On Tuesday, May 15, 36 ProQuest, CSA and select Chadwyck Healey databases will have a new and improved look and search features. For a complete list of databases that will migrate to a new platform, see http://bit.ly/9m8cen.

Training is available! The Vanderbilt community is invited to a training session, Wednesday May 23, 10 am – 11:30 am, Room 418A Central Library. Questions? Ask Us

The Library is proud to have helped participate in the creation of the “Who Speaks for the Negro” digital archive. The archive collects digitized versions of the original reel-to-reel recordings that author Robert Penn Warren conducted with Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and other key leaders in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. (see article)

Divinity Librarian Chris Benda interviews William Franke, Professor of Comparative Literature, Italian, and Religious Studies, about his forthcoming book Dante and the Sense of Transgression: “The Trespass of the Sign.” Listen to the interview now or download it!

While reflecting on the development of the auto industry in the state, local businessman Nelson Andrews mentions a forum hosted by Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management called “The Auto Industry Comes to Tennessee,” an event held in conjunction with Sen. Lamar Alexander’s donation of his pre-Senate papers to the Vanderbilt Library. (more)

Divinity Librarian Chris Benda interviews Bonnie Miller-McLemore, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling, about the new book The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, which she edited and to which she contributed the introduction. Listen to the interview now or download it!

There are many inviting study areas in our libraries. In the Central Library, try the Student Commons on the 8th Floor (individual, groups, conference and classrooms), The Payne Reading Room on the 6th floor (graduates), the Parkes Armistead Room on the 4th Floor or the Community Room on 4th floor next to the Cafe. There are also many good places in each of our other libraries.

Study Rooms and Carrels in the Library

Whether you are looking for quiet space or a centralized spot for group collaboration, the Library is an excellent destination.

On Monday, April 23, the USS Sisyphus will attack the Tree of Learning in front of the library.
This will be the submarine’s first mission. 9 students are hidden inside… guiding the vessel through the dangerous waters (grass) of the library lawn.
Two clandestine attacks…. one at 2:05 pm and 3:05 pm.
USS Sisyphus
VU Attack Class: Sub Standard
ARTS 151: Assemblage
The vessel is about 23 ft. long
Admiral Aurbach (Professor Michael Aurbach)

Last week was a wistful one for Lamar Alexander, Tennessee’s senior U.S. senator, and former U.S. education secretary and two-term governor of Tennessee, writes editorial page editor Ted Rayburn. On Monday night, as part of an exhibit of Alexander’s papers at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt, Alexander took part in a panel of luminaries reminiscing about a pivotal moment in Tennessee history. (more)

Divinity Librarian Chris Benda interviews Melissa Snarr, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Divinity School and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, about her new book, All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement. Listen to the interview now or download it!

Credit: Image by Wenhao Liu

(artists’ statements)

Last year, the library approached Professor Mel Ziegler to consider the Central Library’s new Food for Thought Café as a location for an exhibition of art created by one of his classes. One of the café’s unique features is a repurposing of the 1941 card catalog with display niches ideally suited for art work. The class proposals were based on viewing the documentary “Food Inc.”

We invite you, the viewers, to send us feedback on the library’s blog about the art works now on display in the Food for Thought Café.