Year: 2025

With a focus on undergraduate instruction, the Buchanan Library Fellows program connects Vanderbilt faculty and professional librarians with undergraduate students to work on experiential library projects and present their work at the end of their fellowship. Read More

Join us bright and early on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, for the first day of classes breakfast in the Music Library. All Blair students, faculty, and staff are welcome to enjoy coffee, pastries, and fruit and claim unneeded library materials (scores, books, CDs) at our cashless book sale. … Read More

The life, music, writings and visual art of jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef A. Lateef will be celebrated Sept. 12–13, when Vanderbilt University’s 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 the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, a film screening, visual art displays and live music performances. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has completed a long-term project to fully digitize the Lamar Alexander Papers, which document the life and work of a significant figure in Tennessee and U.S. political history. Read More

Submit an application to be a Buchanan Library Fellow this fall semester to work with the Phil Schaap Jazz Collection. Michael Jones, Kate Linton, and Jake Schaub, members of the Wilson Music Library team, will mentor fellows for the “Pass It On”: A podcasting journey exploring the archives of the Phil… Read More

A new exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Central Library traces the evolution of the manifesto as a literary and artistic form, showcasing the bold declarations of poets, painters and provocateurs who reshaped modern culture. Read More

Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, has been elected chair of the National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents. Walker will serve a one-year term beginning Aug. 4. Read More

On Friday, July 25, 2025, beginning at 9:00 p.m. EDT, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will perform planned maintenance on its data center infrastructure. This upgrade is part of an ongoing effort to enhance the long-term reliability and stability of NLM-hosted services. The maintenance window is expected to last… Read More

Rachel Salvatori, Information and Resource Services Associate at EBL, is the 2025 recipient of the American Library Association’s Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship.  The award is given to an ALA or library support staff member to help finance the pursuit of a master’s degree in library and information studies. The scholarship… Read More

The influence of Vanderbilt University writers on acclaimed author Flannery O’Connor—and the extensive reach of O’Connor’s work on literature and beyond—are the subjects of a new Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries exhibit. Read More