Year: 2018

On Monday, October 8, experienced volunteers from the Nashville League of Women Voters will staff a table in the Central Library main lobby to assist you with the registration process.  More specifically, they will help Tennessee residents with on-line registration on a laptop, and our out-of-state students with… Read More

The Iris Cafe in Peabody Library is back open and better than ever. Thanks to the generosity of the Peabody College Dean’s Office, the Cafe has been renovated and refreshed, and is now serving Frothy Monkey’s artisan coffee and food, including sandwiches, pastries, and other grab-and-go items. The normal operating… Read More

On Monday, Oct. 1, a herd of goats arrived in the Owen courtyard, just in time for finals. Walker Management Library invited local goat service Shenanigoats to bring in baby and full-grown goats, setting them loose in the courtyard for students to play with and pet. They were a… Read More

October 4, 2018 Lecture, Community Room, 6:00pm-7:00pm Reception, 7:00pm, Library Lobby The public is invited to attend a lecture by artist John Gerrard as part of the international conference, “Memorizing the Future:  Collecting in the 21st Century,” sponsored by Vanderbilt University and… 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: The World Wars and their Impact on Vanderbilt… Read More

I am pleased to remind you of the third instalment of our ongoing fall workshop series: Developing a Critical Eye Toward Free Digital Research Tools, to be held tomorrow in Central 800BB 11:10-12:00. Please take note of this location change. We will return to our regular location next week.   The number and… Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries and the Vanderbilt Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) will be on the Library Lawn on Monday, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. to participate in a flag unfurling and refolding ceremony held in conjunction with Veterans Day. The ceremony will include remarks made by ROTC’s Lieutenant Colonel Dustin Mitchell,… Read More

Banned Books Week Exhibit in the Reference Room, Divinity Library (Sept. 23-29) Throughout the centuries, religious writings considered scripture by certain groups have been contested by other groups.  Indeed, the production of biblical canons among Jews and Christians led to some books being deemed less useful than others —… 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: The Passion of William Morris: The Kelmscott Chaucer… Read More

Expand your understanding of the history of the United States Congress with ProQuest’s Legislative Insight database. Legislative Insight features an expansive compilation of over 18,000 thoroughly researched legislative histories dating back to the very first Congress, offering unprecedented research opportunities to legal and political science scholars along with other… Read More