Year: 2011

Pat Schroeder, an outspoken advocate for women’s and family issues while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for 24 years, will speak at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library on April 29. The former congresswoman’s talk, “24 Years of House Work…and the Place Is Still a Mess,” will be from… Read More

The Science & Engineering Library is open continuously starting Sunday, April 24th at 9 am through Thursday, May 5 at 10 pm. The Peabody Library is open continuously starting Sunday, April 24th at 11 am through Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm. All Library hours… Read More

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Wilson Music Library at Blair, Sara Manus has created an audiovisual presentation titled Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future: The Anne Potter Wilson Music Library Celebrates 25 Years at the Blair School of Music. Read More

by Ann Marie Deer Owens Eric Etheridge, Charles Euchner and Alex Heard – three Vanderbilt University alumni who have written important books about the early years of the Civil Rights Movement – will return to their alma mater for a discussion and book signing on April 21. “From Jim Crow… Read More

There are many new inviting study areas in the recently renovated 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… Read More

The library will co-sponsor a lecture on April 4.  … Read More

The Music Library will be open on the following Saturdays as well as extended hours during finals week: Saturdays April 2, 9, and 16: 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 29: 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30: 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Read More

The Music Library will be closed on Sunday, April 17, from 2 – 6 p.m. for a special event. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will join us the next day, Monday April 18 for doughnuts and coffee from 8-10 a.m. Read More

Last year the library participated in the Commons Reading program by creating a “Three Cups of Tea” lib guide to direct students to supplementary resources to enhance their reading experience. Next year’s book has already been selected but Dean Wcislo, is inviting the Vanderbilt community to help choose a… Read More

Rock’s Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com) is an online library of rock writing. It features approximately 17,000 articles, reviews, and interviews from music magazines and the mainstream press, dating from the early 1960s to the present. The database currently features more than 17,000 articles, representing approximately 2,000 different artists (including the Beatles,… Read More