News – University of Delaware Library, Museums & Press

Oct

2026 Open Data Impact Awards Honor Researchers Advancing Discovery Through Open Data

The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press has announced the recipients of the 2026 Open Data Impact Awards, recognizing researchers whose openly shared datasets demonstrate exceptional value in advancing scholarship, transparency and data reuse. Organized and funded in ... Read More

Oct

Morris Library Room 102 Renovation Underway for New Extended-Hours Study Space

Renovation work has officially begun on Morris Library Room 102, formerly known as the Class of 1941 Lecture Room. As part of a university-wide initiative to upgrade classroom facilities across campus, this project will transform Room 102 into an ... Read More

Oct

A View from the Vault: Out in Public - Jeans Day and Gay Visibility at UD in 1982

by John Caldwell, associate librarian and political and public policy papers archivist In honor of National Coming Out Day on October 11, I wanted to highlight a moment of queer UD history. The April 16, 1982, edition of the ... Read More

Sep

University of Delaware Launches UD Dataverse, a New Institutional Research Data Repository

We are excited to announce the official launch of UD Dataverse, a new institutional research data repository designed to support the preservation, sharing, and discovery of data produced by University of Delaware Researchers. This platform provides a secure, sustainable home for research datasets and enables researchers ... Read More

Sep

UD Celebrates Newly Renovated Special Collections Space

More than 75 members of the University of Delaware community gathered Sept. 24 on the second floor of Morris Library to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the newly renovated Special Collections space. The celebration marked the completion of a major ... Read More

Sep

The Legacy of Friends

by Jamie Washington After nearly seven decades, the Friends of the Library makes a final gift Every day, students, scholars and researchers on the University of Delaware’s campus — and around the world — can access rare British manuscripts and ... Read More

Sep

Explore Library, Museums and Press Fall Exhibitions

The University of Delaware’s Library, Museums and Press invites you to explore nine exhibitions on view this semester in gallery spaces across UD’s campus. Visitors will: See the evolution and public understanding of sex education in Where Do We Go ... Read More

Sep

New School Year, New Digital Collections

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation A new academic year is a great time to explore the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press Digital Collections. Whether you are looking for a primary source for a paper, materials ... Read More

A composite promotional banner overlaying three distinct historical elements: the green fan-shaped "Ode to Joy" sculpture on the left, a black-and-white photo of men shaking hands in the center, and translucent French text from the 18th-century "Décret de la Convention Nationale" document faded across the top and background.

Sep

A View from the Vault - In Their Own Light: Remembering Mary Lovelace O’Neal and Betye Saar

by Amanda Zehnder, senior curator, Museums This View from the Vault honors the lives and legacies of two trailblazing Black women artists, Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026) and Betye Saar (1926–2026). The works featured here—Prophet with No Tongue and Mystic ... Read More

Two side-by-side artworks featuring a dark blue layered abstract collage on the left and a vibrant turquoise surrealist illustration with celestial and esoteric symbols on the right.

Sep

Artists in Morris: Kyle Hackett

Inspired by the concept of a reading room, Intervals of Study: Space & Interior Relations brings together finished paintings and drawings with the studies, references, and material experiments that inform them. For Kyle Hackett, these works offer a way to consider the ... Read More