Penn Libraries News

Collecting materials related to the history of Taiwan's indigenous people presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities.

The Penn Libraries is partnering with independent bookstores in Philadelphia to help us expand our collections of materials representing small presses, local authors, and specialized scholarly and artistic communities.

The Penn Libraries has recently acquired or made newly accessible a range of materials relating to colonial Korea that include a variety of primary and secondary sources in both Korean and Japanese.

This project provides universal free access to over 300 scholarly monographs published by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences.

In the last year, the Penn Libraries purchased more than 400 volumes published by the recently-shuttered Indian publisher Westland Books.

How Penn Libraries staff are making it easier for library patrons to discover books that have won awards for their depictions of or significance to marginalized communities.