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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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Irving S. Gilmore Music Library celebrates 25 years at home in Sterling Library

October 12, 2023

In 1998, the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library moved from its crowded home in Sprague Hall into a soaring new space in Sterling Memorial Library.

Yale Film Archive wins 13th federal grant for preservation of significant films

October 11, 2023

The Yale Film Archive receives grant to preserve Shades , a 1960 fictional short about inmate rehabilitation.

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In the cards: Library partners work together to solve mysteries of rare tarot deck

October 4, 2023

Yale Library and ICPH conservation scientists work to decipher the secrets of a 15th-century tarot deck held at Beinecke Library.

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Photo gallery: Library staff welcomes the fall season with annual Oktoberfete

October 3, 2023

The weather was perfect for the 2023 library Oktoberfete in the courtyard behind Klein Tower on Science Hill.

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Soli Johnson, library services assistant, Divinity Library

September 22, 2023

Soli helps maintain the Divinity Library’s collection, oversee interlibrary loans, and process course reserves. She also assists patrons and trains student workers.

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Books by Yale Library Book Talk authors are now in the stacks of Sterling Library

September 20, 2023

Commemorative editions of books by Yale Library Book Talk authors now sit on the shelves of Sterling Library.

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Photo gallery: Librarians give new students overview of library services and support

September 19, 2023

Members of the Class of 2027 filled the Commons during the Undergraduate Academic Fair to learn about the many opportunities available to them across campus.

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