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March 27, 2024

Penn State University Libraries will host the traveling exhibition “Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities” April 13-26 at the University Park campus to coincide with Penn State’s Pride Month. “Out on Campus” is the third traveling exhibition by...

March 25, 2024

The 2024 winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, jointly administered by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book and Penn State University Libraries, is “Welcome to the Wonder House.” The book of poetry divides the house into rooms that explore different science, technology, engineering,...

March 22, 2024

Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) is accepting self-nominations through April 18 for the 2024-2026 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee. This committee plays a pivotal role in guiding TLT on integrating technology into teaching and learning at Penn...

Events

Apr 4, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

ArcGIS Field Maps is available to Penn State users through the Esri Education licensing. ArcGIS Field Maps is a mobile app that can be used with ArcGIS Online content to collect information for a location, descriptive information, GPS information, and include images. This session will provide an introduction to the creation of layers in ArcGIS Online for use in ArcGIS Field Maps. This session will be useful to participants interested in learning more about the related ArcGIS Online applications available to use for collection of geographic information for teaching and research purposes.

Apr 4, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

This session will provide participants with an overview of GPS units available for lending through the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information, Penn State University Libraries. This session will have the GPS units available for participants to review and examine to learn about their uses and functionality. Users will be presented with information on checking out GPS units and associated accessories. GPS units include Garmin GPSMap 64st, Garmin Oregon, Trimble GeoXH 6000, and a Bad Elf Flex unit.

Apr 11, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Digital Projects and Exhibits

Earth ArchivesEarth 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.

Cast in SteelBeneath 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. 

 

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

Protesters - Old MainPenn 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.

Indigenous Roots/RoutesIndigenous 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.

Penn State ADACelebrating 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.