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Photo gallery: New faculty invited to explore the library’s many resources

September 18, 2024
Fifteen new faculty members attended a half-day orientation to learn about the many opportunities for partnering with library staff and teaching with collections.
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Winner of the 2024 Yale Library Walking Tour awarded a private study room in Bass Library

September 11, 2024
Elynn An, ’28, Saybrook College, was this year’s winner of the undergraduate Yale Library Walking Tour.
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Photo gallery: Library hosts the Yale College Academic Resources Fair for new students

September 11, 2024
Hundreds of newly arriving undergraduates attended the Academic Resources Fair, held for the first time this year in Sterling Memorial Library.
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Photo gallery: Yale Library’s annual Ice Cream Social takes the heat off

August 28, 2024
Every August, Yale Library staff looks forward to the arrival of the Blue Chip Creamery ice cream truck to sample the summertime sweets—and share time with colleagues and friends.
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Good news, movie fans! See 21 free films through December

August 27, 2024
Free film screenings of an assortment of award-winning and notable films run nearly every week from August to December.
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Yale Library Book Talk series presents its 2024–25 lineup of new author events

August 26, 2024
This fall’s Yale Library Book Talk series is featuring 5 authors with new nonfiction titles, with topics ranging from librarian spies to Yale’s bulldog mascot Handsome Dan.
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The Yale Film Archive receives its 14th national grant for film preservation

August 21, 2024
The Yale Film Archive’s 14th National Film Preservation Foundation grant will enable the preservation of two short films by Sheldon Renan, Class of 1963.