Special Collections and University Archives will be closed for renovation from July 3rd to July 31st. We will re-open to the public on Monday, August 3rd. During this time, none of our collections will be available, and we will not be accepting any on-site patrons.

Due to the renovation, all material must be returned to its off-site storage facility by the morning of June 29th.

We will resume full public services on Monday, August 3rd.

Researchers may contact us by phone at (615) 322-2807 or by e-mail at archives@vanderbilt.edu.  Once we open for service on August 3rd, we will respond to messages in the order they were received.

On June 15^th a revised and enhanced version of the Revised Common Lectionary went into production, after several months of beta version review and comment by many of its regular users.  The culmination of a 9 month development effort, the new design and enhanced features of the web-site can be seen at the long-standing address on the Divinity Library web-pages, at  http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/

The RCL webpages have long been among the the most heavily used resources on the Heard Library web server, with over 4,000 weekly users.  The Lectionary site has been published continuously by the Divinity Library since 1996, and has been through 3 prior revisions.

One significant component of this revision was the migration of the site from static html pages to a database delivery system.  Other enhancements in the new version are the addition of weekly Prayer readings, and links to Art images relevant to the weekly scripture topics.  The latter addition, drawn from a database of Christian art also available as a standalone resource on the library website, is the fulfillment of a vision for the Lectionary resource that was an integral part of the initial vision of this resource.

The Spring 2009 issue of the Acorn Chronicle, the Heard Library’s biannual publication, is now available online. Please visit:

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/publications/AC/achronicle_spring09.pdf

The library now has access to the Foundation Directory Online (Professional edition) database.  Foundation Directory Online Professional provides subscribers with access to comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. FDO can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database to Find an Article” in the upper left quadrant, either enter “Foundation Directory Online” or “FDO” in the “Search for Database by Name” box or click on “F” under the “Alphabetical list of Databases” and scroll down to Foundation Directory Online.  It can also be found by searching Acorn or DiscoverLibrary.

The library now has complimentary access to Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA).  LISA is an abstracting and indexing tool for library and information professionals. LISA  can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database to Find an Article” in the upper left quadrant, either enter “LISA” or “Library and Information Science Abstracts”  in the “Search for Database by Name” box or click on “L” under the “Alphabetical List of Databases” and scroll down to Library and Information Science Abstracts.  It can also be found by searching Acorn or DiscoverLibrary.

As you plan to pack up for the summer, please consider donating your gently used popular fiction to Peabody Library’s free book swap, Gnome Tome. Books may be dropped off at the Peabody Library’s service desk. Visitors may take a book from the shelf, located in the Fireside Reading Room, to read without check out or return. Questions? Contact Stacy Owens (3-8663) or Lara Beth Lehman (2-8226).

Author Doris Kearns Goodwin will be at Vanderbilt May 7 to speak to graduating seniors and receive the Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal.

Find Doris Kearns Goodwin’s books at the library. If the book you want is checked out, click “Get It” and then click “Recall this item.”

More info about the Vanderbilt event: Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak at Senior Day May 7

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s website: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Presidential Historian

The Heard Library system’s Electronic Classroom will be open for student study:
April 21-30, daily until 1/2 hour before closing

The Electronic Classroom is room 211, adjacent to the Divinity Library administration.

For building hours see the hours for the Central or Divinity Libraries

Central Library Book Sale
Friday, April 17th, 8am – 6pm
Library Plaza (Rain location 2nd floor breezeway)
Thousands of books at bargain prices!!!
8am – 2pm : $2 hardbacks ; $1 paperbacks
2pm – 4 pm : Everything half-price!!!
4pm – 6pm : $1 for a plastic grocery bag of books!!!