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Mohamed Diallo ’26 reassembles the story of Yale’s early Black students with archival research and ArcGIS mapping

April 23, 2026

Diallo played a central role in the creation of the online resource “Shining Light on Truth: Early Black Students at Yale,” a comprehensive effort to identify the Black students in Yale’s history.

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Film Archive simplifies service model to enhance teaching and research support

April 16, 2026

Yale Film Archive has streamlined access to collections and facilities. Library users can now request materials online through Quicksearch and pick them up at any library’s service desk.

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Yale Library collections available for borrowing will effectively double in July

April 14, 2026

In July, Yale Library users will gain access to 8.8 million more titles through the library’s membership in a consortium of institutions sharing collections.

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Video: A lost samurai love story in a library manuscript

April 29, 2021

Scholars collaborating across three continents are deciphering a rare eighteenth-century Japanese manuscript at Yale University Library to reveal a tragic—and likely true—love story between two male samurai warriors.

New emulation tool unlocks a world of knowledge from old CD-ROMs

April 28, 2021

Yale University Library has launched a new online tool which enables users to access outdated CD-ROMs on current computer systems. Using the Yale Library Emulation Viewer, library users no longer need to check out a physical item and track down the required—and now obsolete—hardware to view it.

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Students’ exhibitions show range of Yale Library collections

April 6, 2021

Online exhibitions curated by Yale students in English, environmental science, and architecture feature a wide range of primary sources and other resources from Yale University Library.

Sterling Library nave to become a new exhibit destination at Yale

April 1, 2021

Under the watchful gaze of Alma Mater, a section of the Sterling Memorial Library nave will be transformed into a museum-quality gallery that will showcase materials from Yale’s vast and diverse special collections. Construction began April 5 and will finish in about eight months.

First endowment for digital preservation spotlights a rising need

March 22, 2021

Yale University Library has received its first-ever gift to establish an endowed fund to support digital preservation. The $100,000 gift comes from an anonymous 2008 graduate of Yale College, now a historian of modern warfare.

Video: Introducing the 2021 Windham-Campbell prizewinners

March 22, 2021

On March 22 Yale announced the eight recipients of the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes. The writers, whose work explores matters both personal and political, were honored for their literary achievement or promise. Each will receive $165,000 to support their work.

Accelerated GIS course developed by library is a first for Yale undergrads

March 16, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic moved her introductory biology laboratory to Zoom, Yale faculty member Maria Moreno saw an opportunity. The result was a collaboration with librarians to develop an intensive six-week introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.

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