Recommended reads from our New and Noteworthy and OverDrive collections

You might not know about some of our more fun-focused online resources

Recommended activities, programs, and educational opportunities on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues

A few tips from our librarians on how to get access to “all the news that’s fit to print”

Writing, subject tutoring, a virtual study room, and stress relief

Historical election ephemera and other fund finds from the Rubenstein Library

Wherein we look at the once-common custom of funeral biscuits

Recommended reads from our New & Noteworthy and Contemporary Literature collections

Make your very own mini-zine about how you’re taking care of yourself in this pandemic

Join us to hear about our new exhibit on the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment

Join us for an intro to OER and learn how they can enrich our teaching and learning

With its playful animation and infectious beat, Jamie Keesecker’s informative video became a viral hit

Check out some of the different spaces available to study in the Libraries, sorted by location and amenities

Get in the Halloween spirit with us as we read selections from Mariana Enriquez’s collection Things We Lost in the Fire

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, join us for a panel discussion on William Styron’s “Darkness Visible”

Register online to watch the new documentary, an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival

After a Duke family portrait fell off a wall, our staff worked to relocate the others until they can be safely rehung

The University Archives invites you to recreate one of our historical Duke photos!

Flipping the workshop is a strategy to merge student engagement and active learning

Make your very own mini-zine about how you’re taking care of yourself in this pandemic

The University Archives invites you to recreate one of our historical Duke photos!

In just 15 minutes, learn how to search over 900 digitized collections, use and cite digital items

Survey builds on previous user studies with under-represented student groups

Recommended activities, programs, and educational opportunities on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues

Campus-wide vaccination efforts are nothing new to Duke, as a search in the archives reveals

A guest blog post from one of our Humanities Unbounded graduate assistants

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After months of lockdown, many of our Technical Services staff recently returned to work

Sign up for our upcoming workshops, and subscribe to our data sciences newsletter

Exhibit curated by Duke economics students marks centenary of 19th Amendment

Follow these four easy steps to get the materials you need, and get down with your masked self

Get a quick introduction to library services and resources as Duke resumes in-person classes this fall

Join us as we read the Hugo award-winning dark fantasy/sci-fi novel

Find out how we’re planning to reopen safely, learn how to make your own mini-zine, and more!

Sign up for one of our 30-minute orientations on Zoom for graduate students

Working from home offers an opportunity to hone new skills for one of our special collections conservators

This month we’re showcasing some of our audiobook holdings from OverDrive

In an exclusive tell-all, we divulge the inside secrets of what’s really required to facilitate e-resource access

A look at three pre-modern plague novels that feel freshly relevant now

Join us as we read the Hugo award-winning dark fantasy/sci-fi novel

We’ve put together a pocket-sized DIY zine to help keep track of your summer plans.

Papers reveal a unique portrait of women’s involvement in science and politics in the early 1900s

Join Duke’s University Librarian to learn about plans for our phased reopening this summer and fall

Pick up books and other materials from the library with minimal contact

Why Boccaccio’s nearly 700-year-old masterpiece still holds up

Digitized archival maps offer a window on Durham’s history of racial and economic injustice

A closer look at an 1850s diary calls for a reclassification of its contents for researchers

Recommended books, audiobooks, videos, and other resources to help you get started

Japanese Studies Librarian to retire after 30 years at Duke

Check out a wide variety of streaming films that reflect the African American experience

A fascinating find in the papers of a black educator, journalist, and reformer from Raleigh

Our Librarian for Jewish Studies reconsiders one of the earliest recorded stories of infectious disease

Learn about our phased plans for reopening, as well as contactless pickup of books and other materials

A message to our community about how the Libraries are taking action against racial injustice

Recommended reads highlighting the black experience and black excellence

Insider glimpses of our resources, films, books, and beyond, presented in short video posts

One of our conservators shows how, with a few simple tools, you can create these beautiful books at home

Interested in engaging students with digital and physical primary source materials?

Our librarians share recommended reads and resources about pandemics throughout world history

Even during a pandemic, minor library disasters can strike and have to be dealt with

A look back at a forty-three year career in Duke’s libraries

A snapshot of findings from our most recent student survey

Our librarians share recommended reads and resources about pandemics throughout world history

Recommended reads from our collection of e-books and audiobooks on OverDrive

Graduation may be virtual this year, but our regard for our student workers remains very real

We take Zoom for granted, but the technology that helps us endure a pandemic has been over a century in the making

Although the in-person celebration was called off, we want to recognize these outstanding undergraduate researchers

Graduation may be virtual this year, but our regard for our student workers remains very real

How do these nearly century-old recipes for date muffins, date crisps, and date meringues hold up?

We’ve put together a little zine anthology of quotations we’ve been thinking about during this difficult time

The University Archives and Medical Center Archives are working to document this unique time in Duke history

In lieu of Puppies in Perkins, we’ve compiled a caboodle of animal live streams for you to view any time you need to de-stress!

Next time you use one of our thousands of journals, textbooks or articles online, you have Continuing Resource Acquisitions to thank

While you’re working on those final papers, consider submitting them for one of our research and writing awards!

Break out your craft supplies and help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Some musings on the essential workers who are keeping us all afloat during these challenging times

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with these twelve free documentaries

All the votes are counted, and the results between the match of The Ling King and Mulan are in…

While you’re working on those final papers, consider submitting them for one of our research and writing awards!

Break out your craft supplies and help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Deborah Jakubs addresses what Duke’s spending controls mean for our collections and services to the Duke community

Brackets aren’t just for March. Cast your vote on the best animated films in our collections!

Due to the coronavirus, we’ve extended this year’s deadline for the Rudolph William Rosati Creative Writing Award

Even as the Libraries remain closed, there is no shortage of library resources to be enjoyed remotely

Graduation may be virtual this year, but our regard for our student workers remains very real.

Explore the history of epidemics, pandemics, and infectious disease in our History of Medicine Collections

Join us to hear about one Duke researcher’s quest to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine

We’ve never needed poetry more than now

Graduation may be virtual this year, but our regard for our student workers remains very real.

Happy Census Day! Just like libraries, the U.S. Census is for everyone.

We’re piloting a new feature that lets you recapture that “old book smell” virtually

Artifacts from an ancient disaster provide a chance to reflect on the current one and how Duke’s libraries are responding

We may not be able to watch Major League Baseball, but we can take a tour through baseball-related materials in our digital collections

Our Conservation Lab looks back on some of the best, and strangest, things they’ve found in library books

E-Books and audiobooks you can check out anytime

In a situation like we face now, unfettered access to research data could save lives

Duke holds one of the largest sequential art collections held by any library in North America, if not the world

Duke adopts new policies on spring semester classes, residential life, travel, events, and campus visitors

A recently acquired and digitized postcard collection offers a fascinating window on an ancient city