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The Social History Archive: British Newspaper Archive

The Social History Archive: British Newspaper Archive

In June, the Penn Libraries became one of the first libraries in North America to buy The Social History Archive, a product that includes a database of the British Library's extensive collection of digitized newspapers.

Library research in action: Wandering the stacks with Mengliu Cheng
Mengliu Cheng.

History doctoral student Mengliu Cheng.

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Library research in action: Wandering the stacks with Mengliu Cheng

The history doctoral student is working on a dissertation about agricultural science in modern China with the help of Penn Libraries’ Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections.

From Penn Libraries

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What to read, watch, and cook for Juneteenth

An Emancipation Day parade in St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1922.

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What to read, watch, and cook for Juneteenth

Specialists from Penn Libraries offer seven resources to learn more about and celebrate Juneteenth.

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Can a machine be considered an author?

Can a machine be considered an author?

Experts at Penn Libraries shed light on the fact that there has been little guidance from either the courts or Congress on the many copyright issues that generative AI raises, until now. Recently, two different courts published decisions in cases involving AI tools.

Penn Libraries’ gift names Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections

Penn Libraries’ gift names Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections

The Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections at Penn Libraries highlights the programming, pedagogy, and resources that promote a deep understanding of global issues and cultural competence.

From Penn Libraries

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Exterior restoration of a landmark
exterior of brick and terracotta building

The 134-year-old building on College Green will continue to be open for use throughout construction.

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Exterior restoration of a landmark

Designed by world-famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, the iconic Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library Building is undergoing a 20-month exterior renovation and restoration that will encase its red sandstone, terracotta, and brick exterior in scaffolding through the fall of 2026.

Louisa Shepard

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An ‘archival discovery’ about a 17th-century Shakespeare Folio
a burned Shakespeare Folio in a glass box

A the remains of a burned Shakespeare Folio in a sealed glass case is part of the Penn Libraries collection. 

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An ‘archival discovery’ about a 17th-century Shakespeare Folio

In the Penn Libraries is a sealed glass box containing the charred pages of a 17th-century Folio, a collection of plays by William Shakespeare. An archival discovery by Penn faculty proves that it is from the Third Folio, not the First as it was previously identified.

Louisa Shepard

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Reimagining the Penn Libraries
Brigitte Weinsteiger sitting on a sofa in her office

Weinsteiger has been at the Penn Libraries since 2008, and in her current role since June 2024. 

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Reimagining the Penn Libraries

When Brigitte Weinsteiger became the vice provost and director of the Penn Libraries last year, she took the helm of what she characterizes as “one of the most consequential research libraries in the country.” With 19 libraries, 300-plus staff, a $95 million budget, and 10 million volumes across print and digital formats, she now leads an intellectual ecosystem that reaches across Penn’s campus and beyond.

Louisa Shepard

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