The document outlines the mission and recent initiatives of the Penn Libraries in support of innovative teaching and learning. Key developments include the establishment of resource centers like the Weigle Information Commons and Education Commons, which provide advanced tools and support for faculty and students. The libraries aim to enhance education through collaborative spaces, digital tools, and a commitment to preserving information.

1. Penn
Libraries
Carton
Rogers
Vice
Provost
and
Director
of
Libraries
Kimberly
Eke
Director
of
Teaching,
Research
&
Learning
Services
Suppor&ng
Innova&ve
Teaching
&
Learning

2. Our
unstated
mission:
“Explore
new
partnerships;
seek
out
new
forms
of
informaAon;
to
boldly
go
where
no
research
library
has
gone
before.”
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3. Our
actual
mission
• Empower
teaching
and
research
• Enrich
learning
• Enable
innovaAon
• Ensure
the
availability
and
preservaAon
of
informaAon
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4. Trajectory
of
our
recent
efforts
in
support
of
teaching
and
learning
2002:
Managing
courseware:
Blackboard
2006:
CreaAon
of
the
Weigle
InformaAon
Commons
2012:
EducaAon
Commons
in
the
Weiss
Pavilion
2013:
Kislak
Center
for
Special
CollecAons,
Rare
Books
and
Manuscripts
2014:
CollaboraAve
Classroom
and
migraAng
courseware
to
Canvas
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5. The
Penn
Libraries’
Teaching
and
Learning
Team
• Dr.
Anu
Vedantham
Director
of
the
Weigle
InformaAon
Commons
• Catrice
BarreY
Bass
Family
Teaching
and
Learning
Fellow
Ph.D
Candidate
in
GSE
• Dr.
Kimberly
Eke
Director
of
Teaching,
Research
and
Learning
Services
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6. Weigle Information
Commons provides
innovative programming and
spaces for faculty and
students.

7. The
Vitale Media Lab I provides
the
digital
tools
and
on-­‐site
support
that
students
and
faculty
need
to
produce
rich
media
content.

8. The
Vitale Media Lab II fosters
communiAes
engaged
in
digital
humaniAes
research
using
library
materials
and
leading-­‐edge
tools.

9. The Education Commons
offers innovative
services, spaces, and
programming for
teaching and learning.

10. The
Libraries’
Collaborative Classroom is
a
living
lab
for
innovaAve
pedagogies.
A
full-­‐Ame
educator
supports
new
pracAces
and
research
in
this
space.

11. Canvas
is
Penn’s
digital
learning
pla^orm
for
online,
blended,
and
face-­‐to-­‐face
instrucAon.
It
provides
24x7
access
to
course
materials,
tests
&
grades.