Year: 2017

“Valentine’s Day is a great time to celebrate love and can be a reminder to make healthy choices part of your everyday life. Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day on your own or with someone else, take steps to be a healthy valentine.” – CDC  Valentine’s Day Health & Valentine’s Day… Read More

In conjunction with the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, the Wond’ry will be hosting several workshops: February 7: Creating Illustrations and Figures with Inkscape February 8: Interactive Data Analysis with R and ggvis February 9: Visualizing Data with Tableau March 16: Using a GoPro Camera March… Read More

The University Staff Advisory Council is working with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to SPREAD THE LOVE. During this event, we will be collecting canned items from Wednesday, February 1 – Tuesday, February 28. Feel free to donate ANY canned good item, but know that Second Harvest is… Read More

  Librarian Chris Benda’s podcast, Authorial Intentions, has new interviews available. Check out the latest with visiting lecturer Robert Alter and professor Bruce Rogers-Vaughn here. Read More

How to Spot Fake News- from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions … Read More

The university will officially kick off “GO THERE,” a campus wide campaign to promote brave dialogue and honest self-reflection toward creating a campus culture that invests in and supports the mental health and wholeness of every member of the Vanderbilt community. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend the event… Read More

Do you have a favorite library website from a previous institution? If so, please send the name of the school or library and web link/url to Philip Walker, Eskind Biomedical Library, philip.d.walker@vanderbilt.edu. The Vanderbilt University Libraries are currently evaluating library system vendors in an effort to replace our current… Read More

January 27, 3:00 p.m. with reception immediately following Vanderbilt Central Library Community Rooom Dr. Börner’s research focuses on the development of data analysis and visualization techniques for information access, understanding, and management. She is the Victor H. Yngve Professor of… Read More

Acclaimed author Ann Patchett will read from her latest novel, Commonwealth, Thursday, Jan. 26, as part of the Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series, which is housed within the English department’s Creative Writing Program. Patchett’s reading… Read More