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Yale Daily News highlights library's support for open access to research

February 19, 2024
Yale Library leadership expresses support for White House–mandated open access to scholarship in an article for Yale Daily News.
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Call for applications and nominations: Bass Library is growing its team of student mentors

January 19, 2024
The library invites student applications and faculty nominations for undergraduates to train as peer mentors to help fellow students strengthen their research skills.
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A semester full of films: Yale Film Archive presents 20 weeks of free movies

January 10, 2024
The Yale Film Archive’s Spring Series presents a new film to see nearly every week of spring semester.
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Photo gallery: Yale Library Shelving Facility staff and friends celebrate 25 years

December 7, 2023
The Yale Library Shelving Facility celebrates 25 years of safely storing and distributing its nearly 9 million items.
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Beinecke at 60: Staff members present favorites from Yale Library’s special collections

November 29, 2023
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, please check out the new visual story featuring staff and curators sharing their favorite things from special collections!
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Preserving your history: Archivist Jennifer Coggins shares tips of the trade

November 28, 2023
In workshops and online, Jennifer Coggins, community engagement archivist at the Beinecke Library, guides aspiring historians through the steps of creating a personal archive.
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Photo gallery: “Quantum” Model Research Collection lures newcomers and fans

November 20, 2023
The 2023–2024 Model Research Collection—”From DOS to Qiskit: Turning Entanglement into Quantum Computation”—is on display in Bass Library and the Bass-Sterling hallway through May 6.