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As an uncommon library for the common good, we empower exploration and spark crucial conversations. 

Connecting across disciplines, we educate, collaborate and craft the future. We increase access to information, encouraging curiosity and inspiring learners to apply it in ways that create new knowledge and ideas.

Through care, persistence and transformation, the University Libraries advances the success of all Flyers, every day.

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Emanuel Vendrell ’27 traveled just under 2,000 miles to attend UD. Away from his home of Puerto Rico, he’s found what he now calls his second home — Roesch Library.
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A history major walks into an archive … and well, the rest is history. Micah Mifsud ’26 describes working in University Archives and Special Collections.
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A new Marianist prayer card gives local appeal to a global tradition. Download and print your own.
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