Rebecca Ortenberg
As part of Penn Libraries’ Strategic Communications team, Rebecca is editor and lead writer for the Penn Libraries News blog, and she leads content-sourcing, creation, planning, monitoring, and daily posting to the Libraries' institutional social media channels.
Before coming to the Penn Libraries, she worked at the Science History Institute, where she held the role of social media editor and served as project manager for digital public humanities projects. Previously she conducted research and presented programs at historic sites in Oregon, New York, and Delaware. She is also the managing editor of Lady Science, a magazine and podcast about the history and popular culture of science.
Rebecca received an M.A. in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program (SUNY Oneona) and a B.A. in history from Lewis and Clark College.
The Penn Libraries regularly acquires mainstream fiction and non-fiction works for exploration and leisurely reading. Within our Bestsellers Collection display—located in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, near the first-floor entrance—you will find a rotating selection of current bestsellers. These books include thrillers, mysteries, romance novels, cookbooks, graphic novels, and popular biographies. The most recent additions include The President’s Daughter: A Thriller by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish, The Women of Troy by Pat Barker, and The Pepper Thai Cookbook: A Family Recipe Book from Everyone’s Favorite Thai Mom by Pepper Teigen.
You can browse the latest selection through Franklin, our online catalog, or peruse in person the next time you visit Van Pelt. Using your Pennkey, you can borrow them for a 28-day, non-renewable loan period. Keep in mind that this is shorter than our standard loan period, but these books are in high demand after all!
Find popular books on the first floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.