Year: 2018

Early looks at campus through E.E. Barthell’s Lantern Slides Join the Special Collections Library for fascinating talks this semester led by library librarians, archivists, and curators. Topics this fall will range from The History of the Tarot Card to Alchemy and Medicine. The talks take place weekly in the Central… Read More

Joyce TennesonAmerican, b. 1945Dogwood, 2004 printed 2015Archival pigment print22” x 17”Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA ‘99 Joyce Tenneson—Botanical Beauty presents work drawn from two portfolios by the artist, both of which feature atmospheric, poetic photographs of flowers in high contrast with a… Read More

(July 26 – August 18, 2018) Joyce Tenneson—Botanical Beauty presents work drawn from two portfolios by the artist, both of which feature atmospheric, poetic photographs of flowers in high contrast with a black background. The first series, Flower Portraits, presents sepia-toned images of flowers in decay. Tenneson has adeptly captured… Read More

Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center (Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt University) The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center is now open after a year-long renovation. In addition, the library will unveil its new library platform on Monday, July 23rd and a… Read More

Summer 2018 is proving to be an exciting and busy time for the Vanderbilt Libraries as we move to an entirely revamped digital footprint including a new Integrated Library System (the library catalog search and backend operations), as well as a new library web presence, and improved course reading list… Read More

Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt Engraving, circa 1870s  The history of silver at Vanderbilt University is rooted in the great American fortune of founder Cornelius Vanderbilt. In 1873, when Vanderbilt made the first part of his gift to found what would in 1875 become Vanderbilt University, he was… Read More

  Following on the extremely popular tables in the Periodicals reading area, we have replaced more old furniture in the Cheek Reading Room.  Additionally, refinished shelving originally in the south reading room was reinstalled on the west wall, allowing the removal of the remaining free standing stacks. Later this… Read More

Peabody Library has recently added a number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) maker kits to the Curriculum Materials Center collection. These kits include items that can easily be integrated into K12 curriculum, such as Squishy Circuits, a Robot Mouse Coding Activity Set, and an Air + Water Power… Read More

Coming soon…in the Fall of 2018 the Science and Engineering Library will begin to lend a variety of technology equipment including: Digital Cameras, tripods and lenses, Laptops: both Dell and Macbook Air, a Molecular Modeling Kit, Laptop and Phone Chargers, Graphing and Non-graphing Calculators, Makerspace Devices, Headphones, Virtual… Read More

https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/eres?id=1560 Combines unique value-added patent information indexed from over 50 patent issuing authorities in the Derwent World Patent Index (1963-present) with patent citations indexed from the Derwent Patents Citation Index (1973-present). Read More