Library, Museums and Press News

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   The Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department is currently in the process of digitizing volumes of the Wilmington City Directory, an annual publication from the 1800s through the mid-1900s that is best described ...Read More

Article by Allison Ebner   Travel can be transformative. Think of your last road trip or getaway and what you learned about yourself and the world around you. Travelogues and travel memoirs, like Eat, Pray, Love, encapsulate the sights, sounds, ...Read More

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in Special Collections at the Library, Museums and Press, was awarded the University of Delaware’s Medal of Distinction on May 16, 2023, at the University’s Board of Trustees meeting for donating his $10 million ...Read More

By Arline Wilson, 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, we highlight a ...Read More

On June 13, 2023, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press moved its catalog, DELCAT, to a new cloud-based services platform, providing students, faculty and researchers with an enhanced, user-friendly discovery experience with simplified searching. The new platform is ...Read More

UD community donated 219 books through a book drive to encourage young students to read more Article by Allison Ebner | Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson This article also appeared in UDaily.   Members of the greater UD community donated ...Read More

University celebrates 100 years of high-quality scholarship, looks toward future Article by UD Library, Museums and Press Staff | Photographs by Kathy F. Atkinson and Kris Raser This article also appeared in UDaily.   Over the past 100 years, the ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department   Much like the University of Delaware, Commencement exercises have changed throughout the years. Using local primary sources, like past issues of the Newark Post and other digital newspapers, which are now ...Read More

By Amanda Zehnder, Museums “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. Each ...Read More