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Film still of woman in purple print dress sitting on a couch, smiling at a man with in yellow T-shirt and overalls sitting next to her.
March 18, 2022
The Yale Film Archive has received a grant to preserve Losing Ground , the 1982 masterwork of the late Kathleen Collins, a pioneering Black writer and filmmaker whose work was largely unseen for decades after her death in 1988 at the age of 46.
Thin white-haired man in blue checked shirt and dark pants holds camera and looks at stone fountain strewn with flowers.
February 23, 2022
Anthony Riccio, who retired in 2020 after 23 years at collections maintenance supervisor in Sterling Memorial Library, passed away on Jan. 16. He was a photographer, historian, and generous mentor to staff and students alike.
Vintage black and white image of two policemen holding open the doors of prisoner transport vehicle while a woman in a light print dress  and dark beret steps out
February 15, 2022
The first Yale Library Book Talk will feature historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Debby Applegate, author of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age debut on March 2 at 4:30 pm. Online and open to all.
Smiling Black woman wearng white turtleneck sweater, glasses, and colorful hairband, holding pencils in one hand and a bookmark in the other.
January 9, 2022
Kenya Siana Flash, librarian for Political Science, Global Information, and Government Information at Marx Science and Social Science Library, was an exceptional and beloved social sciences librarian, colleague, teacher, and community member. She died Dec. 24 at the age of 41.
Group photo of students in a courtyard with stone and brick building in the background
December 23, 2021
Established last year, Yale Library’s student advisory committee has provided input into library decision making throughout the pandemic and serves as a conduit for students to share their library-related questions and interests with staff.
An entrance with a sign reading WIENER WIESENTHAL INSTITUT FUR HOLOCAUST-STUDIEN (VWI)
November 16, 2021
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies has established a temporary European outreach office at the headquarters of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute to expand awareness and research use of the Yale Library collection of Holocaust testimonies.
Woman in red dress and dark coat standing on a pier with water and blue sky behind her
November 16, 2021
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tatjana Lorkovic, curator of Slavic and Eastern European collections from 1989 to 2014, led the reimagining of acquisitions and relationships with archives in the region.