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

We’ll have origami, button-making projects, homemade cookies, and tea!

Apply for up to $4,500 to support original research over the summer

Join us as we read the untold story of the “women who made the internet”

Contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at Duke

The selection committee has narrowed the field to four titles. Cast your vote by Mar. 1

Curious to know more about the Lilly renovation and expansion? Join us for a public open session with the architects.

Help us celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit in the Chappell Family Gallery

Help us highlight student researchers who have shown excellence in using library materials

What is that “big book” on display in the lobby of Lilly Library?

Rubenstein Library builds a collection of 41 million items to preserve for use on campus and around the world

Nomad offers single-click access to library content from Wikipedia, PubMed, more

After nearly a year of work, we’ve launched an updated version of our online repository

Whether a new item or colleague, Antha Marshall knows how to make all feel at home

Prestigious award honors individuals for contributions to East Asian libraries/East Asian Studies

Join us for a showcase of recent work and hear from experts on sharing public-facing digital scholarship

Lilly Library is set to be renovated and expanded over the next two years. Here’s a preview of what’s in store.

Dr. Sarah Milov will discuss her new book, The Cigarette: A Political History, in conjunction with our exhibit, Tobaccoland

Help us celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit in the Chappell Family Gallery

Recommended reads from our New and Noteworthy and Current Literature Collections

Visiting playwright and Rosati fellow will read selections from his work

Join us for a free midday performance in the library featuring Duke’s own Ciompi Quartet

In the mid-20th century, the electric utility put out an annual collection of holiday recipes

While preparing to move portraits of prominent Duke family members, one of our conservators did a double-take

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A Duke/Grolier Club exhibition explores 500 years of women as scientists, midwives, writers, activists, undertakers and more

Join a campus book club or start your own

Explore the role that tobacco marketing, branding, and nicotine addiction have played in American history

What did the man who coined the term “genocide” do while he worked at Duke?

A new acquisition of prints by the famous artist involved some archival sleuthing

Author will accept award at a March 2 ceremony at Duke

Join us as we read the untold story of the “women who made the internet”

Schedule an appointment to give blood today

Check out photos from around the Libraries and tag us to share yours!

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Recommended reads from our New & Noteworthy and Current Literature collections

Duke basketball posters, historic photographs, ancient papyri, and more

Look for collections bins throughout the libraries, and please help us fill them!

Archives chronicle social, cultural, and historical impact of nonprofit’s work over 83 years

How has the library impacted YOUR Duke experience?

We’ve pulled together a sampler of mouth-watering titles (and movies) for this month’s theme

Trot over to East Campus and take a finals break with the “Stampede of Love”