Year: 2017

The Wilson Music Library will offer the following extended hours as finals approach: Fri., Apr. 21 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., Apr. 22 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Fri., Apr. 28 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., Apr. 29 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Read More

Peabody students, faculty, and staff are invited to a meet and greet reception for the University Librarian, Valerie Hotchkiss. Join Peabody Dean Camilla Benbow and Peabody Library Director Melissa Mallon for a drop-in reception to meet Valerie and say hello. The reception is the Peabody Library Fireside Reading Room, and… Read More

  Librarian Chris Benda’s podcast, Authorial Intentions, has new interviews available. Check out the latest with Bryan Lowe and William Franke HERE. Read More

The Management library is undergoing a complete renovation. Preliminary work began over spring break, with major demolition beginning May 5th. The tentative re-open date is August 9th. Please contact us with any questions. Check back for progress updates!… Read More

Happy Student Appreciation Week! The SEL staff would like to thank each and every student worker for their hard work, dedication and commitment to this library. We truly do have the best student workers on campus. Thank you all. Read More

This semester the library has been part of a campus-wide program focused on data visualization.  Our final program this semester is the announcement of the student winners of our data visualization competition. The entries were strong and we appreciate and recognize the work of our judges: Professor Bobby Bodenheimer, Professor… Read More

Guest post by Brenda Thompson When Brooke and I first began processing the University of Nashville collection, this 1747 book (currently uncataloged) was one of the first to capture my attention — for many reasons, including the decorative clasps: The use of clasps on books dates to… Read More

“The whole point is just to have fun, and if you can save somebody’s life while humming Missy Elliott’s Work It, then that’s OK with us!” Do you know the correct tempo to perform chest compressions at? it is 100-120 beats per minute… Read More

“World War I shook up the world in a dramatic way — and from that chaos emerged inventions, words and other things we still use today. Can you identify them all?” -NPR  March 10, 2014 Take the Quiz at NPR.org … Read More

Guest post by Brooke Jackson Many of the books in the University of Nashville Collection that we have been cataloging feature paper marbling. This method has been used in connection with books for hundreds of years, and the technique can be traced back all the way to East Asia between… Read More