News – University of Delaware Library, Museums & Press

Mar

Library to Improve Research and Information Discovery with New Search Functionality

The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press will be upgrading its catalog, DELCAT, with a new services platform that is set to go live on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. After nine years on the current system, the new cloud-based ...Read More

Feb

From, Alice: The Annals of African American Activist and Artist Alice Dunbar-Nelson

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department Alice Dunbar-Nelson – born Alice Ruth Moore in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1875 – was an advocate for Black rights, women’s rights and Black women throughout her lifetime. The daughter of ...Read More

Feb

A View from the Vault: Toni Morrison’s Five Poems, Illustrated by Kara Walker

By Arline Wilson, Special Collections “A View from the Vault” is a new series that showcases some of the unique, notable or rare items that are a part of the Special Collections and Museums holdings at the University of Delaware. ...Read More

An open bookspread, showing a silhouette of a vulture and a human in a tree with a poem on the facing page. The shadowed image is overlaid on the graphic.

Feb

UD Library, Museums and Press Receives Mellon Grant for Poetry as Activism Project

The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the curation and stewardship of poetry archives related to 20th-century poet-activists of color along with a digital publishing and ...Read More

Illustration of a closed fist, holding a pen. Individual letters are floating from the pen.

Feb

The Stories Within Book Collections

Award-winning book collections reflect the journeys of their student collectors Article by Allison Ebner | Illustration by Kris Raser This article also appeared in UDaily. A book collection speaks volumes about its collector. Much like the unfolding of a story ...Read More

Book covers for "Coached by Joan of Arc," "The Design of Everyday Things" and "Thinking Fast and Slow."

Jan

In Memoriam: Winifred 'Ellen' Erbe

UDaily article by UDaily staffRead More

Jan

Reviewing the Voices of 1968: Anger and Apathy After Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination

The 1960s is noted as a revolutionary time in American history. In addition to the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War and a push for greater gender equality, the decade saw the assassination of three prominent leaders: President John F. ...Read More

A newspaper article overload on an illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. with the words "Freedom" repeated in the background.

Dec

Delaware Day: Remembering John Dickinson

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department In September 1787, five delegates from Delaware attended the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution—Richard Bassett, Gunning Bedford Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson and George Read. Then sent to the states, ...Read More

A textured, sepia tone photo of the state capitol building of Delaware with a photo of John Dickinson's signature on old, discolored parchment in the top left corner.

Nov

The Week in Congress with Sen. J. Allen Frear

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department It’s that time of year! During midterm elections, people across the country elect politicians to represent them and their state in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The University of Delaware ...Read More

In the foreground, a black and white photograph of a man sitting at a desk with a couple of documents. He is smiling and wearing a suit and bowtie. In the background, an image of the U.S. Capitol.

Nov

Association of Research Libraries Leadership

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