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Yale Library will be closed Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday

November 12, 2025
All Yale libraries will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

GIS librarian Miriam Olivares among this year's Linda Lorimer Award recipients

November 12, 2025
On Nov. 11, Yale University President Maurie McInnis presented GIS librarian Miriam Olivares with the prestigious Linda Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service. Olivares, a Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Science with degrees in Architecture and Land Development, is head of Geospatial Support Services at Yale Library and the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions. With more than 20 years of experience, she coordinates geospatial support services for researchers in higher education. The Lorimer Award committee acknowledged that “Miriam has been instrumental in helping students, staff, and
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Five new and nine expanded collections now available for researchers

November 10, 2025
Five new collections were processed in the third quarter of 2025, including the papers of former Yale President Benno Schmidt Jr.
black and white photo affixed to yellowing scrapbook page shows older woman seated in a white chair outdoors with a younger woman perched next to her and a teenaged boy standing behind them .Photo has scalloped white border and is affixed with black adhesive corners. Penciled in cursive next to the image is: "Sept. 1949 just before Warren left for Exeter."

Beinecke Library acquires Sylvia Plath family papers

November 7, 2025
The archive offers previously inaccessible resources and new insights into the life and work of a beloved American poet. The materials will be available for use at Beinecke Library in early December.
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Music Library exhibition celebrates Yale’s first professor of jazz as oral historian

November 4, 2025
“Willie Ruff: In Jazz and in the World,” is on view in the Gilmore Music Library corridor through March 15.
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“Your Yale” highlights the teamwork and planning behind major library technology upgrade

October 23, 2025
“Your Yale” explores the two-year, library-wide effort that culminated in the successful launch of the new library services platform.
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Sterling Library reopens Andrews Study Room and invites students to suggest further enhancements

October 23, 2025
The Andrews Study Room (SML 215), closed for renovation in June, reopened for study and browsing on Oct. 22. The library is seeking student suggestions for a second phase of the project.
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