Library, Museums and Press News

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

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

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

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

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

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation   As Halloween approaches, thoughts often turn to the eerie, the unusual and the history of how we honor the departed. Our Trade Catalog Collection on AM Quartex holds a surprisingly rich—and seasonally ...Read More

Article by Jamie Washington Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase UD Library’s IT stops AI bots from making UDSpace inaccessible Long gone are the days of slowly sifting through dense pages of information for answers to mind-bending questions or remaining up-to-date ...Read More

Blue Hens, big things are happening in Morris Library! In Spring 2026, the lower level will reopen as the Research Data and Design Commons (RDDC)—a brand-new space built to support your research, creativity and big ideas. The RDDC will keep ...Read More

by Arline Wilson, Special Collections Librarian   Step into the candle-lit world of early 17th-century London with The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634), a rare first edition held in the University of Delaware’s Special Collections. Credited to William Shakespeare and John ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation   A new academic year is upon us. As students return to campus—or, in the case of freshmen, begin their college journey—it’s always interesting to reflect on how the start of the semester ...Read More