Year: 2019

Eskind Alumni Digital Library The Eskind Biomedical Library (EBL) Alumni Digital Library is a critical resource for helping alumni stay abreast of important information to assist in the cultivation of their practice. Alumni will need a password in order to access the Alumni Digital Library which may be obtained by emailing medalum@vanderbilt.edu, or… Read More

April 2019 Central Library Lobby The first Vanderbilt University Commencement took place in the chapel of the Main building, now known as Kirkland Hall, on June 20, 1877.  The fledgling university granted 10 degrees in the Arts & Sciences and 52 in Medicine.  The week of Commencement… Read More

Ball Player in Warrior Bird Costume, Pre-Columbian, Classic Period, 600–800 A.D.The Marjorie and Leon Marlowe CollectionVanderbilt University. 1994.532 The Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present a collection of ancient Latin American artifacts curated by undergraduate students as part of a semester-long course led by Dr. Markus Eberl,… Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery staff and Professor Markus Eberl collaborated with the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) to scan and replicate three objetects from the “Refuting ‘Noble Savages’: Reflections of Nature Through Ancient Mesoamerican Artifacts,” opening today in the Fine Arts Gallery. Read more…… Read More

Susan DeMay, “Making and Teaching Ceramics: Not Just for Fun” August 9 at 5:00pm Artist Talk with Q&A, Reception to follow Cohen Memorial Hall, room 203 1220 21st Avenue South Susan DeMay began pursuing ceramics as a graduate student at what was then called the… Read More

Rachel Lane Walden, MLIS, is a Health Sciences Informationist at the Annette and Eskind Irwin Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center. Rachel earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of South Carolina in 2014 and started working at the Eskind Biomedical Library in February of… Read More

The Music Library will move to summer hours beginning Sunday May 5. Those hours are: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Closed. The Music Library will also be closed on May 27 (Memorial Day) and July 4 (Independence Day). Read More

The latest issue of the Libraries’ Quarterly Report, Winter/Spring 2019 is now available for reading. You may find the issue online at: https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9467 Earlier issues are archived online and available at: https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9282… Read More

CDC launches new Health Literacy eLearning course with FREE continuing education https://bit.ly/2Ivlofn 9 out of 10 adults struggle to understand and use health information when it’s unfamiliar, complex or jargon-filled. Limited health literacy costs the healthcare system money and results in higher than necessary morbidity and mortality. Health care… Read More

Please check out what is happening in the libraries and fine arts gallery in Summer_2019.  … Read More