Dawn Smith Dawn Smith is the associate director for Technical Services for the Lillian Goldman Law Library. She came to Yale Library after 10 years at the Loyola Los Angeles Law School—now Loyola Marymount Law School—where she most recently held the position of head of technical services. Dawn oversees the library’s acquisitions of materials in all formats and makes them accessible to members of the university community. She also manages the budget for the law library’s collection. Recently, Dawn has been serving as the project lead in the law library’s migration from its integrated library
Monica Reed has been a designer at Yale University for more than 16 years. Formerly with Yale School of Music and the Digital Humanities Lab, she has recently brought her expertise to Yale Library Communications. As senior digital and web designer since 2022, Monica produces a wide range of digital media and graphics that support the library’s identity and mission. “I am also involved in thinking strategically about the future of the library’s website, especially now as we are trying to reimagine the site on a new platform—Drupal 10—in the near future,” Monica said. Migrating to the new site
Three security officers at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library share their commitment to ensuring students, visitors, and fellow staff members always feel welcome and supported.
Omobolaji, Yale librarian for African Studies, selects, interprets, and manages the library’s collection of imprints in indigenous African languages, including Kiswahili, Yoruba, Wolof, and isiZulu.
The group’s day-long field trip included a tour of Beinecke Library’s exhibition space and a meeting with Haruko Nakamura, librarian for Japanese Studies.
Soli helps maintain the Divinity Library’s collection, oversee interlibrary loans, and process course reserves. She also assists patrons and trains student workers.
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
