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Photo gallery: Library welcomes new Yale faculty members

September 11, 2023
The library hosted an orientation event to introduce new faculty members to the library and the many staff and services available to support them and their students.
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Rare collection of recordings by Anthony Braxton enters library's digital collections

September 7, 2023
Library partnership with Tri-Centric Foundation ensures worldwide access to hundreds of digitized recordings made by composer-musician Anthony Braxton.
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Library provides essential support to incarcerated students earning college degrees

August 21, 2023
Library staff and volunteers provide resources and services to students in the Yale Prison Education Initiative program.
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Barbara Rockenbach: “We have a responsibility to make our collections open to the world.”

August 17, 2023
Barbara Rockenbach, Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian, shares her vision in an interview with ELI magazine.
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Library joins “For Humanity Illuminated” celebration of Yale’s cultural heritage collections

August 17, 2023
Yale Library joined the international “For Humanity Illuminated” conference to celebrate the university’s cultural heritage collections.
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Photo gallery: Library staff members line up for summertime treats

August 15, 2023
Yale Library’s annual ice cream social marks a farewell to summer and celebrates the start of the new academic year.
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Opening access to complex texts: Cataloging the Ottoman-Turkish collection

July 12, 2023
Graduate student with unique language skills begins the long-awaited cataloging of treasures from the Ottoman Turkish collection.