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University Librarian outlines next priorities in interview with Yale Daily News

February 26, 2025
Barbara Rockenbach, newly reappointed as the Stephen F. Gates ‘68 University Librarian, discusses future plans for Yale Library with Claire Nam of “Yale Daily News”

Barbara Rockenbach reappointed as Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian

February 14, 2025
University leaders have reappointed Barbara Rockenbach to lead Yale Library for a second five-year term.

Student discovers treasures in the drawers of the library's former card catalog

January 30, 2025
Baala Shakya ’29 discovered hidden messages in the wall of card catalog drawers in Sterling Memorial Library.
View of a vaulted ceiling with a star pattern at center and structural arcs radiating outward

"In their own right”: Sterling Memorial Library’s ceilings take the spotlight

January 15, 2025
“It’s Your Yale” article features descriptions and images of the impressive ceilings in five of the spaces within Sterling Memorial Library.
Large room with floor-to-ceiling arched, leaded Gothic-style windows, coffered ceiling, hanging lamps, furnished with tables and chairs and couches. No people are shown.

A room of their own: Grad students welcome a new library workspace

November 3, 2024
Room 226 in Sterling Memorial Library, originally home to a Yale Library special collection of “Goetheana,” is now a dedicated space for masters’ and doctoral students.
View of three bays of stained glass windows within marble arches. At right is inscribed column "Erected in memory of John William Sterling"

“Heart of Glass”: Sterling Memorial Library and its 3,301 leaded stained-glass windows

October 10, 2024
As it approaches its centenntial in 2031, Sterling Library celebrates Owen G. Bonawit, the stained glass artist who created its decorative windows.
Four red, white blue posters hang on wall of library alcove with wooden desk and chair. Library shelves line both sides with a small red felt racing pennant extending from book at left

Games in the Attic: Sterling bookstacks inspire a student’s art—and evolution

August 15, 2024
In her first semester at Yale, Ella White ’27 gravitated toward the Sterling Library bookstacks for work, study, and reflection. The stacks inspired her first art collection and an interactive art exhibit among the bookshelves.
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