Year: 2019
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GitHub Boot Camp and other Upcoming Events
Next week, the Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications Office is hosting a GitHub boot camp. This boot camp will consist of three one-hour sessions that range from beginner- to advanced-level topics. The first session will teach you how to get started creating and using an online Github repository. The second… Read MoreFeb 12, 2019
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Resource Spotlight: Alumni Access to HeinOnline
Massey Law Library is pleased to provide alumni access to HeinOnline’s American Bar Association Law Library Periodicals and Law Journal Library collections. ABA Law Library Collection Periodicals contains digital access to over 100 ABA-related periodicals including 44 periodicals previously only available to ABA section members and provides access to current… Read MoreFeb 11, 2019
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Curator’s Talks 2/13: Zero Hour: The 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Join us in the Special Collections Library from 11:10am-12:00pm Wednesday mornings during this semester for fascinating talks led by faculty, librarians, archivists, and curators. The talks take place weekly in the Special Collections Reading Room on the second floor of the Central & Divinity Libraries building. This event is free and open… Read MoreFeb 11, 2019
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New Database: Data Planet
Students now have access to vast amounts of data and statistics through our new database Data Planet. With over 5.2 billion data points, this resource provides standardized and structured data to enhance your ability to work with multiple indicators from multiple sources. Along with government data from the Bureau… Read MoreFeb 8, 2019
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Between the Lines
Read the latest issue of Between the Lines, the libraries’ 2017/2018 report. Read MoreFeb 6, 2019
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Libraries’ Fall/Winter 2018 Quarterly Report
The latest issue of the Libraries’ Quarterly Report, Fall/Winter 2018 is now available for reading. You may find the issue online at: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/9363 Earlier issues are archived online and available at: https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9282… Read MoreFeb 6, 2019
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Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications Workshop Series
I am pleased to remind you of the third installment of our Spring workshop series: sharing and preserving your born-digital work, to be held Friday in Central 418a 11:10-12:00. Continuing on our theme of creating, sharing, and preserving multimodal works, Elisabeth Shook will discuss mechanisms for effectively sharing and preserving… Read MoreFeb 6, 2019
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Reminder: Robert Darnton Presentation Thursday February 7 at 5:30
Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University will be speaking at the Central Library on February 7th. His presentation entitled “Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Library’s Community Room, followed by a reception and book… Read MoreFeb 6, 2019
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Peabody Staff Spotlight: Lee Ann Lannom
Lee Ann Lannom is the Assessment Librarian for the Vanderbilt Libraries and librarian for the Teaching & Learning Department in Peabody College. Lee Ann has worked in the Peabody Library for 19 and ½ years. What is something about your job that you wish everyone knew? I wish all… Read MoreFeb 5, 2019
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Digital Pedagogy: Engaging Students through Open Education
Vanderbilt Libraries’ offices of Teaching and Learning and Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications are pleased to welcome Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia professor of teaching in philosophy and Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC Vancouver to campus for an event exploring students as… Read MoreFeb 5, 2019