At the heart of every great university is a great library.
The University of Denver Libraries – ranked #3 in the U.S. by Princeton Review – buttress research and education across all majors and programs, resourcing everyone from first-year undergraduates to senior faculty and our wider community. Our distinctive collections and primary sources preserve diverse cultural heritages, broaden information access within our community, shape courses and impact the productivity of our faculty’s renowned global research. Our buildings provide environments for students to digest our experiential, applied education that marks a dramatic shift in conventional thinking about what the university experience can and should be in the 21st century. And our librarians foster the necessary skills for students to engage critically and constructively across disciplines and media.
DU is the only private university in the Rocky Mountain region to hold an R1 classification in national acknowledgement of our commitment to exceptional research: deep, rich and diverse collections developed by the University Libraries are pivotal for sustaining and sharing DU’s unique intellectual contributions.
Building Deeper and Richer Collections
DU University Libraries support all students, all faculty, all teaching and learning and all research. Support for our collections critically strengthens research, teaching and learning; it cultivates a distinctive assembly of scholarly publications, enhanced special collections and diversified materials that benefit our students, faculty and community.
Expanding Our Information Literacy Programming
Dedicated Information Literacy Librarians teach faculty and students how to find, evaluate, and question information. Your gift advances Information and Data Literacy for students navigating the Information Age.
Strengthening Our Data Services
Philanthropic support helps students and faculty integrate data into teaching, learning and research. Your gift sharpens information skills like using geospatial data, data visualization, text and data mining and generative AI.
Deepen University Archives
Gifts to University Libraries help us meaningfully document DU’s history, including many of the regional histories in surrounding communities. Funding for a University Archivist allows us to strategically and proactively preserve the experiences of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. From founding documents to hockey gloves, our archives tell the story of DU.
