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Yale Library announces the return of 12th-century manuscript to the Republic of Poland

January 29, 2026

On Jan. 29, Yale Library welcomed representatives of the Polish government to New Haven for the formal transfer of a liturgical manuscript known as the Cistercian Collectar from the collection of the Beinecke Library.

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Writers, photographers, explorers are among the subjects of 9 new collections now open to researchers

January 28, 2026

New collections and new materials in existing collections are now available to researchers through Archives at Yale.

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With employee feedback, Yale Library builds new programs for staff development and engagement

January 14, 2026

Risë Nelson, director of Staff Development and Engagement (SDE), discusses the library’s plans and progress.

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Library joins AI4LAM, a collaboration to advance AI best practices in cultural heritage institutions

March 12, 2026

Furthering its commitment to responsible scholarly applications of artificial intelligence, Yale Library has joined a consortium of peer institutions to share information, resources, and best practices.

After library conservation work, rare Lam Qua paintings are on view in new YCBA exhibit

March 11, 2026

A team of experts—led by Laura O’Brien-Miller, assistant head of Rare Books and Manuscripts Conservation—made the presentation of three works by an important Cantonese artist possible for the first time in decades.

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Music Library’s 3rd Miles Hoffman Concert features newly acquired guitar manuscripts

February 20, 2026

João Luiz Rezende, Yale School of Music’s professor of guitar, and his students will perform the program, featuring works composed by and for Andres Segovia.

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Interim directors named for Yale’s law and medical libraries

February 17, 2026

Yale librarians Daniel Dollar and Holly Grossetta Nardini have been named to interim leadership positions for the Lillian Goldman Law Library and the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library respectively.

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Yale Library invites grant proposals for research in medical historical collections

February 16, 2026

Applications are now being accepted for travel fellowships and grants to support research in the medical historical collections of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. The application deadline is April 26, 2026.

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Close look at “Roots of Healing” exhibition includes video featuring curator Matthew Morrison, M.D.

February 10, 2026

Five significant medical guides and video commentary by the curator are featured in the Yale News review of “The Roots of Healing: Six Centuries of Medical Herbals”—on view at the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library through March 22.

Library celebrates Love Data Week with series of in-person and virtual events

February 6, 2026

This year’s Love Data Week celebration—from Monday, Feb. 9, to Friday, Feb. 13—provides a week full of events for researchers.

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