Library, Museums and Press News

  The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press recently entered into an agreement with Cambridge University Press to support open access publishing, which helps broaden the reach and availability of academic scholarship. The agreement allows UD-affiliated authors to publish ...Read More

By Theresa Hessey, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, declaring: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United ...Read More

Originally posted by Kit Fluker, Special Collections   Special Collections librarians welcome opportunities to collaborate with faculty and promote the use of our primary sources. Requests for instruction or faculty recommendations for new acquisitions can be sent to Special Collections: ...Read More

Originally posted by Kit Fluker, Special Collections   Special Collections librarians welcome opportunities to collaborate with faculty and promote the use of our primary sources. Requests for instruction or faculty recommendations for new acquisitions can be sent to Special Collections: ...Read More

Originally posted by Kit Fluker, Special Collections   For more information about recent acquisitions in Museums please reach out to Museums staff using the Ask Museums webform.   Elbaite (Tourmaline group), Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 8 1/2 inches.   ...Read More

By Rebecca Johnson Melvin In the early 20th century, 150 families lived in “Little Ukraine,” an immigrant community in Wilmington that was anchored by two Ukrainian churches* and an active National Ukrainian Association on Heald Street in Southbridge. Ten of ...Read More

Article by Allison Ebner | Photos courtesy of Margaret O’Neil This is the second in a series of articles highlighting the winners of the third annual Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Delaware ...Read More

Mobile app and kiosk allow for faster, easier checkout service Contactless self-checkout options are now available in Morris Library, the Physics Library in Sharp Lab and the Chemistry Library in Brown Lab, making it faster and easier to borrow books. ...Read More

Newly acquired African American primary source materials highlight untold, overlooked histories Article by Allison Ebner | Illustration by Jaynell Keely This article also appeared in UDaily.   Newspapers, photographs, postcards, maps and other primary sources offer firsthand testimonies of the ...Read More