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Library launches year-long trial of new AI-powered discovery tool for research

March 20, 2026

Through Dec. 31, 2026, the Yale community is invited to test a new AI-powered discovery tool and provide the library with feedback.

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Library joins AI4LAM, a collaboration to advance AI best practices in cultural heritage institutions

March 12, 2026

Furthering its commitment to responsible scholarly applications of artificial intelligence, Yale Library has joined a consortium of peer institutions to share information, resources, and best practices.

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Yale Library invites grant proposals for research in medical historical collections

February 16, 2026

Applications are now being accepted for travel fellowships and grants to support research in the medical historical collections of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. The application deadline is April 26, 2026.

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Student employees shape Yale Library and leave a record of their service in the stacks

May 13, 2025

Nearly 100 graduating students who have worked for Yale Library were celebrated at the annual end-of-year event with personalized bookplates.

Making science accessible: Matthew Blair ’26 is digitizing hundreds of issues of student-run magazine

May 12, 2025

“The Yale Scientific Magazine”—the nation’s oldest collegiate scientific publication—is now available on EliScholar, thanks to Matthew Blair ’26.

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Yale Library, Poorvu Center create new leadership role to further AI strategies and policies

May 8, 2025

Effective July 1, associate professor of English Ben Glaser will assume the new position of director of AI initiatives in the humanities.

Kirk Franklin, “king” of urban Gospel music, joins greats in the oral history collection

April 30, 2025

The Oral History of American Music (OHAM) collection adds a video interview with acclaimed artist, songwriter, and producer Kirk Franklin to the growing collection.

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Number of users of Yale Library Digital Collections steadily climbs

April 23, 2025

In 2024, 50 percent more users accessed digitized objects in the library’s special collections than in 2023, and the collection grew in size by more than 420 percent.

April 24: View a film begun by theater icon Lee Breuer in 1968 Paris—now finished by his son

April 22, 2025

The Yale screening of “Moi-même” on April 24 will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Mojo Lorwin, Breuer’s son and eventual collaborator on the film. The Beinecke Library, home to Breuer’s papers, recently acquired the film’s original footage.

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Library announces 10 new special collections now available to researchers

April 14, 2025

Thanks to staff efforts in the early months of 2025, researchers will find 10 new collections and 17 expanded collections in Archives at Yale.

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