Library, Museums and Press Updates for Fall 2021

Updated September 1, 2021

Morris Library

During the fall semester, which begins August 31, Morris Library will be open to students, faculty, staff and the public.

Library visitors will be able to browse the book stacks to find their desired materials. For assistance locating their books in the stacks, they can turn to the Library’s online catalog. Each listing features a map that shows where the item is located in the building.

Those with UD ONEcards or public borrower cards can also use the Holds service to request books, DVDs, Blu-rays and video games in advance. These items can then be picked up at one convenient location—the Help Center, located near the entrance.

At the Help Center, visitors can also:

• Receive research assistance.
• Retrieve materials they requested through Interlibrary Loan.
• Reserve lockers and graduate student carrels.
• Check out laptops, headphones and chargers.
• Sign up for a Public Borrower Card.

Faculty can reserve materials for their courses, and students can access those materials at the Help Center.

Students, faculty and staff will be able to reserve study rooms for group work or individual use.

Those in need of help with their research can connect with a librarian via chat, text or email. They can also schedule a one-on-one consultation with a librarian or stop by for an on-demand consultation. Visitors can also schedule interlibrary loan consultations for extended discussions about their needs and requests.

In the Student Multimedia Design Center (SMDC) on the lower level, visitors can use the multimedia studios and instruction rooms to create video, audio and graphic design projects.

Individual and group spaces can be reserved in the SMDC to view films or play video games. Instructors can reserve the Viewing Room for class use. Visitors can also check out DVDs, Blu-rays and video games from the SMDC if they have not requested those items in advance.

For students, faculty and staff who are not on campus, our digital resources remain available 24/7 once they log in with their UD credentials. Those who are in the Associate in Arts Program or a UD distance learning program can also have print materials shipped to them via the Associate in Arts Program Delivery and the Distance Learning DELivery Service.

Gallery Spaces

Old College Gallery, Mechanical Hall Gallery, the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall, and the Special Collections Gallery in Morris Library will open on September 7. Admission is free.

The following exhibitions will be on view for the UD community and the public to visit:

• Friends and Enemies: Whistler and His Artistic, Literary and Social Circles in Old College Main Gallery
• Art, Artifacts and Specimens from the Collectors Cabinet in Old College West Gallery
• Here / Now: Art and Design Faculty Exhibition in Mechanical Hall Gallery
• Chinese Minerals in the Mineralogical Museum
• Trail to the Voting Booth: An Exploration of Political Ephemera in the Special Collections Gallery

For those who are not on campus, there are many additional exhibitions available online.

Branch Libraries

The Education Resource Center, the Chemistry Library, the Physics Library, and the Marine Studies Library on the Lewes Campus will be open during the fall semester.

With the Lewes Campus closed to the public, the Marine Studies Library is open to UD students, faculty and staff only.