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.

Photograph of stack of Chinese books.

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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Poster for the Lunch and Learn series at the Graduate Student Center
  • Workshop
March 29, 2024

Special Event: Demystifying Publishing

Cosette Bruhns Alonso, Contemporary Publishing Fellow at Penn Libraries, and Jenny Tan, Acquisitions Editor at Penn Press, will share steps and considerations for publishing a book

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Meyerson Conference Room 223, Second Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and Online
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
A box of letterpress stamps.
  • Workshop
March 29, 2024

Introduction to Letterpress Workshop (Press Training)

Learn the fundamentals of setting type and letterpress printing on our Vandercook cylinder presses. 

  • 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Lower Level)
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff