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Graduating student workers honored at Sterling Library, with thanks for all they do

May 1, 2023

Barbara Rockenbach, Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian, and staff librarians celebrated graduating student workers with an afternoon event and bookplates.

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Student brings to light the life and times of Black gospel songwriter Roxie Moore

April 27, 2023

On Wed., May 3, Ambre Dromgoole (MAR ’17) will tell the story of Roxie Moore, one of the influential Black female musicians featured in Dromgoole’s PhD dissertation.

COVID Library Updates

April 5, 2023

Sign up for borrowing privileges, view library exhibitions, and visit Yale Library’s public spaces. Visitors must comply with all Yale visitor policies.

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Librarian Jennifer Snow awarded ARL fellowship

March 31, 2022

Snow is program director for instruction and librarian for Anthropology, Sociology, and Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies at Marx Science and Social Science Library.

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Film Archive awarded Film Foundation grant to restore Kathleen Collins masterwork

March 18, 2022

The Yale Film Archive has received a grant to preserve Losing Ground , the 1982 masterwork of the late Kathleen Collins, a pioneering Black writer and filmmaker whose work was largely unseen for decades after her death in 1988 at the age of 46.

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In Memoriam: Anthony Riccio

February 23, 2022

Anthony Riccio, who retired in 2020 after 23 years at collections maintenance supervisor in Sterling Memorial Library, passed away on Jan. 16. He was a photographer, historian, and generous mentor to staff and students alike.

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New Book Talk launches with Debby Applegate's bio of a Jazz Age brothel owner

February 15, 2022

The first Yale Library Book Talk will feature historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Debby Applegate, author of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age debut on March 2 at 4:30 pm. Online and open to all.

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Yale Library announces new Senior Exhibit Fellowship, proposals due March 7

February 9, 2022

Proposals are due March 7 for a new fellowship that will provide one rising senior a $4,200 summer research stipend plus mentoring and production support to curate a museum-quality exhibit in Sterling Library.

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Remembering Kenya Flash: “Brilliance, generosity, and vast knowledge”

January 9, 2022

Kenya Siana Flash, librarian for Political Science, Global Information, and Government Information at Marx Science and Social Science Library, was an exceptional and beloved social sciences librarian, colleague, teacher, and community member. She died Dec. 24 at the age of 41.

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Slide show: Yale Library student advisory group shapes library's pandemic services

December 23, 2021

Established last year, Yale Library’s student advisory committee has provided input into library decision making throughout the pandemic and serves as a conduit for students to share their library-related questions and interests with staff.

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