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Library Security team members Boyd, Schneider, and Dorantes

February 19, 2024
Three security officers at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library share their commitment to ensuring students, visitors, and fellow staff members always feel welcome and supported.
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Recently digitized: Saul Steinberg and Langston Hughes materials

February 7, 2024
Papers related to Langston and Steinberg were among 5,800 new images added to Yale Library’s searchable digital collection in December 2023.
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Yale Library’s digital designer Monica Ong Reed named a 2024 USA Fellow

January 29, 2024
The library’s senior web and digital designer Monica Ong Reed is one of 50 artists named this year as a United States Artists Fellow.
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Library exhibits and campus events celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day throughout January

January 19, 2024
Events continue throughout January to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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Fortunoff Video Archive invites applicants to second summer program in Budapest

January 12, 2024
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies hosts a second summer session in Budapest, Hungary, on the topic of “Holocaust Testimonies and Their Afterlives.” The session will run July 10–19.
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Rare collection of recordings by Anthony Braxton enters library's digital collections

September 7, 2023
Library partnership with Tri-Centric Foundation ensures worldwide access to hundreds of digitized recordings made by composer-musician Anthony Braxton.
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Library provides essential support to incarcerated students earning college degrees

August 21, 2023
Library staff and volunteers provide resources and services to students in the Yale Prison Education Initiative program.