Archive of all library features

Bridge over Campus Drive to be demolished May 27 – June 14

New library unit will use new technologies to study the world’s oldest documents and artifacts

Hartman Center series features actual historical ads that relate to each episode

Extensive collection documenting extremist groups comes to Human Rights Archive

Award-winning photographer will discuss his 40 years of documenting man-altered landscapes

Help us kick off the renovation by writing on the wall outside the Gothic Reading Room

The Libraries host a public conversation with David S. Ferriero in the Gothic Reading Room

Perkins Library exhibit explores the work and wonders of the Duke Herbarium

Submit your research paper for our annual Aptman Prizes and Middlesworth Awards

The Hartman Center recaps another episode with historical ads from the archives

Massive open online courses offer another reason to embrace open access

State bridge project to close West Main Street from Buchanan Boulevard to Broad Street/Swift Avenue

“Media archaeologist” discusses the challenges of preserving early internet history

Capture photos and videos to be featured in Duke’s next 30-second TV commercial

A 1965 fanzine letter in the Rubenstein Library reveals the young George R. R. Martin

A 1962 employee manual shows off various jobs at Duke

Here’s what Duke students had to say about the books they love best

Join us for a day-trip to Wilmington, NC, and learn about the 1898 race riots

Take a look at the blueprint for the next version of our library website

Chocolate, leaves, mysteries and romance from Duke scholars, faculty and staff

The photographs of Ronald Reis illuminate ordinary life in 1960s New York and London

Undergraduate course and exhibit explore competing constructions of masculinity over time

Which book should the incoming class of Duke freshmen read? Share your thoughts.

Mark your calendars for our 8th Annual Edible Book Festival, open to all!

See available study rooms in the library and book one directly from your phone—it’s easy!

Competition brings together students from Duke, UNC, and NC State to analyze large datasets

Why two recent developments in the research and publishing world are worth celebrating

More than 30,000 linear feet of materials have been relocated as we ramp up to renovation

Out-of-copyright library books scanned and delivered to you digitally—for free

Ten must-reads in African American history, according to one of its greatest scholars

Double elephant folios among the last (but not least!) items to move for the Rubenstein renovation

We recently acquired a very special book on bells, for a very special ringer of them

Longtime friends and customers name library space after Duke’s longest-serving barber

Student exhibit in Bostock Library examines how comics blend art, history, and politics

A public conversation with editors Rose Styron and R. Blakeslee Gilpin

A new library exhibit challenges perceptions of what a map is supposed to be.

Staff and collections are on the move to the 3rd floor of Perkins

Special collections library begins relocating to new space on 3rd floor of Perkins Library

More than a century later, a look back at a notorious “Mockery of Justice”

A new traveling exhibit and digitized collection look at the history of Guantanamo Bay

From novels to medical textbooks, Duke faculty books add to scholarship

Win up to $750 in cash for showing off your personal collection

You could win a $500 technology prize for creative data visualization

Planned upgrade starting Dec. 14 will require a brief interruption in service

Rare Book & Manuscript Library closed during Winter Break to move staff and collections

Travel and Leisure Magazine profiles 17 of academia’s most inspiring libraries

In 2013, Duke will commemorate the first black undergrads and other milestones

Team works behind the scenes to build a “Massive Open Online Course”

Deborah Jakubs discusses Richard Ford’s “Canada,” the latest selection in Duke’s online book club

CIT invites faculty to investigate iPads and their impact on student learning

Why the internet has not revolutionized scholarly publishing the way it should

Human rights book prize goes to Colombian writer’s memoir about his father

For generations of Duke students, library walls, desks and darkened alcoves were blank canvases

Innovative deal with TRLN experiments with shared print and digital access

Duke Forward campaign will help shape new solutions and prepare leaders for the future

East Campus library series focuses on the presidential debates and election

A new library workshop series on what it means to “read” starts Sept. 20

A guide to the latest publications by Duke faculty and staff, all available in the library

News, images, timelines, FAQs for researchers and more on the upcoming renovation project

Make us a “campaign” video and you could win two seats at the Duke-Carolina game!

A look behind-the-scenes as we prepare for the Rubenstein Library renovation

Duke’s University Archivist tells how a solar eclipse confirmed Braxton Craven’s perfect timing

We need advice! You have it. Help improve the Libraries and gain valuable volunteer experience.

Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and more.

Ann Patchett speaks to the Class of 2016 this Friday. Check out our online guide to the book.

Duke’s new crop of first-year students arrives on campus Tuesday

Documentary photographs of American agriculture and agricultural labor

Documenting the human experience of farmworkers, and an organization dedicated to improving their lives

Kevin Smith examines the implications of an important case for libraries and publishers

Divinity libraries at both schools share resources with faculty, students, staff

Our Data & GIS Services department looks at what you can do with GeoCommons

Archive of the influential religious leader will be available to scholars for the first time

How advertisers have capitalized on Olympic fever through the years

Work begins on the temporary headquarters of Rubenstein Library

“Swirl books” and other everyday conundrums in the Conservation Lab

Rubenstein Library showcases new acquisitions this week, both ancient and modern

Data & GIS Department expands workshops, consultations, and staff to help researchers

Honoring with Books program is a great way to pay tribute to someone special

Outdoor sirens, other DukeALERT notification tools will be activated

Interlibrary Loan Program briefly unavailable while we upgrade the server

Katharine Brophy Dubois has been called one of the rising stars of historical romance fiction

University joins 11 other institutions in online education experiment

New URL, same tips and tricks to save you time.

Randy Riddle talks with APM’s “The Story” about his collection of old-time radio programs

Four visiting fellows help Duke re-define teaching and research in the humanities

Maurice Wallace on how photography both oppressed African-Americans and offered a promise of dignity

Surprising finds from a massive collection of historic American newspapers

REACH NC seeks to boost economy by connecting researchers with new collaborators

New collections available online, and why the NRA opposed integration

The archives of Freewater Productions are full of surprising finds (and sound effects)

Religion in North Carolina project will digitize materials from religious bodies across the state

Books being relocated in preparation for the Rubenstein Library renovation

Kevin Smith on the University of Missouri’s decision to shut down its press

New site explores the life and times (and paper trail) of the “richest girl in the world”

A handy resource guide compiled by our British Studies librarian

A win for public access to taxpayer-funded research, but only a small one

Shouting, dancing when you don’t know how, and other no-no’s for proper ladies

College-bound Durham seniors learn what to expect from an academic research library

A conservator explains how we care for some of our oldest historic documents

Donna Bergholz is one of five Duke faculty and staff recently honored for 50 years of service

All Duke Blackboard sites will be gone forever by June 30. Are you ready?

New library exhibit explores physician education from ancient Greece to Duke Medicine

A host of new records on the struggle for racial equality in NC will soon be available online

A pitch (and a petition) for public access to federally funded research

Program Strengthens Ties Between Duke and Chilean Libraries

Prize honors the best non-fiction on human rights, democracy, and justice in Latin America.

Ten years since it opened, Duke’s high-density repository is bigger and busier than ever.

From the Ford Library Blog: How much time to e-books really save?

New library preservation exhibit demonstrates how video deteriorates over time

What the Georgia State University copyright case means for academic libraries and publishers

Friends and family of Reynolds Price celebrate the publication of his final book, May 15

Duke to award more than 4,900 degrees this weekend.

Roll-playing game figurines in the library? Just another day in the Conservation Lab.

Images from an earlier Afghan war reveal the harsh beauty of India and Central Asia

Gearing up for the renovation of the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Photos from Archive of Documentary Arts on display at Center for Documentary Studies

End of academic year means reduced bus service. Plan your library visit accordingly!

CIT makes iPads available for in-class use and exploring e-textbooks

Friends and family of Reynolds Price celebrate the publication of his final book, May 15

Our handy guide to issues, polling places, and everything else Duke students need to know

Check out these free resources for Duke students and faculty preparing to study or travel abroad

Enter to win one of the Libraries’ research and writing prizes by May 15

New library exhibit explores the history of physician education

New specialized media production lab set to open in the fall

Our recommended books, videos, and other resources for fans who can’t get enough

New research tools are easier to use and mobile-friendly

Celebrate the Nasher’s Alexander Calder exhibit with our mobile-making contest

iTunes U app is the newest of Duke’s e-textbook experiments

Strap on your utility belt. The Library Party is coming.

Duke author reads and performs in honor of Dickens’s 200th birthday

Conservators at Duke and Iowa State compare notes

Bringing Language Pedagogy and Cultural Contexts Together

Gift Endows Directorship of Women’s History Research Center

WUNC’s Frank Stasio and Duke’s Bob Korstad discuss “Behind the Veil”

Bloomberg terminals arrive in Perkins Library

Photographer William Gedney’s fascination with cars and our relationships with them.

Recorded Stories of America’s Jim Crow Past Now Available