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Sterling Library's L&B Room will reopen to students April 15

February 20, 2024

The Linonia and Brothers Reading Room has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, it’s being renovated to its original splendor.

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New exhibit in Hanke Gallery features sacred texts across faith traditions

February 21, 2024

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

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Yale Library’s digital designer Monica Ong Reed named a 2024 USA Fellow

January 29, 2024

The library’s senior web and digital designer Monica Ong Reed is one of 50 artists named this year as a United States Artists Fellow.

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Library staff supports young historians in Connecticut History Day regional contests

April 11, 2023

“I signed up to be a judge for Connecticut History Day because I saw it as a way to ‘give back’ to the New Haven community,” says librarian Roberta Dougherty.

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Eight writers awarded the 2023 Windham Campbell Prize for literary excellence

April 5, 2023

Now in its tenth year, the prestigious prize awards eight more poets, playwrights, fiction and nonfiction writers in recognition of their achievements.

Yale Library joins advocacy efforts for equitable access to e-resources

April 5, 2023

Yale Library staff members serve an active role in the Library Accessibility Alliance, which works to ensure equal access to all library users.

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GIS Support Services joins earthquake-relief efforts with mapathon training

April 4, 2023

Volunteers receive training in geospatial mapping for a wiki-style campaign to assist ongoing earthquake-relief efforts in Turkey and Syria .

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Digital Humanities Lab hosts three April workshops on effective, ethical design

April 3, 2023

DH Foundations, a series of three virtual workshops, will teach participants to analyze and propose effective digital humanities projects.

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Connecticut Public Radio features the library's Harlem Renaissance–era materials

March 28, 2023

Melissa Barton, curator at Beinecke Library, discusses the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection with Ray Hardman of Connecticut Public Radio.

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Sterling Library inspires student's animated film—a love story

March 24, 2023

Yale School of Art graduate student Filip Birkner creates a short animated film inspired by his love of books, chairs, and Sterling Library.

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