Year: 2011

What a difference a few weeks makes!  The library renovation continues at a rapid pace.  Check out the latest slideshow of weeks 33, 34 and 35 of phase II of the renovation.  The library cafe and Community Room officially opened on January 25, crews have been busy landscaping… Read More

Tuesday January 25th marks the opening of the long anticipated Café and the multi-purpose Community Room. The Community Room will be available as study space when not reserved for events. Several events have already been scheduled for the Spring semester. On Monday, Café staff offered a preview and tastings of… Read More

Ever wonder how books get on the shelf ? Why Amazon will never replace the library? Follow the adventures of librarian Paula Covington as she travels throughout Cuba to acquire rare and scarce materials for the Vanderbilt library’s first rate Latin American Collection. (read article) | (Vanderbilt International… Read More

If you plan to attend one of the Classical Series concerts by the NSO during their current season, you might be interested in listening to a CD and seeing the score for the repertoire they will be performing. The Wilson Music Library puts one copy of each of these on… Read More

Would you like to use OAK in your courses, but don’t know how to get started? If so, this session is for you! Sara Manus will be holding two informal sessions in the Music Library’s seminar room on Thursdays, 1/20 and 1/27 from 12:10 until 1:00 pm where faculty can… Read More

On Monday, Jan. 17, the University celebrates Martin Luther King day. A vespers service and candlelight vigil will be held at 9:30 p.m. in Benton Chapel and a short film, “Vanderbilt and the Civil Rights Movement: Reliving the Words from Our Past,” will be shown continuously from 7 to 9:30… Read More

We currently expect Central’s library café to be completed toward the end of January.  The hours will be 3 PM to ½ hour before closing on Sunday, 11 AM to ½ hour before closing Mon. thru Fri., and closed on Sat.  The menu will include sandwiches, salads and a soup… Read More

Chancellor and Mrs. Alexander Heard with Mayor Beverly Briley, 1963. Vanderbilt University Special Collections Jean Keller Heard, widow of former Vanderbilt University Chancellor Alexander Heard and a social, musical and civic presence in Nashville for more than four decades, died Jan. 2. She… Read More

Photos of weeks 28 – 32 are now available .  Take a look at the amazing transitions that have taken place the past several weeks as the new library cafe nears completion, Community Room furniture is delivered,  an electronic exhibit on the exterior of the building is installed,… Read More