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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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Library Shelving Facility offers final spring student tour on April 18

April 9, 2024

The Yale Library Shelving Facility invites students to take an hour-long tour of the storage facility rarely open to visitors.

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Happy 93rd birthday, Sterling Memorial Library

April 9, 2024

Sterling Memorial Library, named for benefactor John William Sterling and designed by architect James Gamble Rogers, was dedicated on April 11, 1931.

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"Whaling Logbooks": The 2024 Senior Fellowship Exhibit traces maritime history

April 6, 2024

Curated by AJ Laird, the exhibition features 19th- and 20th-century mariners’ logbooks, which documented every aspect of sea voyages as they unfolded and reveal the complex world of the whaling industry.

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Yale Library invites students to submit senior essays for three annual prizes

April 2, 2024

Yale College seniors can win prize money and publication for senior essays or projects based on research in Yale Library’s special collections.

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New Yale Library Miles Hoffman Concert Series opens April 19

April 2, 2024

Sponsored by the Gilmore Music Library, the new annual series honors noted violinist and classical music commentator Miles Hoffman ’73.

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Yale Library acquires historic video interviews with leading musicians

April 1, 2024

More than 250 interviews recorded for NewMusicBox between 1999 and 2020 will be digitized and made freely avaialable to researchers

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The Medical Historical Library invites applicants for two 2024 fellowships

March 14, 2024

Applications are now open for two fellowship opportunities—up to $2,000 for one week of research in the collections of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. The deadline for applications is Sun., April 28.

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