Penn Libraries

Featured Collections

The Penn Libraries' global collections encompass hundreds of languages and scripts across a broad range of subject areas, preserving the rich cultural and scholarly record from Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia. Read about some of our unique recent acquisitions.

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Exploring Chinese Internet Literature

To more accurately reflect the diversity of literature in China, the Penn Libraries has made a special effort to add recent internet novels that have been published in print form to our collection.

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  • Workshop
March 19, 2024

Research Data Management for Teams

This workshop will teach the importance of data management principles, such as file naming, file organization, and metadata, as they apply to teams. In addition, we will discuss onboarding and offboarding as key times for conducting data management.  

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Online
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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March 19, 2024

Ask a Librarian: Biomedical Librarians at the JMEC Atrium

Penn Med students: need some help with a research project? Penn Librarians are coming to you! Biomedical Librarians will be onsite in the JMEC Atrium from 12:00 to 1:00pm. Stop by and let's talk about your research project.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center (JMEC) Atrium, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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March 19, 2024

Penn Walks 2 Wellness

Each Tuesday we will meet between The Button and the Ben Franklin Statue outside of Van Pelt Library.

This semester we invite participants to join us for a walk and are invited to share their interests and stories.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Outside Van Pelt Library, Between the Button and Ben Franklin statue
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff