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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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Current exhibit in Hanke Gallery features sacred texts across faith traditions

May 16, 2024

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

Library adds three more gospel legends to its collection of oral history interviews

May 13, 2024

Oral history interviews with gospel stars Lady Tramaine Hawkins, Richard Smallwood, and BeBe Winans join 3,000 others in Gilmore Music Library collection.

The library’s student employees, Class of 2024, share their favorite work memories

May 7, 2024

Graduating library employees are thanked for their service with individualized bookplates in volumes on the shelves of the collection.

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LSF at 25: A visual history of Yale University Library Shelving Facility

April 25, 2024

Learn more in this visual story featuring video clips, an interactive timeline, and a narrative of the first 25 years by Michael DiMassa, who was the manager of LSF from 1998 to 2010.

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Student curator Molly Smith ’25 honors champion of Yale College women

April 18, 2024

Elga Ruth Wasserman, JD ’76, was a passionate advocate for the first classes of women enrolled in Yale College in the 1960’s and ’70s. Her portrait was installed in Bass Library last year.

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L&B is back! Sterling Memorial Library’s grand reading room reopens

April 16, 2024

The Linonia and Brothers (L&B) Room is open again after a long hiatus—and is better than ever.

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New Haven mayor appoints library's Michael Morand as city historian

April 15, 2024

Michael Morand, director of community engagement for Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, is only the city’s third official historian.

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