Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility

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June 4, 2025
“Street Talk: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace” is on view in the Hanke Exhibition Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library through Sept. 14.
May 30, 2025
On display are nearly 150 manuscripts and materials from the approximately 5,300 objects in the library’s collection of materials from the Islamic world.
May 28, 2025
A rare early moving picture shows a Juneteenth 1925 celebration in Beaumont, Texas. The film is from a Beinecke Library collection of silent black and white films created by Rev. Solomon Sir Jones, a minister who created a rich film record of African American life primarily in Oklahoma in the 1920s.
From left: Monika Lehman and Jennifer Coggins
May 8, 2025
Archivists Jennifer Coggins and Monika Lehman—with fellow members of the Reparative Archival Description (RAD) Working Group —work to improve the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of the library’s archival records. As co-chairs of RAD, they and the seven other members identify harmful or outdated language in the library’s vast repository of finding aids—the tools that describe the contents and organization of a collection. RAD’s goal is to update, contextualize, and improve the accuracy of the object descriptions in the finding aids, which scholars rely upon while conducting their research
April 30, 2025
The Oral History of American Music (OHAM) collection adds a video interview with acclaimed artist, songwriter, and producer Kirk Franklin to the growing collection.
Irene Jazowick
March 27, 2025
Irene Jazowick, a member of the library’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Advisory Committee, also advises the Yale Repertory Theatre on the services it provides for audience members in the Deaf community.
Woman in blue dress with red, orange pattern stands at gallery entrance next to large sign reading "Hanke Gallery" and "Street Talk"
March 15, 2025
Street Talk is on view through Sept. 14 in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library.