Year: 2012

We invite you to visit the Scholastic Book Fair at Peabody Library and experience a celebration of reading that provides families the opportunity to get involved in a universal mission: encouraging kids to read every day so they can lead better lives. The physical book fair will be on Thursday… Read More

by Kion Sawney The Vanderbilt Library Lecture Series on Wednesday afternoon welcomed David Owens to talk on why innovation fails. Drawing on years of experience in the corporate world and academia, Owens led a discussion on the six major types of constraints that hinder innovation. Most people associate… Read More

Sunday, March 4: CLOSED Monday-Friday, March 5 through 9: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, March 10: CLOSED Sunday, March 11: 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Read More

*Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra (Guerrero and Nashville Symphony) (Best Classical Instrumental Solo) *Aldrige: Elmer Gantry (Best Engineered Album, Classical; Best Contemporary Classical Composition) *Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel (Best Small Ensemble Performance) *Adams: Doctor Atomic (Best Opera Recording)… Read More

21 by Adele: CD MUS-14428 (Record Of The Year; Album of the Year; Song of the Year; Best Pop Solo Performance; Best Pop Vocal Album) Duets II by Tony Bennett: CD MUS-14569 (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ; Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album; Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)) Wasting… Read More

Recently, Vanderbilt University Libraries partnered with Middle Tennessee State Libraries and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation to create a website and ContentDM database of stories of life in Civil War Tennessee. The website was created as part of the resources and events surrounding the Civil War Sesquicentennial… Read More

Central Library Community Room Vanderbilt University Casual Reception and Book Signing to Follow Wednesday February 29th, 2:00 PM Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation Everybody wants innovation—or do they? Dave Owens demonstrates how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to… Read More

This weekend, the library co-hosted New Sources for the Study of Slave Societies: A Conference to Launch Vanderbilt University’s New Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive and Website. . See below for links to various news stories in which the conference was featured. Slave records… Read More

Together with the Center for Latin American Studies, the library is co- sponsoring New Sources for the Study of Slave Societies: A Conference to Launch Vanderbilt University’s New Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive and Website.The Conference will be held February 2-4, 2012. See the… Read More

Divinity Librarian Chris Benda interviews John McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship, about his new book Mashup Religion: Pop Music and Theological Invention. Listen to the interview now or download it!… Read More