricula. @VisualDX helps fill in the gap. Here are some of the ways that Penn clinicians are using this tool in their research, teaching, and practice. library.upenn.edu/news/visua…

Visual database of skin conditions aids in diagnosis, dermatological care

Penn Libraries provides VisualDX to enhance dermatological education for medical students.

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Happy birthday, Eugene Ormandy! The onetime director of @philorch was born on Nov 18, 1899. The Penn Libraries is home to a collection of his papers that includes music scores, correspondence, programs, photographs, recordings, and oral histories. library.upenn.edu/collection…

Eugene Ormandy Collection

These collections document the extraordinary 64-year music career of Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), best known for his long tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Materials are available to researchers...

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In a Q&A with Penn Today, Brie Gettleson talks about Latin American resources and makes the case for working with librarians. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/pen…

A Q&A with Penn’s Latin American Studies Librarian | Penn Today

Brie Gettleson speaks about her role as a subject librarian with the Penn Libraries and liaison for the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.

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Here at the Penn Libraries, we're always trying to bring a little bit of delight to your day. Stop by for one of our events to learn about GIS tools, play around with mixed reality tech, create a fidget spinner or a handmade notebook, and so much more. library.upenn.edu/events
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In our new exhibition at the Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing, explore the history of wartime nursing through recruitment posters, postcards, magazines and photographs. library.upenn.edu/exhibits/t…

Through Nursing’s Lens: The Nurse in Wartime Imagery and Photographs

Explore depictions of nursing in America during wartime through an exploration of recruitment posters, postcards, and magazines alongside the photographs and experiences of military nurses themselves.

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As part of our exhibit The Movement of Books, curator Dot Porter and Program Coordinator Christine Kemp worked together to create this “book” of moveable marginalia! Check it out for yourself in the Goldstein Gallery on the sixth floor of Van Pelt Library.
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Last Saturday, Penn played Cornell in their 130th meeting. In the spirit of #Homecoming weekend, check out this video from the Penn Archives documenting a game between the two teams that took place over 100 years ago. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/arc…

From the Archives: 1915 film of Penn-Cornell football game | Penn Today

The oldest film in Penn’s University Archives & Records Center documents the 1915 football game featuring Penn versus Cornell, played on Thanksgiving Day in front of a packed crowd at Franklin Field....

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Have you ever wondered how you "get" a copyright for your academic article, book, or creative work? Good news: you probably already have one! Here's Assistant General Counsel and Copyright Advisor Stephen Wolfson on what makes something "copyrightable."
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