Library, Museums and Press News

By Kathy Cephas, Student Multimedia Design Center   Imagine a room filled with thousands upon thousands of physical copies of newspapers and journals. How much space would that take up? How difficult would it be to navigate?  At Morris Library, ...Read More

Library visitors may begin to notice volumes moving out of the stacks in Morris Library. Library staff are currently increasing their collection review in preparation for an anticipated Special Collections renovation that will expand into part of the second-floor stacks. ...Read More

By Nicole Hernandez, External Relations Coordinator   There is a deep connection between a scholar and their research subject or materials. This association can be a result of childhood influences, individual culture or even serendipitous happenstance. That is certainly the ...Read More

By Library, Museums and Press Staff “A View from the Vault” 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. Each month, we highlight ...Read More

Text and video by Ellie Parcells, Education Resource Center and Student Multimedia Design Center  If you’ve ever needed to design a logo, title card, or poster, you’ve likely used or at least heard about Adobe Illustrator, the go-to tool for ...Read More

Text and video by Kyle Krieger, Student Multimedia Design Center     With photography, one of the most important things to be aware of is the lighting. Photography is the capture of light, and as such, proper lighting techniques are the foundation ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   While one of Delaware’s nicknames, Small Wonder, may be apropos, another nickname, the First State, suggests a state rich in history, extending back to colonial days. Fortunately for scholars and even amateur ...Read More

Text and video by Jonathan Famiglietti, Student Multimedia Design Center Text is an important component of our multimedia projects, and finding new and creative ways to display text in videos is a great way to level up our projects. Adobe ...Read More

By Hillary Kativa, Department Head, Special Collections   “A View from the Vault” 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. Each month, ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Thanks to a generous grant by the Friends of the Library, UD Library, Museums and Press staff in the Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department recently digitized the Reports of the Board of ...Read More