News and Events

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Queer history on view in new Libraries' Special Collections exhibition

An exhibition titled “Give us also the right to our existence: Collecting and Surfacing Queer Narratives” explores the many facets of gender and sexuality. Currently on display at Penn State University Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections Library through Sept. 17, the exhibition is free and...

Libraries to host pop-up exhibit related to Panama Canal history in February

Penn State University Libraries will feature a pop-up exhibit of prints from "El tiempo pasa y nada cambia" ("Time passes, and nothing changes") by Panamanian artist Giana De Dier on Feb. 24-25 in the lobby of the Pattee Library mall entrance. The exhibit honors the lives of Afro-Caribbean women who...

Libraries announces student well-being programming, resources to 'spark joy'

Penn State University Libraries’ LibWell Initiative for Student Well-being has announced workshops, pop-up activities, resources and a virtual book collection to "spark joy" and bolster wellness during the spring semester. The offerings are part of the semester-long theme of “Joy!”

Events

Maps & Geospatial: Amplify your Work with Geospatial Civic Data 

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Strategies and resources for including geospatial civic data in research, teaching, and community projects. This session will highlight data, geospatial, and civic literacies related to open government and community datasets and aim to enhance responsible, ethical, and accessible use of geospatial civic data sources.   

Maps & Geospatial: Enhancing Geospatial Projects

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A brief introduction to GIS resources to amplify your research, teaching, and work, including ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Online Applications, ArcGIS Pro, with additional resources for open source software applications. Additional reference includes ArcGIS Notebooks and ModelBuilder. 

Using Technology to Ensure Course Materials are Digitally Accessible

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Explore Penn State-approved technologies and strategies that can be used to assist digital course material (Canvas pages, PowerPoints, multimedia, documents, etc.) accessibility. Learn how generative AI can be used to support accessibility reviews and resources available to support faculty.  

 

Digital Projects and Exhibits

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Earth Archives

Earth Archives: Stories of Human Impact
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day in April of 1970, this exhibition explores the intersection of the environment, human activity, and the documentary record.

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Cast in Steel

Beneath the Surface and Cast in Steel: Forging the American Industrial Union Movement
This digital project provides researchers unprecedented access to Penn State’s extensive collection of primary sources related to the history of industrial unionism in the United States. 

 

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International Solidarity


International Solidarity: Highlights from the Ken Lawrence Collection
The exhibition explores the visual culture of political protest in the late 20th-century.

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Protesters - Old Main

Penn State Education Activism Archive
Using primary sources from Special Collections, students in Professor Steudeman’s Contemporary American Rhetoric: Educational Activism in the United States (CAS 478) class created The Penn State Educational Activism Archive, which aims to complicate and expand our historical knowledge of student and faculty activism at Penn State University.

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Indigenous Roots/Routes

Indigenous Roots/Routes
This student-produced digital media project was created as part of the Public Humanities Fellows Program at the Humanities Institute at Penn State and expands on the Indigenous Roots/Routes exhibition, which encompasses a wide swath of history, geographic range, and varied Indigenous people and cultures and explores the processes of social, religious, and political adaptation.

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Penn State ADA

Celebrating the ADA: The Legacy and Evolution of Disability Rights & Lived Experience at Penn State
A digital exhibition that explores the first 100 years of national disability rights and movements and their impact on the Penn State University community, including resources to proactively learn and influence future efforts.