Year: 2025

A new collaboration between the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and the Google Books initiative will make it possible for users worldwide to access works that are rare, out of print, or generally unavailable outside the Vanderbilt library system. Read More

Before his performance with the Blair Big Band on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Grammy winner Ignacio Berroa will be giving a pre-concert talk hosted by the Wilson Music Library at 6:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!… Read More

Due to the ongoing Yusef Lateef Symposium, the Music Library will have extended opening hours on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Read More

The McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies is launching a new speaker series this fall designed to help students and others take a critical look at media influences and foster a healthy relationship with technology. “Reimagining Expertise” will examine what it means to be an “expert” in the year 2025. Read More

Local and regional makers of comics, zines, and more will be at the 2025 Nashville Comic Arts Festival hosted by Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Oct. 4. This free event, which is open to the public, will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor main lobby of Central Library. Read More

Young people and their families will explore science, engineering and coding through hands-on autumn-themed activities at Fall Into STEAM, hosted by Vanderbilt’s Peabody Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. Read More

The life, music, and visual art of Dr. Yusef Lateef will be celebrated September 12-13, 2025, as the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music hosts the Yusef Lateef Symposium. The two-day conference will include panel discussions, viewings of the Yusef A. Lateef Collection housed at Vanderbilt, a film screening, visual… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a pair of events on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Constitution Day. Read More

Since Vanderbilt classes will still be in session on Labor Day this year, September 1, 2025, the Music Library will be open our regular hours from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Read More

The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center is pleased to welcome Bryn Murphy as our new Health Sciences Informationist. Bryn joined us on August 4 and is excited to support the VU and VUMC communities through literature searching, consultations, and training on a variety of information resources and citation… Read More