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

September 26, 2024

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

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Library co-hosts weekend celebration of composer Charles Ives to mark his 150th year

October 4, 2024

Musical performances, panel discussions, and an exhibition at Gilmore Music Library fill a weekend-long celebration Oct. 26-27.

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Yale Library Book Talk series presents its 2024–25 lineup of new author events

August 26, 2024

This fall’s Book Talk series features 5 nonfiction authors on topics ranging from librarian spies to Yale’s bulldog mascot Handsome Dan.

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Slide Show: Libraries reopen after COVID shutdown

September 8, 2020

In August, Yale libraries celebrated their reopening to students and faculty after a nearly six-month COVID-19 shutdown. View images of the big day.

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Introducing the Marx Science and Social Science Library

March 31, 2020

A four-generation Yale family has created a permanent endowment for Yale University Library’s Center for Science and Social Science Information, a gift that will support key university initiatives in the sciences and social sciences.

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