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Yale Library and Ivy Plus join in support of open access to federally funded research

March 11, 2023

Yale Library and other Ivy Plus Libraries write in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) granting open access to federally funded research.

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Sterling Library hosts international symposium to tell an untold history

March 14, 2023

An April symposium at Sterling will discuss the little-known shared experiences of Jews and Roma during World War II and the aftermath of the era into the present day.

COVID Library Updates

July 29, 2022

Visitors may sign up for a range of free and paid borrowing privileges, view many library exhibitions, and visit Yale Library’s most iconic public spaces. Visitors must comply with all Yale visitor policies and vaccination requirements.

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Women’s History Month: Eleven online exhibits document the women of Yale

March 10, 2023

Wide-ranging online exhibits document the many contributions that the women of Yale have made to the university and the world.

April events and online exhibit celebrate lyric poetry in the world

March 10, 2023

The online exhibit and upcoming events add new insights and dimensions to the Model Research Collection in Bass Library.

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Photo gallery: Hanke Gallery opens new exhibition "Empire and Resistance"

February 28, 2023

Visitors gathered for the opening of the new Hanke Gallery’s third exhibition, Empire and Resistance: Transisthmian Views of Central America .

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Student curator Nancy Escalante: Finding community in the archives

February 16, 2023

Nancy Escalante—PhD student in American Studies, whose exhibit Empire and Resistance is in the Hanke Gallery—found her passion and a path to her life’s work in the archives.

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Joy Harjo wins Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry

February 14, 2023

Joy Harjo is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, established in 1949 and awarded biennally by Yale University Library.

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Library invites suggestions for new titles for its Reading Resilience Project

February 11, 2023

Submit your recommendations—in person at Bass or online—to help build Yale Library’s growing collection of books by and about people of color.

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World-renowned conductor, alumnus John Mauceri, visits Yale Library for Book Talk

February 4, 2023

John Mauceri ’67, former professor and director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, returns to campus March 8 for a Yale Library Book Talk to discuss The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century.