University Libraries - University of South Dakota

06/02/2026

Library Hours
Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 8pm
Friday, 7:30am - 5pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
Sunday, Closed

Juneteenth
June 18, 7:30 am - 5pm
June 19-21, Closed

05/29/2026

Clay County Farm Ownership Atlas of Clay County South Dakota, 1937
https://archivesandspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/clay-county-farm-ownership-atlas-of-clay-county-south-dakota/

05/26/2026

Bill Book from the First Session, Legislative Assembly, South Dakota, 1890
https://archivesandspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/bill-book-from-the-first-session-legislative-assembly-south-dakota-1890/

05/20/2026

Memorial Day Hours
May 23- 25, Closed

05/18/2026

In April, USD RED had 64501 full-text downloads and 332 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 9652. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 2626 institutions across 179 countries.

The most popular papers were:
Nature, Nurture, and Serial Murder: A Biocriminological Analysis of Jeffrey Dahmer and Aileen Wuornos (1024 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/403
The Parentification of Eldest Daughters (632 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/244
The Inclusion of R**e and Other Non-Consensual Sexual Acts in Self-Insert FanFiction (410 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/312

The most popular publications were:
South Dakota Law Review (25269 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev
Honors Thesis (10119 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Medical School Class Composites (8856 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/composites

05/13/2026

The Archives Reading Room in the I. D. Weeks Library will be closed May 20, 2026.

05/12/2026

University Libraries Receives National Grant For Small And Rural Libraries

https://www.usd.edu/the-south-dakotan/university-libraries-receives-national-grant-for-small-and-rural-libraries

The University of South Dakota’s University Libraries has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in the fourth and final round of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.

05/12/2026

05/11/2026

Today is the last day to experience the Rex Butler Collection of Henry and Frank H. Photographs: An Exhibition
https://archivesandspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/the-rex-butler-collection-of-henry-and-frank-h-photographs-an-exhibition/

05/08/2026

Summer Hours begin May 11
Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 8pm
Friday, 7:30am - 5pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
Sunday, Closed