Year: 2012

The Music Library now has an active subscription to IPA Source. IPA Source is the largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts, currently holding more than 6,305 texts including 1,129 aria texts. This resource can accessed from… Read More

How the Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science & Engineering Library Came To Be   According to memos and files in Special Collections, the Science & Engineering Library developed in the following manner.   Sept. 1964 Chemistry, geology, and physics departmental libraries were merged to form a Science Library, located on the… Read More

Pre-college students and their families are invited to a Halloween Open House on Oct. 25 (Thursday) from 4-6 p.m. Come and learn more about library resources, meet your friendly music librarians, and enjoy crafts and games. Costumes are encouraged. Read More

Making a map with GIS Wed, Sept. 19, 12 -1p Peabody Library Learning Commons   This session is for anyone that is interested in creating a map. It will serve as a fundamental building block for your future as a map-maker whether you need to present your data, answer a… Read More

Stage & Screen: The Star Quality of Vanderbilt’s Performing Arts Collections September 7, 2012-June 28, 2013 This year’s library exhibition draws on some of the most visually interesting resources in our archives. Stage & Screen: The Star Quality of Vanderbilt’s Performing Arts Collections highlights collections… Read More

The interface and searching features of 36 ProQuest, CSA and Chadwyck Healey databases have changed. For more detailed information visit the ProQuest Transition guide. Questions about your old My Research, My Archives, or RSS feeds? Ask Us Training is available!… Read More

ProQuest, CSA and select Chadwyck Healey databases have new & improved look and search features, and the Vanderbilt community is invited to attend a training session provided by the library. When? Thursday, September 13, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Thursday, September 13, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 14,… Read More

Music librarians Jacob Schaub and Holling Smith-Borne recently curated exhibits for Stage and Screen: The Star Quality of Vanderbilt’s Performing Arts Collection. The exhibits are located in the Central Library as well as in the lobby of the Martha Ingram Center for the Performing Arts. Exhibit topics include David Schnaufer… Read More

Please check out a new exhibit on the Central Library 4th and 6th floors curated by Pam Morgan as part of the University’s Human Identities: Global, Local, Personal Project, a year-long series of events, lectures, and programs designed in conjunction with the Commons Reading 2012 [Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl… Read More

Book Sale will be held August 22-September 2, 2012 during operating hours at the Wilson Music Library on the second floor of the Blair School of Music Come to the Music Library’s annual book sale on August 22nd starting at 8 AM and going until Sept. 2nd at 10 PM. Read More