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July 7, 2008
Alumni Library takes viewer to China
University Park, PA—The latest "edition" of Penn State's Alumni Library at http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu, features Penn State at the Olympics, including the exhibit "Faster, Higher and Stronger: the Modern Olympic games and entries about past Olympics and athletes featured in the Historical Digital Collegian.
Beyond the Beijing Olympics, the University's China connection, dates back 100 years, with G. Weidman Groff, '07, who was the representative of the Penn State-in-China mission and long-time dean of the School of Agriculture at Lingnan. In 1929 Chinese furniture was sent to Penn State to honor Groff. It was on display in the Chinese Room in Old Main for many years, and today some of the furniture is part of the permanent collection in The Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library. Recently visiting Chinese scholars were able to use Penn State's University Archives and Groff's historical records to fill gaps in the history of their university.
The site also includes photos taken by Librarian Joseph Fennewald who spent five months this past year at Tianjin University of Technology (TUT) to discover how Chinese students use academic libraries, information that will benefit the many international students on Penn State campuses.
These resources and more can be found at Penn State's Alumni Library, a joint project of the University Libraries and the Penn State Alumni Association. The Penn State Alumni Association strives to connect alumni to the University, to each other, provide valuable benefits to members, and support the University’s mission of teaching, research, and service. For more information on the Alumni Association, go to www.alumni.psu.edu.
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