Yale University Library News, Events and Exhibits Archive



Current News, Events, and Exhibits

01 May 2008 : Extended Study Hours in Bass Library details...

23 Apr 2008 : Help Us Improve the Library Catalog (and Get a $10 Gift Certificate) details...

04 Apr 2008 : Librarian of Congress to Speak at Yale Medical Library

04 Apr 2008 : Applebaum Prize for Research in GDIC Collections

31 Mar 2008 : Access to Kline Science Library

27 Mar 2008 : April 3: James J. O'Donnell on Roman Emperors and Their Libraries details...

24 Mar 2008 : March 28: Georgia Harper details...

18 Mar 2008 : New Digital Collections Page details...

07 Mar 2008 : Iraq's Cultural Reconstruction details...

04 Mar 2008 : "Verdi versus Victor Maurel on Falstaff: Twelve New Verdi Letters and Other Operatic and Musical Sources in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings" details...

14 Feb 2008 : Survey of Yale Faculty Reveals High Rating for Library details...

14 Feb 2008 : February 19: Stephen Carter details...

08 Feb 2008 : February 12: Queer Tea details...

08 Feb 2008 : Senior Appointments in Yale University Library details...

08 Feb 2008 : Library Honored By New Haven Colleagues details...

07 Feb 2008 : ID Required for Access to Mudd Library and GDIC details...

01 Feb 2008 : Opening Reception for "Art Is Where You Find It" details...

18 Jan 2008 : Library Closed January 21 details...

18 Jan 2008 : L&B Room Egress Construction details...

21 Dec 2007 : Choose the Winner of the Yale Links Contest details...

19 Dec 2007 : Library Holiday Hours details...

18 Dec 2007 : Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions at the Lewis Walpole Library details...

10 Dec 2007 : Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prizes for Seniors and Sophomores details...

10 Dec 2007 : Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prizes for Seniors and Sophomores details...

04 Dec 2007 : Immanuel Wallerstein to Speak on African Liberation Movements, Dec. 7

21 Nov 2007 : Bass Library & Wright Reading Room Closures: November 30 details...

20 Nov 2007 : Creating Today's Library: A Symposium Celebrating the Bass Library details...

05 Nov 2007 : Gilmore Music Library Acquires Archive of Renowned Composer Benjamin Lees details...

31 Oct 2007 : Yale and Microsoft Partner on Ambitious Digital Project details...

30 Oct 2007 : Lewis Walpole Library Reopens details...

19 Oct 2007 : Enter the Medical Library's Yale Links Contest to Win an iPod Touch details...

19 Oct 2007 : Bass Library Now Open! details...

17 Oct 2007 : Opening of the New Bass Library October 18-19 details...

17 Oct 2007 : Library School Information Session and Reception details...

10 Oct 2007 : National Honor for Manuscripts and Archives Interim Director details...

03 Oct 2007 : Current Exhibits in Sterling Memorial Library

01 Oct 2007 : Manuscripts and Archives Orientation Session details...

01 Oct 2007 : New Hours for Mudd Library and GDIC details...

01 Oct 2007 : New Pickup Location for Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan (ILL) details...

19 Sep 2007 : Top five things you need to know about library e-resources at Yale details...

11 Sep 2007 : Manuscripts and Archives Graduate Student Reception on September 18 details...

11 Sep 2007 : Announcing the Inaugural Applebaum Prize details...

04 Sep 2007 : Welcome Students! details...

04 Sep 2007 : Sample of Recent Articles in the Social Sciences from Yale Authors details...

04 Sep 2007 : Sample of Recent Articles in the Life Sciences from Yale authors details...

04 Sep 2007 : Sample of Recent Articles in the Physical Sciences from Yale Authors details...

22 Aug 2007 : New Library Search details...

20 Jul 2007 : New Kaplanoff Librarian for American History and American Studies details...

12 Jul 2007 : Yale Network Interruption Sunday, July 15 details...

19 Apr 2007 : Yale Library talk and exhibit to address issue of Globalization details...

05 Apr 2007 : April lecture for "Global Faces of the Yale Library" details...

16 Mar 2007 : Yale and Iraq: Iraq and Yale - March's Global Faces of the Yale Library Lecture details...

16 Mar 2007 : APRIL TOURS: Highlights of the East Asia Library details...

14 Feb 2007 : Library hosts public lecture in recognition of African American History month details...

08 Jan 2007 : Global Faces of the Yale Library: Curatorial Tour Series for January details...

08 Jan 2007 : Lunchtime Film Series from Manuscripts and Archives details...

08 Jan 2007 : READ GLOBAL: Changing the World details...

08 Jan 2007 : The Cary Collection of Playing Cards online database details...

05 Dec 2006 : New Exhibits in Sterling Memorial Library

23 Oct 2006 : Library Development in Developing Nations: Access to Scientific Information for the Developing World details...

27 Sep 2006 : Global Faces of the Yale Library: 2006-2007 Season of Library Events details...

22 Sep 2006 : Yale Center for British Art Reference Library extends its hours of operation details...

22 Sep 2006 : EndNote and RefWorks introductory workshops details...

22 Sep 2006 : New online tutorials to learn library tools and tips

05 Sep 2006 : Orientation Tours of SML begin 9/5 details...

01 Sep 2006 : Trial database: Vital Statistics on American Politics details...

01 Sep 2006 : PROF: Programs and Research Orientation for Faculty

28 Aug 2006 : Entry and Access Changes for Sterling Memorial Library details...

25 Aug 2006 : New Databases and Article Searching page details...

25 Aug 2006 : Reduced services September 2 through September 4, 2006 details...

21 Aug 2006 : SSLIS Announces New Service Hours details...

31 Jul 2006 : The East Asia Library's Upcoming Renovations details...

31 Jul 2006 : New trial now available online: The Oxford African American Studies Center database of African American history, biography, and reference.

21 Jul 2006 : Additional Library Card Catalog Cabinets for Sale details...

14 Jul 2006 : New government-related trial databases now available online details...

14 Jul 2006 : Four new exhibits now on view in Sterling Memorial Library

22 Jun 2006 : Remote access to Yale University Library electronic resources details...

20 Jun 2006 : Now available online: The SPIE Digital Library

01 Jun 2006 : Art and Architecture Library June Closure and July Reopening details...

01 Jun 2006 : The Life and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2006): Author, Aviator, and Environmentalist details...

19 May 2006 : Cross Campus Library to Close on Tuesday May 23rd details...

12 May 2006 : Temporary change in hours at the Divinity Library May 15th-19th details...

12 May 2006 : Spring issue of Nota Bene now available online

03 May 2006 : Renovation Progress at the Walpole Library

27 Apr 2006 : Access the latest Information about the Upcoming CCL Renovations

27 Apr 2006 : Facts on File World News Digest now available online.

19 Apr 2006 : Creating Bibliographies with EndNote details...

13 Apr 2006 : Now available online: Book Review Digest Retrospective

13 Apr 2006 : Access to SML, CCL and Beinecke during President of China visit, April 21st details...

23 Mar 2006 : Yale University Library Open House Day

20 Mar 2006 : Card Cabinet Sales Details details...

17 Mar 2006 : Ask! a Librarian details...

16 Mar 2006 : Removal of Card Cabinets from SML Nave details...

10 Mar 2006 : U.S. Government Printing Office launches enhanced catalog of government publications details...

24 Feb 2006 : Construction Noise in SML during Spring Break details...

24 Feb 2006 : Now available: Library Workshops for Freshmen

13 Feb 2006 : Jamaica Kincaid to speak at the Yale Library details...

13 Feb 2006 : Now available online: Black Thought and Culture

09 Feb 2006 : Orbis upgrade improves access to area studies collections details...

20 Jan 2006 : Flood Damage in Sterling Memorial Library details...

17 Jan 2006 : Attend training sessions to create bibliographies with EndNote and RefWorks details...

11 Jan 2006 : Grants to Enable Developing World to Access Research details...

08 Jan 2006 : Letter from University Librarian regarding flooding and damage in Sterling Memorial Library details...

15 Dec 2005 : Now available online: The Black Studies Center

14 Dec 2005 : Now available online: The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

14 Dec 2005 : Now available online: The Nineteenth Century Index

14 Dec 2005 : 75th anniversary events for January

06 Dec 2005 : Library services December 22, 2006 through January 1, 2007 details...

23 Nov 2005 : Now available online: The George E. Palade Electron Micrograph Slide Collection

23 Nov 2005 : Now available to view online: 75th anniversary lecture by David McCullough

22 Nov 2005 : Lewis Walpole Library closed for building renovations details...

22 Nov 2005 : New exhibits on view in Sterling Memorial Library details...

01 Nov 2005 : RefWorks Workshop to be held in CCL electronic classroom on November 3 at 4:00 p.m. details...

20 Oct 2005 : Sterling Memorial Library early closings Friday, October 21, 2005 details...

11 Oct 2005 : Now available online: 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

11 Oct 2005 : Learn about the International Projects and Activities of the Yale University Library

22 Sep 2005 : Learn more about upcoming Sterling Memorial/Cross Campus Library planned renovations

22 Sep 2005 : RefShare lets you easily share references with others details...

01 Sep 2005 : Now available online: Making of the Modern Economy

01 Sep 2005 : Now available online: Empire Online

01 Sep 2005 : Now available online: The Library of Latin Texts

19 Aug 2005 : Now available online: Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 (Series II)

19 Aug 2005 : Now available online: Directory of Published Proceedings

19 Aug 2005 : Now available online: MInd: the Meetings Index

19 Aug 2005 : Now available online: Nature: international weekly journal of science

28 Jul 2005 : Now available online: Art Museum Image Gallery

28 Jul 2005 : Now available online: RLG's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (CAMIO)

28 Jul 2005 : Now available online: Science Citation Index highlighting early 20th century science articles

11 Jul 2005 : Now available online: American State Papers, 1789-1838

21 Jun 2005 : Now available online: Lit Finder

20 Jun 2005 : Library's new subscription to Scopus details...

17 Jun 2005 : Now available online: Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

17 Jun 2005 : The Seaver Institute Funds Diabetes Research and Yale Library�s Cuban Collection details...

14 Jun 2005 : Library systems unavailable Sunday June 19, 5:00-5:45 AM details...

25 May 2005 : The New Oxford American Dictionary and more new titles from Oxford Reference Online details...

25 May 2005 : Going away for the summer, but need to continue using library resources?

18 May 2005 : The Lost Papers of Louise Bryant details...

16 May 2005 : Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) link up with Yale University Library details...

10 May 2005 : U.S. Department of Education funds Yale Library's Middle East Virtual Library project details...

03 May 2005 : Foundation Directory Online: Platinum now available to Yale community

25 Mar 2005 : NEH funds preservation of Arabic collection details...

25 Mar 2005 : Mellon Foundation funds collections collaborative among Yale libraries, museums, and galleries details...

25 Mar 2005 : Walpole's Strawberry Hill the focus of a major Yale project details...

24 Mar 2005 : Faculty invited to apply for "library, technology, and pedagogy" course support

21 Mar 2005 : Yale Library receives grant for collections-based learning and teaching details...

21 Mar 2005 : Teagle Foundation grant funds Yale to lead partnership for �Strengthening Liberal Education through Special Collections� details...

03 Mar 2005 : SML flooring renovations require temporary relocation of circulation and privileges services details...

28 Feb 2005 : Visit the redesigned Manuscripts and Archives Web site

15 Feb 2005 : Jay Wright wins 2005 Bollingen Prize for Poetry

11 Feb 2005 : Please assist us in our review of the library's web site

07 Feb 2005 : Yale Library invites applications for special collections humanities fellowship

07 Feb 2005 : Project OACIS expands international content and partnerships details...

07 Feb 2005 : New online books: American Psychological Association's PsycBOOKS

03 Feb 2005 : New: East Asia Library Web site

27 Jan 2005 : New online resource: The Encyclopedia of Islam

27 Jan 2005 : The Making of Modern Law available online

27 Jan 2005 : Library provides access to Reuters Health

25 Jan 2005 : Trial database: Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900

24 Jan 2005 : Search across fourteen reference directories with Gale's Ready Reference Shelf

19 Jan 2005 : Visual Resources Collection to be open two evenings per week details...

07 Jan 2005 : Orbis library catalog enhancements made details...

07 Jan 2005 : New online resource: Index to Hebrew Periodicals

05 Jan 2005 : Medical Digital Library debuts with Peter Parker Collection

22 Dec 2004 : Recess hours for Yale University Libraries

22 Dec 2004 : Borrow Direct services during recess

17 Dec 2004 : Arts Library acquires archive of book artist Richard Minsky details...

09 Dec 2004 : World Biographical Index provides access to more than 3.6 million short biographies

09 Dec 2004 : Scientific American now online back to 1993 details...

06 Dec 2004 : Nature archive now online back to 1980 details...

01 Dec 2004 : Yale Library appoints International and Collections Program Support Librarian details...

23 Nov 2004 : Remember to use the proxy server to connect to library resources from home

16 Nov 2004 : Improvements to Global Books in Print details...

16 Nov 2004 : Library welcomes Fulbright Fellow from Ukraine details...

05 Nov 2004 : New database: UN Commodity Trade Statistics (COMTRADE)

27 Oct 2004 : Change to Beinecke Library access, November 1-4 details...

14 Oct 2004 : CD-ROMs, videos, and other media now circulate from Sterling and other libraries details...

11 Oct 2004 : New online resource: ARTstor image database and presentation tool

11 Oct 2004 : Trial database: xreferplus offers aggregated content from more than 160 reference books

05 Oct 2004 : New database: Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies

05 Oct 2004 : Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship joins Arts Library staff details...

01 Oct 2004 : Keggi Internship brings Estonian librarian to Yale details...

22 Sep 2004 : New online resource : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

13 Sep 2004 : Donate books to "build a city of readers" details...

10 Sep 2004 : Getty grant supports cataloging and preservation of architect Eero Saarinen's papers details...

10 Sep 2004 : Yale and Tufts explore open-source software for preserving electronic records details...

07 Sep 2004 : New database: Communication & Mass Media Complete

31 Aug 2004 : Tours of Sterling and other libraries offered

30 Aug 2004 : Food and drink in Yale University Library details...

30 Aug 2004 : Improvements to Orbis library catalog details...

30 Aug 2004 : Library provides access to RefWorks, citation management tool details...

20 Aug 2004 : Trial access to three reference databases details...

18 Aug 2004 : Change to Beinecke Library hours and access, August 19-September 6 details...

17 Aug 2004 : Improvements to interlibrary loan functionality details...

13 Aug 2004 : Classics Library closed for renovations, August 16-20 details...

10 Aug 2004 : Simplified login procedure for Borrow Direct details...

09 Aug 2004 : Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellow joins the library details...

09 Aug 2004 : Humanities Special Collections Postdoctoral Fellow appointed details...

30 Jul 2004 : Beinecke Library unveils new Web site details...

26 Jul 2004 : Digital Library Cross Collection Search details...

07 Jul 2004 : Trial database: Middle East & Central Asian Studies

15 Jun 2004 : E-mail delays continue; there is a remedy for e-mail within Yale details...

08 Jun 2004 : Student network registrations were deleted on May 26th. Re-register to use Yale's wireless network this summer.

26 Apr 2004 : Wanted: your opinion on the Cross Campus Library

22 Apr 2004 : Temporary closure of Social Science Library's 2nd floor details...

16 Apr 2004 : Economic Growth Center Digital Library now online details...

05 Apr 2004 : Find the journal article you need fast with Citation Linker

05 Apr 2004 : Enhancements to electronic resource searching at the Medical Library details...

30 Mar 2004 : Beinecke curator receives Order of Merit in Polish Culture details...

19 Feb 2004 : Yale librarian wins Medical Library Association award details...

19 Feb 2004 : New Online full-text of U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 15th-19th Congresses, 1817-27

17 Feb 2004 : Extended hours for CCL details...

16 Feb 2004 : Yale Special Collections Humanities Fellowship

04 Feb 2004 : HeinOnline offers wealth of historic legal documents

20 Jan 2004 : Online books available in every academic discipline details...

20 Jan 2004 : New link to Special Collections on library home page details...

20 Jan 2004 : Vanderbilt TV News Archive adds CNN coverage details...

15 Jan 2004 : Trial of Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection details...

22 Dec 2003 : Changes to the ERIC Clearinghouses and Database

17 Dec 2003 : Manuscripts and Archives Digital Image Database (MADID) now on the Web details...

26 Nov 2003 : Safari Tech Books: New computing e-book database

21 Nov 2003 : International Financial Statistics now available online

17 Nov 2003 : OACIS for the Middle East Prototype Released details...

17 Nov 2003 : Diana Timlin Appointed Director of Library Development and Communications details...

17 Nov 2003 : Trial Access to Index Islamicus details...

06 Nov 2003 : Book Arts Ephemera Database goes live details...

06 Nov 2003 : YUL participates in Shoah Foundation's digital archive project details...

06 Nov 2003 : RefWorks usage trial underway

06 Nov 2003 : Farber Gravestone Collection image database now available

25 Oct 2003 : Insight Browser Version temporarily unavailable - use Client. details...

23 Oct 2003 : Keyword Searching is temporarily unavailable in Orbis. details...

23 Oct 2003 : Orbis library catalog temporarily unavailable from 1:30-2:00 pm today details...

22 Oct 2003 : President Levin announces the appointment of Frank Turner to Beinecke Directorship details...

21 Oct 2003 : Becoming a Librarian: Todd Gilman, PhD, reports his experience to the Chronicle of Higher Education

09 Oct 2003 : Library begins trial of Spanish-language database details...

02 Oct 2003 : Yale Library supports "Building a City of Readers" details...

30 Sep 2003 : Brief Orbis outage: Sunday, October 5 details...

29 Sep 2003 : New Orbis feature: New Books list details...

29 Sep 2003 : New resource: Educators Resource Directory details...

22 Sep 2003 : New database sources available online details...

22 Sep 2003 : New resource: Global Financial Data

22 Sep 2003 : Library adds three Past Masters Collections trial databases details...

03 Sep 2003 : New link on Library Web site details...

27 Aug 2003 : Library hours of service after September 3, 2003

18 Aug 2003 : Twelve standard reference books from several disciplines are now available as e-books details...

04 Aug 2003 : Yale University Library offers graduate internship for Spring 2004 details...

04 Aug 2003 : Enhancements to Orbis library catalog details...

30 Jun 2003 : Expanded Consumer Health Information page from Medical Library details...

26 Jun 2003 : New Full-Text Access to Newspapers Online details...

09 Jun 2003 : CDRI: Digital Resources for the study of religion details...

02 Jun 2003 : Manuscripts and Archives awards student prizes details...

23 May 2003 : Bellinger Appointed to AUL Position details...

14 May 2003 : Orbis and Library Web site unavailable Sunday, May 18, 4:30-7:30 a.m. E.S.T. details...

12 May 2003 : Trial database: Canada's Information Resource Centre

02 May 2003 : Temporary closings, Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts details...

02 May 2003 : Trial database: Black Thought and Culture

01 May 2003 : New on the library Web site: Online Books and Digital Collections

01 May 2003 : New: GIS (Geographic Information Systems) at Yale

04 Apr 2003 : New database: MultiData Online, covering about 250 Arabic newspapers and specialized periodicals

04 Apr 2003 : Yale University Library invites applications for new post-doctoral special collections humanities fellowship program

25 Mar 2003 : Dow Jones Interactive is now Factiva details...

25 Mar 2003 : Yale University Library joins BioMed Central

21 Mar 2003 : Announcing a new database for those interested in children's and young adult literature... details...

21 Mar 2003 : Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing details...

04 Mar 2003 : Trial database: Encyclopaedia Iranica

04 Mar 2003 : Changes to library's photocopying service details...

18 Feb 2003 : "Thank You" to library readers. details...

10 Feb 2003 : Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature expands its coverage details...

04 Feb 2003 : New database: Digital Dissertations, with full text of dissertations published since 1997

29 Jan 2003 : Orbis will be unavailable Sunday, February 2 from 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. details...

22 Jan 2003 : E-books on computing and IT now available through Books24x7 details...

22 Jan 2003 : Papers of Benjamin Franklin indexes mounted to web site details...

22 Jan 2003 : Beinecke digital image collections adds new interface details...

15 Jan 2003 : Attention Night Owls: Orbis is now available 24 hours a day! details...

10 Jan 2003 : Beinecke Library now open four evenings details...

17 Dec 2002 : Winter Recess hours in effect: December 22 - January 12

12 Dec 2002 : Cross Campus Library extends hours for finals

01 Nov 2002 : Eero Saarinen papers donated to Library details...

28 Oct 2002 : Library launches Ask! live pilot details...

09 Oct 2002 : Seven new trial education/child development databases online details...

02 Oct 2002 : Oxford Reference Online, the Core Collection, now available

24 Sep 2002 : SYBWorld, the online equivalent of Statesman's Year Book, now available

18 Sep 2002 : Oxford Classical Dictionary available online details...

12 Sep 2002 : Borrow Direct is Expanding details...

20 Aug 2002 : Divinity Library renovation update

05 Aug 2002 : U.S. Department of Education Funds Library's Middle East Database Project details...

01 Aug 2002 : Kline Science Library Closed August 3 and 4 details...

31 Jul 2002 : Trial database: Oxford Classical Dictionary

22 Jul 2002 : New Orbis interface debuts on July 23, 2002

02 Jul 2002 : Access Yale Online Resources from Off-Campus details...

24 Jun 2002 : Web server briefly unavailable on June 25, 26, 27 details...

24 Jun 2002 : Roberta Pilette Appointed Head of Preservation details...

18 Jun 2002 : Getty Grant Program funding helps launch “ELI,” Yale’s Electronic Library Initiatives Program details...

13 May 2002 : Electronic delivery of ILL "photocopies" now available details...

13 May 2002 : Card swipe required to enter SML ILL offices details...

13 May 2002 : Yale Center for British Art Temporary Library Closings details...

29 Apr 2002 : Medical Library hours extended

18 Apr 2002 : Law Library access limited during exams details...

17 Apr 2002 : Ebrary, a collection of electronic books, now available details...

15 Apr 2002 : Streeter collection of weights and measures on the Web details...

15 Apr 2002 : Conservator Gisela Noack honored details...

20 Mar 2002 : New online form to request UNCAT (Uncataloged), In Process, or On Order books

20 Mar 2002 : New database: Essential Science Indicators

19 Feb 2002 : Katherine Haskins Appointed Director of Arts Library details...

18 Feb 2002 : Easier Electronic Research: Try SFX details...

04 Feb 2002 : New Database: Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment details...

04 Feb 2002 : SFX linking added to selected library databases

03 Feb 2002 : Yale joins Stanford and the Peninsula Library System as pilot customer of ebrary

25 Jan 2002 : Psychology bibliographic instruction classes now available

16 Jan 2002 : New database: Connecticut Data Service

14 Jan 2002 : Medical Library FAQ about laser printing fees

14 Jan 2002 : Ellen Hammond to head Yale's East Asia Library details...

14 Jan 2002 : New Research Guide: Mass Media and Popular Culture details...

04 Jan 2002 : Current issue of Nota Bene: News from the Yale Library

03 Jan 2002 : List of new online journals

01 Jan 2002 : News Archive

29 November 2001: Upcoming events at Beinecke Library

29 November 2001: New Finding Aids Database launches

19 November 2001: GIS / ArcView classes

26 October 2001: Special collections fair

18 October 2001: Manuscripts and Archives open Thursday nights

17 October 2001: Arts of the Book open on select Saturdays

5 October 2001: Entering libraries during Tercentennial events

3 October 2001: Borrow Direct upgrade

25 September 2001: New Russian databases

18 September 2001: Online databases offer news coverage of terrorist attacks.

13 September 2001: Major changes to Ovid Interface (PsychINFO, MEDLINE, Current Contents, etc.)

28 August 2001: Limited service at the Divinity Library during construction.