Yale University EliScholar – A Digital Platform for Scholarly Publishing at Yale Yale University Library Annual Reports Library Publications 2013 YUL Annual Report; 2012-2013 Yale University Library Follow this and additional works at: http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yul_annual-reports Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Yale University Library, "YUL Annual Report; 2012-2013" (2013). Yale University Library Annual Reports. 7. http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yul_annual-reports/7 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Library Publications at EliScholar – A Digital Platform for Scholarly Publishing at Yale. It has been accepted for inclusion in Yale University Library Annual Reports by an authorized administrator of EliScholar – A Digital Platform for Scholarly Publishing at Yale. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. annual report • 2012–13 discovery of collections cover photo: A snapshot of images from some of the Yale Library’s special collections and in the center, some students, led by Senior Research Scholar, Barbara Shailor, using quills, parchment, and inks from the Traveling Scriptorium during a class session hosted in the conservation laboratory. 2 university librarian’s report 2012–13 This report marks my second year as University Walpole Library a substantial collection of historical Librarian at Yale University. As I reflect back across prints was cataloged, and a finding aid was created for the year, the word that best illustrates it is “discovery.” the full Horace Walpole collection of correspondence Discovery is reflective not only of my own journey as and manuscripts held at the library. In addition, this University Librarian, but also characterizes the sense year the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of purpose that guided a number of the Library’s exceeded its annual benchmark in a multi-year initiatives last year.