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Slideshow: Students view films, try out animation at Film Archive

October 13, 2021
Slideshow: Students in “Principles of Animation” visited the Film Archive in Sterling Library to view films in the new screening room and get a hands-on lesson in animation techniques.
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Online exhibition views coeducation through a new lens

October 12, 2021
A summer fellowship in Manuscripts and Archives gave Charlotte Keathley ’22 a new view of Yale history, new pathways to primary sources, and the opportunity to co-curate an online exhibition on coeducation.
Fred Shapiro standing in the library, surrounded by shelves of books

For New Yale Book of Quotations, law librarian mined Yale Library collections

September 27, 2021
Fred Shapiro documented 13,000 famous quotations—and a few discoveries: Ben Franklin cribbed the line about death and taxes. Napoleon may not have been the first to say an army marches on its stomach. And yes, men often get the credit for women’s words.
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Register for the Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival

September 20, 2021
A one-time, online registration gives free access to all of the events with 2021 prizewinners including the closing keynote by Joy Harjo, the U.S. poet laureate.
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Library events and resources for Sept. 17 Constitution and Citizenship Day

September 15, 2021
Yale University Library and the Lillian Goldman Law Library are co-hosting two events and offering a range of resources to celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day which is recognized each year on September 17.
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Beinecke, Haas, and Sterling presenting in-library exhibitions

September 5, 2021
Under current Yale COVID protocols, in-library exhibitioins are open to members of the campus with Yale ID access to the libraries. Others are invited to view Yale Library’s large and growing array of online exhibitions.
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Sign up for introductory tours of Sterling, Bass, Marx and Beinecke libraries

September 3, 2021
Tours designed for new students will cover study spaces, navigating the book stacks, borrowing, research support, student jobs, exhibit curation opportunities, the history and architecture of the spaces, and more. Registration required.