Libraries, Museums and Press

The main library, Morris Library, sits in the heart of campus on the Green. In addition, there are four branch libraries: the Chemistry Library, the Physics Library, and the Education Resource Center are also on the Newark campus, and the Marine Studies Library is on the Lewes campus. Four Special Collections and Museums gallery spaces—including Mechanical Hall Gallery, the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall, Old College Gallery and the Special Collections Gallery in Morris Library—display rotating exhibitions that are free and open to the public. The editorial offices of the UD Press, which publishes scholarly works for researchers, are situated in Morris Library.

Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums, May Morris Librarian

Dawes has served as the Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and as the May Morris Librarian since 2016. May Morris was the sister of the late Hugh M. Morris, University alumnus, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and noted Delaware jurist. She was a noted librarian at Bryn Mawr College and at her alma mater, Dickinson College.