In his New Yorker article “Future Reading: Digitization and Its Discontents,” Princeton historian Anthony Grafton warns that the future library will not be a "a seamless mass of books, easily linked and studied together" but rather a "patchwork of interfaces and databases." In such an environment, Grafton claims that researchers will have to learn "how to chart the tectonic plates of information that are crashing into one another and then to learn to navigate the new landscapes they are creating."
The Yale University Library offers a number of workshops to facilitate the use of our historical collections, both print and electronic. Taken as a whole, these workshops are intended to help our readers navigate historial resources in the 21st century. The list is updated throughout the academic year, so check back for new classes. All Yale affiliates are welcome to attend.
Library Orientation for History Majors
Tuesday, January 31, 5:00 – 6:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Friday, February 24, 2:00 – 3:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Friday, April 13, 2:00 – 3:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Digital Newspapers and Periodicals for American and British History
Friday, February 17, 2:00 – 3:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Citation Management for Historians
Friday, March 30, 2:00 – 3:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Primary Sources in Western European History
Friday, March 30, 4:00 – 5:00pm; Bass Library, L06 A&B
Collections and Sources for Senior Essays
Friday, April 13, 11:30 – 1:00, Bass Library L06 A&B
Literature Reviews in History: How to Create a Comprehensive Bibliography
Friday, April 20, 4:00 – 5:00pm; Bass Library, L06 A&B
Using the National Archives (US) & Presidential Library System: An Overview
Friday, April 27, 2:00 – 3:00, Bass Library, L06 A&B
Questions regarding the library workshops for historians should be directed to Gregory Eow, Kaplanoff Librarian for American History and Librarian for British and Commonwealth History, Yale University Library