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