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Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab awards seed grants to four emerging digital initiatives

Four digital technology projects in the initial stages of development will advance at Vanderbilt, thanks to funding from the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab.

Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries join OCLC Research Library Partnership

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University have strengthened their commitment to innovation and collaborative scholarship by joining the OCLC Research Library Partnership.

Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University and OCLC Research Library Partnership. Aerial view of Vanderbilt's Central Library.

The Rev. James M. Lawson Papers now digitized and available to public, expanding reach of late civil rights leader’s work

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has fully digitized the Rev. James Lawson Papers and made these materials available to the general public, giving students, scholars and historians a more complete picture of the distinguished activist’s life and legacy.

The Rev. James Lawson teaching nonviolent direct action to students circa. 1960. (The Rev. James Lawson Papers/Vanderbilt University Special Collections)

Heard Libraries host fifth Southern Library Support Staff Conference, drawing professionals from across the Southeast

Academic, public, school and specialty librarians and library staff representing 13 states gathered at Vanderbilt University for the fifth Southern Library Support Staff Conference hosted by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries May 29–31.

Southern Library Support Staff Conference

Heard Libraries showcase pioneering efforts, global leadership in digital preservation

A new article in “EdTech Magazine” and a case study by the Center for Digital Education highlight how the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries continue to innovate in the area of digital preservation. 

Digital preservation photo illustration (Shutterstock)

Heard Libraries’ research engagement collaborations bolster faculty scholarship

Collaborations between Vanderbilt University faculty and librarians at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries highlight an important facet of the academic librarian’s role: leveraging research expertise to find and organize information and evaluate its quality, accuracy and validity to bolster faculty scholarship.