Year: 2016

A stellar collection of works by and about Paul Verlaine, who was elected France’s “Prince of Poets” by his peers, has been acquired by the library’s W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and French Studies. “The Verlaine Collection is a remarkable body of work to be placed alongside our own Bandy… Read More

Patricia is a sophomore from Coral Springs, Florida. She is majoring in Political Science with possible minors in Spanish and Psychology. Patricia loves working at Stevenson Library because of all the new people she gets to meet. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering with animals at… Read More

The library is pleased to be the art site selected by the eight students from Professor Ziegler’s ARTS1502 Installation class. The exhibition, entitled “Dis-connect,” looks at the roles of technology and books as content providers and at how students connect and disconnect in the library. Everyone is invited to attend… Read More

My first name is Wan Muhammad Najmie and my last name is Wan Sabri, but I just go by Wan. Currently, I am a senior studying mechanical engineering. I was born in a state called Terengganu back in my home country Malaysia. I am a very big… Read More

Help Make Vanderbilt a More Inclusive Campus Join the Accessibility Map-a-Thon April 8th 9-4 at the Curb Center, 1801 Edgehill Ave. Drop in throughout the day to help create an accessibility map of the Vanderbilt campus buildings and paths. A more accessible and inclusive campus is a benefit… Read More

We are pleased to announce that Bobby Smiley has accepted the Subject Liaison for Theology and Religion position for the Divinity Library and will begin employment at Vanderbilt on May 20th. Bobby will provide professional research instruction and information consultation services for faculty and students in the Divinity School, Graduate Department of Religion and the Religious Studies… Read More

Friday, April 1st 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a Learn how to use ImpactStory, an open source altmetrics tool that helps you view the impact and track the activity associated with your research. This workshop will demonstrate and teach you how to use ImpactStory. Read More

Thursday, March 31st 12:00-1:00 PM Central Library Learn the strategies for organizing research materials for a project or paper and the tools for managing your research. In this workshop, we will discuss online research tools such as Zotero, a citation manager tool,… Read More

Dami Lasisi is a second year Master candidate in Economics at the Graduate Program in Economic Development at Vanderbilt. She moved from Nigeria to pursue further education in the United States. She has explored several avenues for social and economic development in sub-Saharan African countries, especially Nigeria. Read More

TUESDAY MARCH 29, 4:00 PM CENTRAL LIBRARY, ROOM 800BB   Novelist Flannery O’Connor was a prolific correspondent, especially after an illness forced her to retire to her family farm in Georgia. Many of her letters were published in the seminal collection The Habit of Being:… Read More