March 2021 News

March 25, 2021
Nota Bene, Yale Library’s much-loved newsletter since 1987, has been reborn in digital form. Nota Bene, Yale Library’s much-loved newsletter since 1987, has been reborn in digital form. The second online issue features stories about a new exhibition space in Sterling Memorial Library, a new tool...
photo of Larry Krasner in an office surrounded by advisors
March 24, 2021
Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening and discussion of Philly D.A. In 2017, Philadelphia had one of the highest incarceration rates of any major city on the United States. When civil rights attorney Larry Krasner mounted a long-shot campaign to become District Attorney—and won—he...
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March 22, 2021
Yale University Library has received its first-ever gift to establish an endowed fund to support digital preservation. The $100,000 gift comes from an anonymous 2008 graduate of Yale College, now a historian of modern warfare. Library leaders hope the new fund will also draw attention to digital...
March 18, 2021
The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award from the Medical Library Association. This award recognizes organizations “whose exemplary actions have served to advance health information...
March 16, 2021
Last fall, when the COVID-19 pandemic moved her introductory biology laboratory to Zoom, Maria Moreno, senior lecturer and research scientist in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, saw an opportunity to try something new. Working with GIS Librarian Miriam Olivares and Life Sciences...
March 3, 2021
Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of Coded Bias, a new documentary by Shalini Kantayya, followed by a discussion with the film's stars. When computer scientist Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab discovered that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify...
Graphic with text reading Yale Library Online Library Prizes
March 2, 2021
Yale University Library is seeking submissions for three annual prizes for outstanding senior essays. Each carries a $500 award and is presented during Commencement ceremonies at the recipient’s residential college. Based on quality of submissions, the library may name more than one winner (or...

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