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Sterling Library's L&B Room will reopen to students April 15

February 20, 2024

The Linonia and Brothers Reading Room has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, it’s being renovated to its original splendor.

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New exhibit in Hanke Gallery features sacred texts across faith traditions

February 21, 2024

“Copying Sacred Texts: A Spiritual Practice” is on view in Hanke Exhibition Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library through Aug. 11.

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Yale Library’s digital designer Monica Ong Reed named a 2024 USA Fellow

January 29, 2024

The library’s senior web and digital designer Monica Ong Reed is one of 50 artists named this year as a United States Artists Fellow.

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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

Yale Library’s inaugural Miles Hoffman Concert will be held at the United Church on April 19 at 4 p.m.

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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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Photo gallery: Korean artist visits library to open new Hanke exhibit

March 12, 2024

Master Kyeongho Kim demonstrated his exacting methods—a meditative practice—for an audience in Sterling Library.

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Pioneering oral historian Laurel Fox Vlock honored on Sun., March 3

March 1, 2024

Laurel Fox Vlock, whose video recordings became the foundation for the library’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, will be honored on Sun., March 3, at 2 p.m. at New Haven Museum,

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Yale Daily News highlights library's support for open access to research

February 19, 2024

Yale Library leadership expresses support for White House–mandated open access to scholarship in an article for Yale Daily News.

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