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  • Special delivery

    If there’s an award for the prettiest loading dock, we’d like to nominate Sterling Memorial Library. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 28 2017 01:52pm

  • On-campus housing

    The medieval scholar who presides over the entrance to Sterling Memorial Library has a little something extra adorning his head. Wonder if... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2017 08:35am

  • Written in stone

    Carved in the main hall of Sterling Memorial Library are several quotes related to books and reading. This one is from the New Testament (Romans... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2017 08:53am

  • Gladly lerne and gladly teche

    Until recently, the first floor of Sterling Memorial Library behind the circulation desk was filled with offices and other work spaces for... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 31 2017 08:32am

  • Now open

    The York Street entrance to Sterling Memorial Library has been out of use for decades, but as of today it's open again. The suite of library offices... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 20 2017 10:27am

  • Looking up

    Sometimes when we’re leaving the library, we’re so focused on getting through the security desk that we forget to look up at this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 15 2016 08:21am

  • Crunch time

    Yale College classes end this afternoon, and a week-long reading period begins. Students will be looking for a spot like this one in the Sterling... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 9 2016 08:45am

  • Two wheels, four legs

    In a window on the York Street side of Sterling Memorial Library, Handsome Dan has taken up cycling. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 6 2016 08:50am

  • FYI

    We spotted this on Cross Campus Friday morning and thought you’d like to know. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 7 2016 08:24am

  • A Sterling view

    The changing campus skyline, seen from the stacks of Sterling Memorial Library yesterday: in the foreground is the Law School, with the Grove Street... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2016 08:40am

  • Lunch al fresco

    It’s the perfect time of year to take advantage of those Cross Campus benches for some fresh air at lunchtime. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 23 2016 08:38am

  • Life of the mind

    I ain't got no body: above the door of the Starr Main Reference Room at Sterling Memorial Library, a couple of monkish scholars keep watch. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 11 2016 08:43am

  • Print lives

    As more and more academic resources go digital, Sterling Memorial Library still has a reminder of how it all started. This Albion hand press, built... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2016 04:57am

  • Thriller

    School’s out, and it’s time for summer reading. We wish we knew what book was causing such a reaction in this stone scholar in Sterling... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2016 12:22pm

  • Time for reflection

    It’s reunion time! Welcome back to the classes of 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1961, and 1951! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 27 2016 08:58am

  • Feast day

    Ah, senior week . . . these soon-to-be graduates were enjoying a lunch of lobster and champagne in front of Sterling Memorial Library yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 18 2016 08:41am

  • Shhhhhh

    It’s a busy time of year at Yale, but you can always count on the Librarian’s Court at Sterling Memorial Library to provide an oasis of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 29 2016 08:37am

  • Music hall

    All’s quiet today in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Never seen it? The library was built in a former light court in Sterling Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 15 2016 10:17am

  • Button up your chain mail

    It’s possible that we’re a little punchy from all the time indoors, but we couldn’t help thinking this knight looks like... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 27 2016 08:45am