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    Mar 25, 2025
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    Mar 5, 2020
    We're pleased to announce that Nicky Agate has been named our inaugural Assistant University Librarian for Research Data and Digital Scholarship! Nicky joins us from Columbia University Libraries. bit.ly/2vIvwwf
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    Mar 22, 2022
    📣 On 4/12 at 5:30pm, we're welcoming @safiyanoble to the Penn Libraries! Register to join us virtually or in person for a talk about her highly acclaimed book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. 👇 library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits…
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    Oct 31, 2022
    Did you know that Charles Addams, the artist behind the creepy and kooky Addams Family cartoons, attended @Penn? They say College Hall even inspired the Addams Family mansion—and we can see the resemblance! Today, the Kislak Center is home to a collection of Addams' work.
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    Feb 15, 2021
    You can now page through many of our manuscripts in the Internet Archive! Preview pages, save images, and even download PDFs of these beautiful historical documents. #ManuscriptMonday archive.org/details/openn
    Screenshot showing the Internet Archive's interface with an image of an old manuscript in the middle
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    Sep 19, 2022
    Today is a very important day for all of us at the Penn Libraries. Why? Because #OTD in 1984, Gerald Ford got stuck in a Van Pelt Library elevator while on his way to attend an event honoring his friend and former @Penn president Thomas Sovereign Gates. Eek!
    A plaque that reads, "On the 19th day of September, 1984 Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford was temporarily trapped in this elevator."
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    Mar 23, 2023
    "Through the fathomless deeps of space swims the star turtle Great A’Tuin, bearing on its back the four giant elephants who carry on their shoulders the mass of the Discworld..."
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    Sep 19, 2021
    It's Gerald-Ford-Gets-Trapped-In-An-Elevator-Day! Sooo maybe take the stairs. Just in case.
    A sign reading, "On the 19th day of September, 1984 Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford was temporarily trapped in this elevator."
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    Mar 14, 2018
    We’re feeling the #MarchMadness over here in Philly. How about you, @kulibraries ? #BracketUpset
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    Sep 19, 2017
    We get one unique holiday every year at @upennlib. Happy President Gerald Ford Trapped in an Elevator Day 2017! @Ford_Library
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    Dec 20, 2022
    Two tickets to the Barbie movie please
    Illustration from a Medieval manuscript showing a cat and a bird with rockets attached to their backs. There is a castle in the background.
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    Mar 9, 2023
    “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
    The Fisher Fine Arts Library, a striking red stone building, on a sunny day. In the foreground are tree branches with flower buds.
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    May 18, 2018
    Welcome, Constantia! We are thrilled to announce the appointment of @LibraryDeanSBU as the first H. Carton Rogers Vice Provost and Director of Libraries @Penn! Find out more about Constantia in this PennToday piece! bit.ly/2IwGsyc
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    Sep 3, 2021
    Who else misses library card catalogs? 🙋 🙋 🙋 #ArchivesOldSchool #ArchivesHashtagParty (University Library, now the Fisher Fine Arts building, 1962. @pennarchives)