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Yale Library honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with in-person and online exhibits

January 13, 2025

Visit Sterling Memorial Library through February and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library on Jan. 19 to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Kenya S. Flash Librarian Residency celebrates a first year filled with firsts

January 9, 2025

The new residency program, now in its second year, has set ambitious goals—both to advance library-wide DEIA efforts and to support the success of the selected Flash Resident—to fulfill the legacy of librarian Kenya Flash.

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Yale Library announces new literary prize for American poetry

December 17, 2024

The new $25,000 Willis Prize will recognize an outstanding volume of poetry published in the prior two years.

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Beinecke Library hires six curators, launching a new era for Yale Library Special Collections

September 26, 2024

The new curators will shape how Yale Library’s special collections are selected, taught, and used for decades to come.

Remembering ‘Amnesia’—now on view in Hanke Gallery—revisits a 1986 video game novel

September 19, 2024

“Remembering Amnesia: Rebooting the First Computerized Novel” is on view in the Hanke Gallery, Sterling Memorial Library, through March 2.

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Photo gallery: New faculty invited to explore the library’s many resources

September 18, 2024

Fifteen new faculty members attended a half-day orientation to learn about the many opportunities for partnering with library staff and teaching with collections.

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Winner of the 2024 Yale Library Walking Tour awarded a private study room in Bass Library

September 11, 2024

Elynn An, ’28, Saybrook College, was this year’s winner of the undergraduate Yale Library Walking Tour.

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Photo gallery: Library hosts the Yale College Academic Resources Fair for new students

September 11, 2024

Hundreds of newly arriving undergraduates attended the Academic Resources Fair, held for the first time this year in Sterling Memorial Library.

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Photo gallery: Yale Library’s annual Ice Cream Social takes the heat off

August 28, 2024

Every August, Yale Library staff looks forward to the arrival of the Blue Chip Creamery ice cream truck to sample the summertime sweets—and share time with colleagues and friends.

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Good news, movie fans! See 21 free films through December

August 27, 2024

Free film screenings of an assortment of award-winning and notable films run nearly every week from August to December.

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