How should I serve static dependencies in ExpressJS?

Normally, I copy libraries like jQuery into the js/lib folder of a web project so that they can be used by the client.

I was thinking that if I'm already using npm for package management, I could just skip this step. I did this instead:

npm install jquery --save

and then in my server code:

app.use('js/lib/jquery.min.js', express.static('node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js'));

Is this approach any better? It seems more DRY not to have two different folders for dependencies, but it also feels hacky and less transparent.