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Ellison Dunn ’27 selected to create the next senior exhibit in Sterling Memorial Library

May 13, 2026

Art history major Ellison C. Dunn ’27 will present her photography exhibition documenting queer culture in spring 2027.

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Kress Fellow Ivy Drew tells America’s complex story through her exhibition of artists’ books

May 21, 2026

“An Artist’s America: Toward a More Perfect Union” will be on view at the Haas Family Arts Library from June 8 through Nov. 8.

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Class of 2026 graduates win library prizes for best senior essays

May 21, 2026

Yale Library awarded the Kaplan, Applebaum, and Map prizes to seven graduates. Their winning essays are available to read online in EliScholar, Yale’s digital platform for scholarly publishing.

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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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Medical Library receives 2021 research award in health sciences librarianship

March 16, 2021

The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award from the Medical Library Association.

Yale Library eliminates fees for Yale authors publishing in PLOS

February 23, 2021

Yale University Library has signed two innovative agreements that will allow Yale-affiliated authors to publish in any PLOS open access journal without paying article processing charges (APCs).

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