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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.
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Films on film: Yale Film Archivist shares strategy for preserving and screening

July 7, 2023
Brian Meacham, film archivist, spoke about the Yale Film Archive at the British Film Institute film festival in London.
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In honor of Kenya Flash, library creates new residency position for early-career librarians

June 1, 2023
Entry-level career librarians are invited to apply for a new three-year residency established to honor beloved social sciences librarian Kenya Flash (1980–2021).
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Sandrine Guérin, Archivist

June 1, 2023
Sandrine, archivist for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, joined the library in August 2021 and is responsible for organizing and describing Modern European collections that document artistic and social movements as well as social thought and cultural criticism, with a focus on postwar Europe. She has a background in social science and her extensive experience in the cultural sector, and diversity, equity, and inclusion have remained core values in her personal and professional life. Sandrine has consistently applied a critical lens to examine and challenge institutional systems