Year: 2018

Check out these events planned for October : October 3    Curator’s Talk: The World Wars and their Impact on Vanderbilt, Special Collections,  11:15am-12:00pm October 4    Memorizing the Future: Collecting in the 21st Century, John Gerrard, Dublin: Art Executable, Community Room, 6:00pm-7:00pm October 5    DS Workshop: Introduction to the Open Science Framework (OSF),… Read More

Do you have a data set that needs to be tidied? Or, would you simply like to learn more about this powerful, free-to-use tool for your future data cleaning needs? tomorrow in Central 418a 11:10-12:00, join Elisabeth Shook, Librarian for Copyright and Scholarly Communications for this hands-on workshop where you… Read More

Camille Ivey is a Health Sciences Librarian at the Eskind Biomedical Library and has worked there for 20 years.  She worked as a Health Information Analyst for 17 years and then completed the University of Tennessee Master’s in Library and Information Science distance education program in 2015.  She is a… Read More

  Keegan Osinski is the Public Services Librarian for the Divinity Library, which entails managing and supervising the service desk and scheduling coverage for staff and student workers.  She also serves as the subject librarian for the subject areas of theology and ethics.  She and colleague Bobby Smiley are… Read More

Join us in the Special Collections Library from 11:15am-12:00pm every Wednesday morning during this semester for fascinating talks led by library librarians, archivists, and curators. To see the full series, click here. This week’s talk: Tarot: History… Read More

There was a great turnout for the library popup at Featheringill Hall on September 12th, hosted by the Science and Engineering Library. We talked with a total of 103 students. Read More

Learn tips and tricks to be a better Googler.  Quickly find valuable and credible information with more targeted and relevant Google results. Rahn Huber, business librarian from the Walker Management Library, will facilitate this hour long workshop. One hour learning advanced Google searching will save you hours of research time… Read More

The library was officially named the Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science Library in September, 1976.  The “engineering” addition came later.  Little is known about Mrs. Stevenson.   She was known to enjoy a game of poker along with a glass of whiskey.  She was the two-time President of the Junior League.  She… Read More

  The Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files for Africa and the Middle East; Asia; and Europe and Latin America are now part of the Vanderbilt University Libraries’ collection. These History Vault resources provide access to American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments from 1960-1969. To access the Confidential U.S. Read More

Baruch Spinoza (Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives) At the suggestion of Professor Lenn Goodman, beginning last summer the library investigated the acquisition of the private collection of an independent Spinoza scholar. The collection was the culmination of decades of study, and offered a significant enhancement to the library’s collection. Read More