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Photo gallery: Librarians give new students overview of library services and support

September 19, 2023
Members of the Class of 2027 filled the Commons during the Undergraduate Academic Fair to learn about the many opportunities available to them across campus.
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Library Walking Tour introduces new students to Yale’s many libraries, collections, and services

September 14, 2023
Yale Library Walking Tour offers incoming students a chance to learn about Yale’s many libraries and library resources—and a chance to win a private study space for the fall semester.
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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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This summer, Senior Exhibit Fellow AJ Laird ’24 is tracking whaling vessels into the archive

July 8, 2023
AJ Laird ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 Senior Exhibit Fellowship, which offers the selected student an opportunity to create and curate an exhibit based on the topic of the senior essay.
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New Haven, ornithology, and Mexican costume are subjects of award-winning essays

June 26, 2023
Three Kaplan Senior Essay Prizes awarded for essays based on research in special collections.
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Library Map Prizes awarded for creative visual presentations of scholarly research

June 12, 2023
Two prizewinning seniors illustrated their senior essays with maps they made themselves in support of their topic and thesis.
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Applebaum Award presented for senior essay on geriatric health care and U.S. policy

May 31, 2023
Accessing the library’s extensive collection of government materials, Sopie E. Edelstein ’23 wrote her winning essay about mental health care for the elderly in early 20th-century America.