Year: 2018

On Tuesday, March 27, the Friends of Vanderbilt’s Libraries will be hosting an evening exploration into the game of whist. Led by collector and card game historian David Levy, the event will celebrate the Library’s recent acquisition of the George Clulow – United States Playing Card gaming collections,… Read More

  James “Tristan” Keen, mailroom manager for the nine libraries in the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries system, is the final recipient of a Chancellor’s Heart and Soul Staff Appreciation Award for the 2017-18 academic year. Read more…. Read More

The International Edible Book Festival has been held annually since 2000 in countries around the world, and now Vanderbilt is joining in for the first time! Vanderbilt community members are welcome to submit their most creative—and edible!—literary work of art on Monday, April 2. Participants create an “edible book,”… Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries welcome a new acquisition: The first edition of the Amsterdam Haggadah (1695) Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695 A special exhibition at the Central Library titled “Why is this Book different from any other?”  celebrates the recent acquisition of a rare guide to the Passover Seder.  The Amsterdam Haggadah… Read More

Two new faculty interviews with librarian Chris Benda are available: Jim Crenshaw talks about his recent two-volume book set entitled Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom. William Franke talks about his recent book entitled A Theology of Literature:  The Bible as Revelation in the Tradition of the Humanities.   You… Read More

The Food for Thought Café in the Central Library has updated its exhibition space to feature materials from the Library’s WSM and County Music archives, highlighting the influence of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry founded by George D. “Judge” Hay in 1925. The program, airing on the… Read More

The Wilson Music Library hosts its annual spring celebration of recorded sound on Thursday, March 22, from 3-5 pm. This year, we are thrilled to host Martin Fisher from the MTSU Center for Popular Music, who will give you the opportunity to record your voice or instrument the old-fashioned way:… Read More

…   Let’s party like it’s 1564! Vanderbilt Libraries and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival are throwing a birthday bash for the Bard!  Join us on the Library Lawn for an afternoon full of festivities on April 23, beginning at noon. There will be jugglers, troubadours, fight masters, and scribes on hand,… Read More

One of the biggest changes to happen in Vanderbilt’s libraries in the last 20 years is underway. Beginning in late July, students and faculty will have access to an easier and faster way to search the university library collections. Since the current system’s implementation in 1997, technology has changed. The… Read More

Sunday (3/4): Closed M (3/5)-F (3/9): 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular hours will resume on Sunday, March 11. Read More