Year: 2009

Each year on the first day of classes at Blair, the Music Library offers an open house and breakfast for all Blair students and faculty. On Wednesday, August 26 from 8:00 AM until noon, stop by the Music Library for good conversations, pastries, juice and coffee. During the open house,… Read More

On July 21, Provost Richard McCarty met with the staff of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library to offer his perspective on the future of the library and its importance to the future of the university. Provost addresses strategic vision for Heard Library… Read More

Chancellor Emeritus Alexander Heard, fifth chancellor of Vanderbilt, passed away on Friday, July 24. A memorial service was held on July 29 at Benton Chapel. Although his legacy at Vanderbilt is manifold, in 1983 the University Board of Trust recognized Heard’s work in building the university community by naming the… Read More

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. Read More

On June 15th 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… Read More

L-r: Library staff Celia Walker and Sue Erickson, undergraduate student Siri Kadire (winner of the grand prize drawing), and library staff Tao You and Teri Bante. Nearly 2,300 faculty, students and staff participated in the recent survey about Vanderbilt’s libraries that is a first step in… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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,… Read More