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“In the First Person” exhibition of survivors’ testimonies featured in news outlets across the state

November 10, 2024

Publications have praised Beinecke Library’s current exhibition of Holocaust testimonies, on view through Jan. 28, since its opening in late July.

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A room of their own: Grad students welcome a new library workspace

November 3, 2024

Room 226 in Sterling Memorial Library, originally home to a Yale Library special collection of “Goetheana,” is now a dedicated space for masters’ and doctoral students.

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Pianist-composer Abdullah Ibrahim joins OHAM’s collection of major figures in American music

November 13, 2024

Acclaimed musician Abdullah Ibrahim is among the 1,700 greats whose interview is in OHAM‘s Major Figures in American Music collection.

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Yale Library expands, enhances services for return to onsite teaching and learning

August 30, 2021

Yale University Library is adding, expanding, and adapting services to support students and faculty as they return to in-person teaching and learning this week.

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Film about James Baldwin, newly preserved by Yale Film Archive, will screen at N.Y. Film Festival

August 23, 2021

The short documentary , James Baldwin: From Another Place, was shot by Sedat Pakay MFA ’68 in 1970 when Baldwin was living in exile in Turkey.

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New trial offers remote access to library e-resources through a single browser

August 16, 2021

Yale students, faculty and staff are invited to join a six-month trial of Lean Library Access for easier access to library e-resources from off-campus.

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Library seeks New Haven-area pandemic perspectives for historical archive

August 9, 2021

Yale Library invites Greater New Haven resident to submit personal reflections about the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

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Pandemic access to e-books via HathiTrust will end Aug. 16

July 30, 2021

A key pandemic response—expanded online access to digitized books and journals through HathiTrust—will end with the fall return-to-campus.

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Introducing a new Yale Library website

July 21, 2021

You are looking at the first stage of an iterative redesign of Yale Library’s web presence. We welcome your feedback via the Contact Our Web Team link in the (new) page footer.

AUL for special collections and director of Beinecke Library named

July 16, 2021

Michelle Light will join Yale on October 1 as associate university librarian for special collections and director of the Beinecke Library, coming from the Library of Congress.

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