Library, Museums and Press News
Sep
16
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
Sep
9
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
Sep
3
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
Aug
25
Aug
25
Making Learning More Affordable: The 2026 Open and Affordable Teaching Materials Grant Recipients
The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Open and Affordable Teaching Materials grants. Made possible in part through support from the Unidel Foundation and Library, Museums and Press donors, ... Read More
Aug
19
Behind the Rockwood Estate: Exploring the Shipley–Bringhurst–Hargraves Collection
By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation The Shipley–Bringhurst–Hargraves family papers offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of several generations of Delaware families connected to Rockwood, a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion and estate in North Wilmington. Built ... Read More
Aug
12
A View from the Vault: Capturing Nature's Beauty, One Butterfly at a Time
by Jaime Margalotti, associate librarian and archival metadata librarian To create his remarkable two-volume work As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States, East of the Rocky Mountains (1900), Sherman Foote Denton employed a less common ... Read More
Aug
7
Open Data Impact Awards Return for Second Year
The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, in collaboration with the Data Science Institute and Delaware Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), is excited to announce the second annual Open Data Impact Awards for 2026. Building on the success of its inaugural year, the program recognizes undergraduate and graduate ... Read More
Jul
15
Delaware and the 250th Anniversary: The First State Celebrates National Milestones
By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year—also known as the Semiquincentennial—communities across the country are marking the occasion with events that began well before Independence Day and will continue throughout the ... Read More
Jul
9
University of Delaware Library Joins Google Books Library Project to Expand Global Access to Rare Collections
The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press has announced its partnership with the Google Books Library Project, a global initiative comprising leading research libraries working to make books and printed materials searchable and accessible to readers and researchers worldwide. ... Read More
