Year: 2017

April 28 – September 17, 2017 Morris Davidson American (1899-1979) Untitled (209), 1948 Oil on canvas; 32-1/2″ x 40-1/2″ Rosenfeld/Davidson Family Collection Morris Davidson’s career as a painter spanned the decades in which American artists experimented with a wide variety of artistic expression, from social realism to abstraction. Davidson… Read More

The Vanderbilt Library has recently acquired a two week trial of PoliticoPro. Below is the official description of the new IP based subscription service from Politico. Just recently, POLITICO launched POLITICO Pro, a premium policy news and information resource designed specifically to keep students, faculty and researchers on college campuses… Read More

Students learning the Japanese language gathered at Central Library to read their favorite Japanese books last Friday, March 24, 2017, from 3:30 to 5 pm. Tadoku collection (Japanese materials) at Central Library The books are from the new Tadoku Collection on the main floor of the Central Library in the… Read More

A representative from Access Medicine will be at the Eskind Biomedical Library on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Boxed lunches will be provided. The Lunch & Learn session will be held in the library’s training room. Read More

Help us wish a very happy 100th birthday to “Victor the Eight,” our tabletop Victrola! Manufactured from 1911 until it’s discontinuation in 1924, this non-electric tabletop model featured a 10 in. turntable, two spring motor, and lid. Join us for lemonade and birthday cake while we crank up some acoustic… Read More

Central Library Second Floor Gallery Opening Reception: April 7, 2:00-3:30pm In the study of astronomy and earth sciences, the Sun dominates the field in its importance to life on Earth.  The Sun provides energy to plants which provide food and oxygen, influences weather patterns in the… Read More

Guest Post by Brenda Thompson For this week’s post, I decided to follow up on my February 13 blog post: Don’t Judge A Book by Its Cover. In that post, I discussed this book from the University of Nashville collection:   As noted then, you can see… Read More

Spring break is over, which means the end of the semester is closer than ever! It also means it’s time to jump in and finish those research papers and projects. Peabody librarians have created a number of resources to help you make sure your papers are properly formatted and full… Read More

March is ART+FEMINISM and Vanderbilt Library’s having a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon! Why We Edit Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented: less than 10% of contributors to Wikipedia identify as female. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity, however, is… Read More

Guest Post by Brooke Jackson As an intern at Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and Archives, I have come across many interesting characteristics working with rare books. One such quality is that many of the books contain beautiful pieces of artwork. The artwork typically depicts various images such as maps,… Read More