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Borrow books again with Penn Libraries’ pickup services
A person wearing a face covering stands in front of a table of books prepared for pickup.

Jillian Richards prepares requested books for shipment. (Image: Gretchen Stiteler) 

Borrow books again with Penn Libraries’ pickup services

Pickup@Penn allows members of the Penn community to request books and pick them up at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

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Newly digitized Marian Anderson collection now accessible online
Portrait of Marian Anderson in 1920 with her chin resting on top of her hand.

Marian Anderson ca. 1920. (Image: Penn Libraries collection)

Newly digitized Marian Anderson collection now accessible online

Penn Libraries has completed digitization of more than 2,500 items from its Marian Anderson collection, now available for public view on a new website.

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Better care for COVID patients through virtual reality
A black, six-lens camera in the foreground, with actors blurred in the background.

Kyle Cassidy of Annenberg and a team used this camera, which has six outward-facing lenses, to shoot the virtual reality Narcan training.  

Better care for COVID patients through virtual reality

An interdisciplinary team from Penn joined efforts with physicians in New York to fast-track virtual reality coronavirus training materials.

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Virtual cataloging for community school libraries
A pre-pandemic image of a person sitting with arms widespread at a table stacked with books.

Penn Libraries Outreach partners with the Philadelphia School District, and during the pandemic is remotely cataloging book inventories. (Pre-pandemic image: Penn Libraries News)

Virtual cataloging for community school libraries

Penn Libraries Outreach is now cataloging library inventory remotely using images from libraries across the Philadelphia School District.

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Performing arts diversity in the (virtual) stacks
Members of a dance troupe linking arms in a line during a performance In a Rhythm by the Bebe Miller Company, performed at On the Boards. (Image: Penn Libraries)

Performing arts diversity in the (virtual) stacks

Diversity in the Stacks aims to build library collections that represent and reflect the University’s diverse population, and extends to the field of digital performing arts.

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Penn Libraries expands digital collections, online platforms, and expert support
Fifteen people on videoconference on computer screen

The Libraries is investing in resources to support the Penn community while working remotely, such as buying e-books, gaining access to other digital collections, as well as bolstering the number of librarians available to answer questions. The leadership team meets regularly by videoconference.  

Penn Libraries expands digital collections, online platforms, and expert support

To support the Penn community while working remotely, the Penn Libraries purchased 35,000 e-books, negotiated access to other digital collections, increased video streaming access, and tripled the number of librarians available to answer questions.
Understanding the Americas through material texts
Professor standing with hands on her hips in the library with a chandelier in the background

Glenda Goodman, assistant professor of music at Penn, collaborated with a friend at Princeton to organize the American Contact project on material texts. 

Understanding the Americas through material texts

Penn and Princeton partner to create a now-virtual symposium to explore 38 objects, including books, journals, maps, musical scores, visual art, wampum, textiles, stone tablets, and various kinds of handwork. 
A virtual celebration for National Poetry Month 2020
Random collection of different words and word-forms on magnetic tiles

A virtual celebration for National Poetry Month 2020

For National Poetry Month, the Academy of American Poets has shared a list of 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month at Home or Online to encourage a collective recognition of the ways in which poetry enhances the world.

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The rise of the D.I.Y. Haggadah
The New York Times

The rise of the D.I.Y. Haggadah

Arthur Kiron of the Libraries spoke about the popularity of the Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book for Passover. “It has such a powerful hold on the imagination because it tells a story of freedom through slavery,” he said. The Libraries’ Judaica collection is host to a collection of 1,800 volumes of the books.