<br />
Orrery Society<br />
2025 Annual Report<br />
ORRERY SOCIETY 2025 ANNUAL REPORT | 1<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
I am delighted to share with you this<br />
year’s Orrery Society Report — the<br />
first since I joined the Penn Libraries<br />
in March 2025. Penn is distinguished<br />
by a deep and longstanding<br />
commitment to its libraries and their<br />
rich collections. Equally distinctive<br />
is Penn’s commitment to its expert<br />
librarians, who grow and steward<br />
these collections in connection<br />
with academic and philanthropic<br />
partners. It is a privilege to share in<br />
these stewardship responsibilities,<br />
ensuring that our collections and<br />
essential relationships endure into<br />
the future.<br />
I have been impressed by our<br />
bibliographers’ deep understanding<br />
of the research priorities across<br />
Penn’s schools and departments,<br />
which informs purchasing decisions<br />
for new Libraries<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=1"> Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=2"> Dear Friends, I am delighted to share with you th</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=3"> Table of Contents African Studies . . . . .</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=4"> Mercy Ayilo Africana Studies Librarian Africa</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=5"> accounts and unparallelled coverage of politics, </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=6"> Melanie Cedrone Collections and Information Servi</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=7"> (2024). This edition has been extensively updated</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=8"> Charles Cobine Librarian for Germanic Languages a</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=9"> Germanic Languages and Literatures The Penn Libra</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=10"> Cynthia Cronin-Kardon Business Reference and Reso</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=11"> Judith N. Currano Head, Chemistry Library Che</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=12"> Mia D’Avanza Director, Fisher Fine Arts Library </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=13"> Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer Chinese and Mongolian</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=14"> Lauren Gala Science and Digital Initiatives Libra</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=15"> Brie Gettleson Latin American Studies Librarian </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=16"> Larissa Gordon Nursing Librarian Nursing This</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=17"> Laurel Graham Head, Dental Library Dental Med</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=18"> Nicholas Herman Lawrence J . Schoenberg Curator a</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=19"> Joseph Holub Librarian for Religious Studies and </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=20"> to the originals. We acquired a larger number tha</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=21"> Heather Hughes Middle Eastern Studies Librarian </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=22"> Lonya Humphrey Political Science Librarian Po</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=23"> Sam Kirk Social Sciences Librarian Psychology</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=24"> To develop effective programs and clinical approa</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=25"> Arthur Kiron Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of J</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=26"> Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=27"> Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, a</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=28"> Douglas McGee Assistant Director, Science, Techno</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=29"> Rebecca Mendelson Japanese Studies Librarian and </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=30"> scholarship, exhibit catalogs, fiction, and manga</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=31"> Nicholas Okrent Steven A . Lipman Librarian and C</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=32"> History and Sociology of Science What do yellow f</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=33"> their professors. However, graduate students and </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=34"> assistance of donor support that the Libraries ca</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=35"> Today’s philosophers address abrupt challenges to</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=36"> Lauris Olson Librarian and Coordinator for Social</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=37"> complemented by other acquisitions such as The Wi</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=38"> Economics A classic text refreshed, the changing </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=39"> digitize the field notes, audio recordings, and C</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=40"> This year we also started a subscription to Overt</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=41"> Michael Overgard Head, Schoenberg Center for Elec</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=42"> Kirsten Painter Slavic and East European Studies </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=43"> Mayelin Perez Librarian for Literatures in Englis</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=44"> represented in gaming spaces, and History Commons</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=45"> Jef Pierce South Asian Studies Librarian and Assi</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=46"> Sarah Reidell Margy E . Meyerson Head of Conserva</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=47"> ORRERY SOCIETY 2025 ANNUAL REPORT | 47</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=48"> Deborah Brown Stewart Head, Penn Museum Library </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=49"> Joanna Thompson Librarian for Education Educa</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=50"> Rae Thudium Head, Veterinary Medicine Libraries </a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=51"> Liza Vick Head, Otto E . Albrecht Music Library a</a>
<a title="Orrery Society 2025 Annual Report page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/11fe2b63?page=52"> Above: A 1960 map of "Dacca City and Surroun</a>