This fall, "fall" in love with the Penn Libraries! Our semester-long passport program will give you a chance to go beyond the most popular study spots and find your own favorite nooks and niches.
STEP 1: Starting September 17, pick up a passport at Van Pelt, Fine Arts, or Biotech Commons.
STEP 2: Explore the libraries while collecting stamps and selfies. At each stamp stop, a member of our staff will be on hand to stamp your passport. For the selfie stops, you submit your pictures at the form here.
STEP 3: Get a special prize if you complete at least 7 stops by November 12. We'll distribute prizes during our finale event.
STEP 4: Attend the finale event on November 12 from 3 - 5pm in Van Pelt Library's Weigle Information Commons.
Have questions along your passport journey? Contact Alexandrea Glenn.
The Judith and William Bollinger Digital Fabrication Lab is located under the bright graphite lights on the ground floor of the Holman Biotech Commons. Take a selfie in front of the display case. If the lab is open when you visit, come on in to learn about our Poster and 3D Printing services.
Library Location: Holman Biotech Commons
Take a selfie at the Anatomage table located near the circulation desk at the Holman Biotech Commons. This digital anatomy table renders fully segmented real human anatomy. You can use it to visualize anatomy exactly as you would on a cadaver!
Library Location: Holman Biotech Commons
After entering the Penn Museum for free with your PennCard, go on your own Indiana Jones-que adventure - minus the snake pits! - to find the Penn Museum Library. Clue: the recessed door is sandwiched between the Upper Egypt Gallery & the Anthropology department and right above the museum café, where you can buy an actual sandwich! Upon entering the Museum Library, seek out the friendly staff at the circulation desk for your stamp, then explore this unique and quiet library spot.
Library Location: Museum Library
Stop by the EC reception desk for your stamp. While visiting, try out the toy vending machine for a Penn-themed prize!
Library Location: Education Commons
The Materials Library is located on the ground floor of the Fisher Fine Arts Library near the restrooms and Common Press, accessible from the main stairwell in the stacks. Find the VantaBlack sample on our color wall, visible when entering the Materials Library, and notify a staff member to learn more about the material to receive your stamp.
Library Location: Materials Library (within the Fisher Fine Arts Library)
To get your passport stamped at the Holman Biotech Commons stop, scan the QR code on the "Anatomy of a Franklin Record Tutorial" poster near the front desk, or click here to take the short tutorial about reading a Franklin record. Show the completion certificate or email to staff at the desk to receive your stamp. This stop will be active throughout the Fall in Love with the Libraries event.
Library Location: Holman Biotech Commons
Take a selfie in front of the Schattner Building, which serves as the main entrance to School of Dental Medicine (SDM). The SDM houses the Levy Dental Library and is open only to Penn Dental students, staff, faculty, clinicians, and patients.
Library Location: Dental Library
Check out what is being printed in this unique typographic makerspace! Stamp your passport by the entrance. The Common Press is located on the ground floor of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, near the Materials Library
Library Location: Common Press (within the Fisher Fine Arts Library)
Come by the Community Engagement offices (room 528 in Van Pelt) to take a selfie in our picture book themed photobooth! While you’re here, we hope you’ll take some time to learn about the work PLCE does to promote literacy in Philadelphia through school and community partnerships, library advocacy and family literacy programming!
Library Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Visit room 208 Van Pelt Library (2nd floor east side toward Walnut Street) to see a Ukrainian Encyclopedia, learn about different types of reference books, and get a Ukraine Tryzub stamp!
Library Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
You can have your passport stamped and experience our new music recording studio in the Glossberg Suite, Room 424.6 (staff can show you equipment and do an informal demo). This studio is partially soundproofed and has a multi-channel software interface for working with audio. It's ideal for middle-range and quieter-volume music projects.
Library Location: Eugene Ormandy Music and Media Center (within Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center)
Explore the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School and have your passport stamped at our Information Desk (2nd floor, west side of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center)! The Information Desk is where you'll find our print textbook collection, available for use by students taking Wharton courses, as well as keys for our reservable seminar space and conference rooms.
Library Location: Lippincott Library (within the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center)
Stop by Van Pelt 205, the office of the Cinema & Media Studies Librarian, Charles Cobine. Look up a movie that you think the library should own. If we have it to stream or as a DVD, take a screenshot of the search result in Frankin, the Penn Libraries catalog, and if we don't, suggest it for purchase.
Library Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Stop by the Holman Biotech Commons and the Fisher Fine Arts Library to have your face 3D scanned on September 17th and on October 17th from 2 pm - 5 pm at the Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, and at the Fine Arts Library Lower Level Seminar Room on October 2nd and 28th. If you are unable to attend at these times, please email lib3dscans@pobox.upenn.edu to schedule an appointment.
Library Location: Holman Biotech Commons and Fisher Fine Arts Library
