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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

Interviews with gospel stars Lady Tramaine Hawkins, Richard Smallwood, and BeBe Winans join 3,000 others in the archive.

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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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"Whaling Logbooks": The 2024 Senior Fellowship Exhibit opens April 29

April 23, 2024

Curated by AJ Laird, the exhibition features 19th- and 20th-century mariners’ logbooks, which documented every aspect of sea voyages as they unfolded and reveal the complex world of the whaling industry.