Library, Museums and Press News
Dec
4
A Message from the Vice Provost on the Library, Museums and Press 2025-2026 Budget
Dear Colleagues, As we continue working through the University’s financial realities, I write to share some updates about the Library, Museums, and Press budget for the 2025-2026 academic year. We continue to weather substantial cuts to both staffing and operating ... Read More
Dec
3
A View from the Vault: Whistler’s "Riva"
by Ashley Rye-Kopec, Assistant Director, Museums As we approach the end of the semester, Main Street in Newark becomes crowded with residents, students, holiday shoppers and more. James McNeill Whistler’s etching The Riva provides a similar opportunity to observe ... Read More
Dec
1
Extended Hours for Morris Library - Fall 2025
University of Delaware students will have access to extended hours during reading day and finals, December 10 – 15, 2025. Extended Hours at Morris Library Read More
Nov
24
Grateful for You—This Season and Always
As we gather during this season of gratitude, we are grateful to our vibrant community—students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, partners and friends—who make our work possible. Your curiosity, collaboration, creativity and generosity fuel our mission to preserve knowledge, inspire discovery ... Read More
Nov
19
Celebrating the Acquisition of a First Edition of Pride and Prejudice
by Caroline Liebel, graduate assistant, Special Collections Mark Samuels Lasner Collection “It is a truth universally acknowledged …” that Jane Austen’s second published book, Pride and Prejudice, remains one of the most beloved works in English literature. Published in ... Read More
Nov
12
Holiday Events in Newark
By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation Each year, the city of Newark celebrates the holiday season with a full lineup of community events that bring warmth, cheer and togetherness to residents and visitors alike. Each November and December, ... Read More
Oct
28
Mark Your Calendars: Giving Tuesday is Coming!
On Tuesday, December 2, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press will join the global celebration of Giving Tuesday—a day dedicated to generosity and community spirit. This year, we’re rallying support for our Building a New Home for Special Collections campaign, a transformative ... Read More
Oct
28
UD Honors Excellence in Open Data with Inaugural Impact Awards
photo by Evan Krape The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, in partnership with the Data Science Institute and Delaware EPSCoR, is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Open Data Impact Awards. The Open Data Impact ... Read More
Oct
20
Who Owns Our Knowledge? UD Library, Museums and Press Celebrates International Open Access Week with Pressbooks
This year’s International Open Access Week (October 20-26, 2025) invites the global academic community to reflect on a vital question: Who owns our knowledge? In a time of disruption, the theme challenges us to reassert control over the knowledge we ... Read More
Oct
15
A View from the Vault: Lonnie Holley’s "I Got My Power from the Sun"
by Leah Mackall, gallery attendant supervisor, Museums Upon the walls of Old College gallery rests a wiry sculpture full of life. Layers upon layers of thin golden metal wire and rubber cord seem to spontaneously bend and loop, forming ... Read More
