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Library joins “For Humanity Illuminated” celebration of Yale’s cultural heritage collections

August 17, 2023
Yale Library joined the international “For Humanity Illuminated” conference to celebrate the university’s cultural heritage collections.
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Photo gallery: Library staff members line up for summertime treats

August 15, 2023
Yale Library’s annual ice cream social marks a farewell to summer and celebrates the start of the new academic year.
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Quantum theory and you: Curated collection traces ongoing evolution of computing power

August 8, 2023
Dr. Florian Carle, manager of the Yale Quantum Institute, traces how quantum theory has advanced—and continues to advance—the ways in which humans process information.
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Explore LUX: A powerful new tool for searching Yale’s cultural heritage collections

July 25, 2023
LUX: Yale Collections Discovery provides a new, powerful way to search the collections of libraries and museums across Yale University.
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Opening access to complex texts: Cataloging the Ottoman-Turkish collection

July 12, 2023
Graduate student with unique language skills begins the long-awaited cataloging of treasures from the Ottoman Turkish collection.
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Senior Exhibit Fellow AJ Laird ’24 is tracking whaling vessels into the archive

July 8, 2023
AJ Laird ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 Senior Exhibit Fellowship, which offers the selected student an opportunity to create and curate an exhibit based on the topic of the senior essay.
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Films on film: Yale Film Archivist shares strategy for preserving and screening

July 7, 2023
Brian Meacham, film archivist, spoke about the Yale Film Archive at the British Film Institute film festival in London.
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