News and Events

News

May 16, 2024

Penn State University Press has unveiled its fall/winter 2024 catalog, featuring new general interest and scholarly books in the fields of literature, art history, religious studies, rhetoric and communication, sensory studies, medieval and early modern studies, current events and more.

May 14, 2024

The Penn State University Libraries’ 2024 Student Showcase and Outstanding Student Employee Awards offered viewers a glimpse into the outstanding achievements and perspectives of part-time student staff, undergraduate interns and graduate assistants who have worked alongside librarians,...

May 10, 2024

Penn State University Libraries’ Open Publishing program has released “Making Documentary Film: Frederick Wiseman and His Collaborators,” a new monograph by Thomas W. Benson, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric Emeritus at Penn State, and Carolyn Anderson, professor emerita of communication...

Events

Jun 4, 10:00 am

A brief introduction to U.S. copyright law and its impact on university research and teaching. Learn what copyright covers, how copyrighted works enter the public domain, fair use and copyrighted material rights. Participants will earn SARI credit.

Jun 6, 10:00 am

Learn how to use the Researcher Metadata Database to share your scholarly articles with the public under Penn State’s open access policy, including options for following up with open access policy reminder emails,  providing links to open copies of your articles, or getting waivers of the policy.  

Jun 6, 4:00 pm

An introduction to open source software licensing with focus on the needs of Penn State researchers, the importance of software licenses, common open source licenses used in scientific software projects, and recommendations for navigating relevant university and funder policies. Participants will earn SARI credit.

Jun 18, 10:00 am

An introduction to plagiarism and attribution, including an overview of university policies related to these topics. Learn how plagiarism differs from copyright infringement and when attribution is relevant to copyright law; text recycling (sometimes called “self-plagiarism”); and about plagiarism and attribution as they relate to the use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT.

Jun 18, 4:00 pm

An introduction to copyright issues related to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and Stable Diffusion, including recent developments and relevant precedents.  Participants will earn SARI credit.

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.