Library, Museums and Press News

by Ellie Parcells, Student Multimedia Design Center   No matter what type of track you’re working with—whether it’s a software instrument, audio recording, or guitar input—the process for adding plug-ins is essentially the same.  GarageBand offers an extensive library of ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation   The Trade Catalog Collection in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press offers a fascinating glimpse into the commercial, technological and cultural history of the United States—from the ...Read More

University of Delaware students will have access to extended hours during reading day and finals, May 16 – 21, 2025.   Extended Hours at Morris LibraryRead More

by Mike Gates, Student Multimedia Design Center   In this installation of multimedia software comparisons, we will review what vector graphics are and explore the similarities and differences between Adobe Illustrator CC and Inkscape.   Adobe Illustrator is part of the ...Read More

On I Heart UD Giving Day—Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press invites Blue Hens everywhere to rally behind a visionary initiative: Building a New Home for Special Collections.  Special Collections is one of UD’s ...Read More

by Kyle Kreiger, Student Multimedia Design Center   Did you know you can breathe new life into your old VHS tapes—right here in Morris Library? The Student Multimedia Design Center (SMDC) makes it easy for University of Delaware students, faculty ...Read More

by Petra Clark, Special Collections   Late spring brings with it the end of the school year and, for high school and college seniors, graduation. This rite of passage is celebrated with commencement ceremonies and graduation parties, and is commemorated ...Read More

by Mansi Gupta and Meg Grotti   In Fall 2024, graduate students from Dr. Mark Serva’s independent seminar posed a bold question to the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press: “How can we bridge the growing gap between student ...Read More

by Jonathan Famiglietti, Student Multimedia Design Center  If you are familiar with film and photography terminology, you may have heard of the term “Vignetting”. In these fields, a “Vignette” refers to the progressive reduction in brightness toward the periphery compared ...Read More

by Mike Gates, Student Multimedia Design Center   At the Student Multimedia Design Center in Morris Library, we strive to offer the University of Delaware community a wide range of multimedia tools to support all kinds of creative projects. Whether ...Read More