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Illustration of Louis Pasteur in black coat, black cap, and white shirt with standup collar, holding two white bunnies

Six new library exhibitions now on view

September 21, 2022

New Yale Library exhibitions—drawing on collections in the sciences, arts, and humanities—are now open to visitors at five library locations.

Six librarians posing for portrait, four women and one man, standing in front of wooden library door. The two women at left have short brown hair and wear blue tops; two shorter women at center stand on step below the others; on the right end is a man with a blue check, long-sleeve shirt. At center in back row is a woman with a pink cardigan and polka dot skirt..

Twenty librarians promoted

September 13, 2022

Promotions recognize achievement and growth in specialized knowledge, skills, leadership, and contributions to the profession.

Three men pose in front of metal bookcases lined with books. Man at left has reddish hair and wire glasses and wears a brown suit and paisley tie; man at center has black hair and dark rimmed glasses, white shirt, brown leather belt, and hands in pockets; man at right has grey hair and van dyke, with rimless glasses and short-sleeve blue, white and gray plaid shirt. All smile broadly.

Marx Library welcomes visiting librarian James Wong

September 13, 2022

A science librarian from Yale-NUS College in Singapore is spending the month with Yale Library colleagues.

Tall young man with wavy brown hair, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, a blue shirt, white pants, and short necklace, stands next to small woman with dark hair, black and white flowered dress and red sweater. In the background are ornate wood-carved panels and they lean against a long, dark wood-carved surface that had once been the library's circulation desk..

Librarian helps Senior Exhibit Fellow navigate an unusual collection

September 9, 2022

Jessica Quagliaroli mentored Chucho Martinez Padres ’23 as he researched art historian George Kubler PhD ’40.

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Saturday Introductory Tour of Beinecke Library

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Mondays at Beinecke Online Gallery Talk: The Martellus Map

Oct

Lyric Thinking: An Opening Event for the Model Research Collection

Oct

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: The Third Man

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Pasteur at 200

Small white round powderbox decorated with blue white and coral cloisonne, with a center circle and star shapes across the top surface

Subjects and Objects, Slavic Collections at Yale, 1896–2022

Background image shows a circular design in light pink with rays from center circle to fluted edge. Printed on the surface in red is the title of the exhibition, printed in black is the subtitle and the dates of the exhibition.

A Few Words Worn around the Edges, Pressed into Something Soft: Ten West Coast Women Printers