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  • Over our heads

    It’s been more than five years since the restoration of the nave of Sterling Memorial Library, but we’re still dazzled by the colors in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2020 10:06am

  • Falling leaves

    We’ve all had days like this: a scribe loses control of his papers in this carving from Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2020 08:28am

  • Time to read

    Today is the last day of classes in Yale College, which means study space in places like the Starr Reference Room at Sterling Library will soon be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2019 07:54am

  • Court is in session

    A place on campus we enjoy in any season: the Librarian’s Court at Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 8 2019 08:32am

  • On the run

    Have you ever noticed the carving at the center of the original circulation desk in Sterling Memorial Library? A quote from the Book of Daniel, it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 7 2019 07:52am

  • Starr chamber

    If you have to be stuck inside studying on a beautiful day, there are worse places to be than the Starr Reference Room in Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 25 2019 09:47am

  • Para sol

    There’s barely a cloud in the sky today, but sun-shy tourists on Cross Campus at midday are making good use of their umbrellas. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2019 01:28pm

  • Half a century of coeducation

    Now on view in the memorabilia room at Sterling Memorial Library: “When the Walls Came Tumbling Down,” an exhibition marking the 50th... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 24 2019 08:06am

  • Calm before the storm

    Some cloud cover made the Sterling Library courtyard a pleasant place to pass the afternoon yesterday. By dinnertime, though, the heavens opened up... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 23 2019 08:53am

  • Crowning touch

    It often pays to look up from your books—or your phone—on the Yale campus. This splendid ceiling is in the Starr Reference Room at... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2019 12:53pm

  • In a fog

    The view from the Sterling Library stacks this morning. Suddenly we’re hungry for pea soup. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 20 2019 09:58am

  • Periodical tables

    Classes are over in Yale College, and reading period has begun. Time to pick a favorite study space! These scholars are working in the periodical... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 30 2019 08:27am

  • Doesn't look a day over 400

    “To me, fair friend, you never can be old  /  For as you were when first your eye I eyed  /  Such seems your beauty... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 23 2019 08:47am

  • Reorganizing

    For decades, Yale's library has been divided between the Library of Congress system and the university’s own method of classification (which the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 8 2019 10:35am

  • Hitting the books

    Reading period is here! Time to find a spot in the stacks. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 11 2018 09:52am

  • To the letter

    Walking through Sterling Memorial Library this morning, we happened on the installation of signage bearing the new name of Yale's Center for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 7 2018 10:34am

  • A hub for digital humanities

    Depending on when you went to Yale, you may remember this space in Sterling Library as the Franke Family Reading Room or, further back, the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 23 2018 08:38am

  • Historic note

    Get your voice warmed up and sing a round of “Happy Birthday” to the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, which opened 20 years ago today.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2018 10:18am

  • Escape route

    "A library is a summons to scholarship,” according to the words carved on the front of Sterling Memorial Library. But within its walls, that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2018 08:35am