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Register for the Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival

September 20, 2021

The Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival presents a series of live and on-demand events by the 2021 prize recipients. A one-time, online registration gives free access to all of the events including the closing keynote address by United States poet laureate Joy Harjo.

View the September issue

September 10, 2021

View the September issue of Nota Bene featuring stories about a revealing analysis of the controversial Vinland Map and the public viewing of a library-preserved film about James Baldwin, as well as upcoming library events and exhibitions.

Sign up for a librarian-led tour of Sterling and Bass libraries

September 3, 2021

Tours designed for new students will cover study spaces, navigating the book stacks, borrowing, research support, student jobs, exhibit curation opportunities, and the library’s history and architecture. Registration required.

Beinecke Library's Vinland Map determined to be a fake

September 2, 2021

Library conservators and conservation scientists at Yale have found compelling new evidence that the Beinecke Library’s Vinland Map, once hailed as the earliest depiction of the New World, is awash in twentieth-century ink.

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