Year: 2025

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have partnered with Amazon Web Services to launch the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab for Libraries and Applied Digital Preservation, powered by AWS. Read More

New exhibits in three campus locations celebrate the Immersion Vanderbilt program and highlight hands-on learning projects created by former undergraduate students in collaboration with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center will be closed Thursday, November 6th, Friday, November 7th, and Saturday, November 8th for a VUSM event. The library will re-open Sunday, November 9th at 12:00 PM. EBL staff will be available through direct email or the… Read More

Family, friends and colleagues of Sen. Lamar Alexander gathered at Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives Oct. 22 to celebrate his distinguished career and the digitization of the Lamar Alexander Papers by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Have you ever wanted to create a website, record a podcast, or produce a video but didn’t know where to start? Are you in need of technology or training to bring your digital projects to fruition? The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries can help. Read More

Julie Glascock has been appointed associate university librarian for collections at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. In her new role, Glascock will provide strategic leadership for the development, stewardship and accessibility of Vanderbilt University’s collections in all formats.  Read More

Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine: The Cursed Poets and the Birth of the Avant-Garde Talk by Dr. Andrea Schellino October 29th, 2025 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM 1101 Classroom – Room 108 1101 19th Avenue South Please join us for a talk by Dr. Andrea Schellino in… Read More

Collaboration, community and love for the written word were celebrated at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee Oct. 18–19 in downtown Nashville. Read More

Eight decades of Vanderbilt University history are commemorated in a new exhibit at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. "Dare to Grow, 1945–2025" is on view in the Central Library fourth-floor lobby through mid-February 2026. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host historian and bestselling author Scott Ellsworth on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for a discussion of his latest book, "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America."  Read More