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Dec

Extended Hours for Morris Library - Fall 2025

University of Delaware students will have access to extended hours during reading day and finals, December 10 – 15, 2025. Extended Hours at Morris Library Read More

Nov

Grateful for You—This Season and Always

As we gather during this season of gratitude, we are grateful to our vibrant community—students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, partners and friends—who make our work possible. Your curiosity, collaboration, creativity and generosity fuel our mission to preserve knowledge, inspire discovery ... Read More

A collage graphic for Happy Thanksgiving. On the left is an antique black-and-white sketch of a burning fireplace mantle topped with a clock and tall candlesticks. On the right, the words Happy Thanksgiving are written in white script over an autumnal background of abstract orange and brown leaves.

Nov

Celebrating the Acquisition of a First Edition of Pride and Prejudice

by Caroline Liebel, graduate assistant, Special Collections Mark Samuels Lasner Collection “It is a truth universally acknowledged …” that Jane Austen’s second published book, Pride and Prejudice, remains one of the most beloved works in English literature. Published in ... Read More

Nov

Holiday Events in Newark

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation Each year, the city of Newark celebrates the holiday season with a full lineup of community events that bring warmth, cheer and togetherness to residents and visitors alike. Each November and December, ... Read More

Oct

Mark Your Calendars: Giving Tuesday is Coming!

On Tuesday, December 2, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press will join the global celebration of Giving Tuesday—a day dedicated to generosity and community spirit. This year, we’re rallying support for our Building a New Home for Special Collections campaign, a transformative ... Read More

Oct

UD Honors Excellence in Open Data with Inaugural Impact Awards

photo by Evan Krape The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, in partnership with the Data Science Institute and Delaware EPSCoR, is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Open Data Impact Awards. The Open Data Impact ... Read More

Left to right: Kyle Frankel Davis, Daria Blinova and Alon Hafri.

Oct

Who Owns Our Knowledge? UD Library, Museums and Press Celebrates International Open Access Week with Pressbooks

This year’s International Open Access Week (October 20-26, 2025) invites the global academic community to reflect on a vital question: Who owns our knowledge? In a time of disruption, the theme challenges us to reassert control over the knowledge we ... Read More

Oct

A View from the Vault: Lonnie Holley’s "I Got My Power from the Sun"

by Leah Mackall, gallery attendant supervisor, Museums Upon the walls of Old College gallery rests a wiry sculpture full of life. Layers upon layers of thin golden metal wire and rubber cord seem to spontaneously bend and loop, forming ... Read More

Oct

Grave Matters: Funerary Supplies in Trade Catalogs

By David Cardillo, Digital Collections and Preservation As Halloween approaches, thoughts often turn to the eerie, the unusual and the history of how we honor the departed. Our Trade Catalog Collection on AM Quartex holds a surprisingly rich—and seasonally ... Read More

Sep

AI bots swarm UDSpace for information

Article by Jamie Washington Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase UD Library’s IT stops AI bots from making UDSpace inaccessible Long gone are the days of slowly sifting through dense pages of information for answers to mind-bending questions or remaining up-to-date ... Read More