Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall. 

During reading period, April 30 to May 14: Access to both Van Pelt and Fisher Fine Arts Library is limited. Find more information.

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Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund

Established in 1986, this fund supports the acquisition of reference materials in honor of Delphine Okie Richardson, a librarian at the University of Pennsylvania from 1921 to 1972. Mrs. Richardson began her career in the old main library located in the Furness Building, then relocated to Van Pelt in 1962. She served as head of the Reserve Department from 1941 to 1949, and Interlibrary Loan librarian from 1949 to 1972, during which time she was responsible for obtaining materials from around the country — and the world — for Penn's scholars.