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Number of users of Yale Library Digital Collections steadily climbs

April 23, 2025
In 2024, 50 percent more users accessed digitized objects in the library’s special collections than in 2023, and the collection grew in size by more than 420 percent.

April 24: View a film begun by theater icon Lee Breuer in 1968 Paris—now finished by his son

April 22, 2025
The Yale screening of “Moi-même” on April 24 will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Mojo Lorwin, Breuer’s son and eventual collaborator on the film. The Beinecke Library, home to Breuer’s papers, recently acquired the film’s original footage.
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Library announces 10 new special collections now available to researchers

April 14, 2025
Thanks to staff efforts in the early months of 2025, researchers will find 10 new collections and 17 expanded collections in Archives at Yale.

Highlights, photos from the presidential inauguration celebrations in Sterling Library

April 10, 2025
Sterling Library was among the featured spots to tour during the inauguration celebration weekend for President Maurie McInnis.
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Class of 2025 invited to submit senior essays for library prizes April 14, April 30, and May 7

April 3, 2025
Submissions for three Yale Library prizes for senior essays—the Applebaum Award, Kaplan Prize, and Map Prize—are due in mid-to-late April and early May.

Yale Library’s graduating student employees will leave a lasting legacy in the stacks

April 2, 2025
The library’s student employees from the Class of 2025 will be honored at an event on April 16—and presented with personalized book plates to appear in books they have selected for the library’s collection.

Media outlets take notice of Yale Library staff achievements, programs, and exhibitions

April 1, 2025
A roundup of recent media coverage includes stories about Beinecke Library exhibitions, collections, and staff, and the work of Preservation and Conservation.
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