The restricted access policy for the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and the Fisher Fine Arts Library will be in effect during the reading period and final exams, December 10 – 19, 2019. Access to VPDLC and FFAL during this period will be restricted to individuals who hold one of the following credentials: A PennCard A … Continue reading
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Student Spotlight: Jiaqi Song
Jiaqi Song was born on one continent (Asia, in Beijing), grew up on another (Europe, in Rome), and now attends college on a third (North America, in Philadelphia). Fittingly enough, he’s a second-year student in Wharton’s Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. In addition to being a globetrotter, Song is also a videographer, bibliophile, … Continue reading
Gifts from Arnold and Deanne Kaplan, Totaling $12 Million, Enrich Judaic Scholarship and Digital Humanities at the Penn Libraries
Collections of More Than 11,000 Items Reveal Four Centuries of American Jewish History The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has received a series of gifts from Arnold and Deanne Kaplan, including the world’s first endowed position in Judaica digital humanities, totaling $12 million. The Kaplans’ contributions also comprise an in-kind gift of collections of Americana and … Continue reading
Research Tea: Megan C. Kassabaum
On December 3, Megan C. Kassabaum will present at the Libraries’ final Research Tea of the semester. An assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Kassabaum also serves as Penn Museum’s Weingarten Assistant Curator for North America. Her wide-ranging research interests include food and feasting, ceramic technology, social organization, and public and museum archaeology. For … Continue reading
Q&A with Juan Castrillón, Ethnomusicology Student and Neyzen
The ney flute’s airy, organic melodies are a characteristic element of Turkish classical music, though the melodies don’t come easily. This end-blown woodwind instrument, crafted from a single reed, is notoriously difficult to master, requiring weeks of consistent practice for a novice to produce one recognizable note. Juan Castrillón is a fifth-year doctoral student in Ethnomusicology … Continue reading
Just Launched: Web Archive of Independent News Sites on Turkish Affairs
This post first appeared on the Columbia University Libraries Spotlight Blog. The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is pleased to announce the launch of the Web Archive of Independent News Sites on Turkish Affairs. Developed by librarians within the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, the archive documents and preserves online news outlets about Turkey that are not controlled … Continue reading
Penn Libraries Acquires Archive of Renowned Author and Artist Ashley Bryan
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries announces the acquisition of the archive of renowned artist Ashley Bryan, an internationally recognized children’s book author and illustrator, poet, and humanitarian. Bryan’s archive came to the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Penn Libraries through the Ashley Bryan Center, which has represented and preserved … Continue reading
Just Launched: Independent Documentary Filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Web Archive
This post first appeared on the Columbia University Libraries Spotlight Blog. The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is pleased to announce the launch of the Independent Documentary Filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Web Archive, curated by Luo Zhou, Chinese Studies Librarian at Duke University, and Joshua Seufert, Chinese Studies Librarian at Princeton University. Chinese independent … Continue reading
Diversity in the Stacks: Indo-Caribbean Identity
by Jef Pierce, South Asian Studies Librarian Diversity in the Stacks aims to build library collections that represent and reflect the University’s diverse population. From 1838 until the end of the Indian indenture system in 1917, more than a half-million South Asians were brought to the Caribbean to labor on British, French, and Dutch sugarcane … Continue reading
Featured Books Display: Science Fiction
“Good science fiction, like noir fiction, plumbs the depths of the human condition,” says Eileen Kelly, Head of Collection Management. Together with Library Clerk Megan Brown, Kelly put together the most recent Featured Books display, a science fiction-themed smorgasboard of the Penn Libraries’ holdings. (Brown’s background in graphic design served her in creating the display’s … Continue reading