The area from the entrance to the information desk is called the "nave"，the same as that in a church. The Nave is decorated with marble reliefs depicting the history of Yale Library. For instance, on the left hand at the entrance, it is the story of Yale's founding-donating books, while paintings on stained glass windowpanes tell the history of New Haven and Connecticut. There are some 3,300 hand-decorated windows, depicting everything from fiction to history and even small insects. When sunshine pours in, visitors may see shadows on the floor. How amazing!
按照教堂的風格，從人口到信息臺的區域被稱做"中殿"。中殿的墻壁上到處都是大理石浮雕，展示著耶魯圖書館的歷史。比如，在進門的左手邊，就是一組描繪贈 書立校的雕刻；彩色玻璃窗上的圖案則講述著紐黑文和康州的歷史。斯特林圖書館共有約3300扇手繪窗戶，其圖案五花八門，從傳說到歷史以至小小的昆蟲。陽光灑進來， 參觀者可以看見地板上的陰影，那是多么美妙的景象！
Due to limited space, Sterling was expanded. The adjoining underground Cross Campus Library which has two levels was built in 1971，connecting to Sterling via an underground tunnel. It was renovated and renamed to Bass Library in 2007. Bass Library currently contains an additional 150,000 volumes. In 1997，the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library was constructed in one of Sterling's unused courtyards.
由于空間受限，斯特林圖書館后來進行了擴建。跨校園圖書館是一座地下圖書館， 共兩層,建成于1971年，它們之間通過一條地下隧道連結起來。跨校園圖書館經過整修， 于2007年更名為現在的Bass圖書館。目前，此館擁有藏書15萬冊。1997年，在斯特林久置不用的一處院落里，又建造了歐文 S吉爾摩音樂圖書館。
Except for Sterling Memorial Library, we have to mention Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The library possesses one of the greatest collections of rare and historical books and manuscripts in existence. Many are unique in the world, with its greatest treasure being Gutenberg Bible - the first Western book printed from movable type. In order to protect these precious books from direct sunlight，Beinecke is made of semitransparent marbles from Vermont, with no windows at all. It is said that in case of fire, the building would be emptied from oxygen by special devices to prevent the books from burning.
除了斯特林紀念圖書館，還有一座圖書館不得不提，那就是貝克尼珍品與手稿圖書館。該館是收集現存珍品、古書、手稿數目最多的場館之一，其中許多都是獨一無二的，而其鎮館之寶--《古騰堡圣經》是歐洲最早的活字印刷本。為了避免這些珍 貴的圖書因陽光直射而受損，圖書館外墻全部由產自佛蒙特州的半透明大理石拼接而 成，看不到一扇窗戶。據說，一旦發生火災，工作人員將啟動特殊裝置將館內的空氣 抽空，以免書籍被燒毀。
On the circulation desk of Sterling Memorial Library, it says: people come and go, while knowledge accumulates day by day. Indeed, books are the foundations of Yale. Walking into Yale libraries, you are indulging yourself in the riches of knowledge.
斯特林紀念圖書館的借書臺上刻著這樣一句話：人群來來往往，知識與日俱增。的確，書籍是耶魯的基石；走進耶魯大學圖書館，你就走進了知識的寶庫。
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