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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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Yale Library invites grant proposals for research in medical historical collections

February 13, 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.

Collections in the media: A 400-year-old Dutch bond, musical scores, a poet’s papers, and more

January 20, 2026

Local, national, and international media report on the library’s resources, exhibitions, staff, and community engagement efforts.

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Library Shelving Facility sets a record: Two million items delivered to users

December 18, 2025

A Hungarian-language journal for a research at Rutgers is the 2 millionth item requested and retrieved from Yale Library’s off-site storage facility since April 2020.

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This year’s holiday greeting from the library celebrates the American poet Louise Glück

December 15, 2025

University Librarian Barbara Rockenbach has chosen an oil painting by the American poet and essayist Louise Glück (1943–2023) as this year’s holiday card illustration. The award-winning poet’s papers and artwork are in the library’s collection at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Copyright the Estate of Louise Glück

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Sterling Library exhibition celebrates 10 years of student curators’ achievements

December 15, 2025

Four alumni returned to campus to share stories about their experiences in the library’s Student Exhibition Program and offer their advice to undergraduates.

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