The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center and the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a discussion of the 2019 Commons Reading, The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah, on… Keep reading
Mary Anne Caton
VU community discussion of 2019 Commons Reading set for July 23
Book Love: Fred Arroyo, MTSU faculty and author
What was your favorite book as a child? Do you reread your favorite books? The library vlog Book Love celebrates reading and how books connect us. This week, Fred Arroyo,… Keep reading
Book Love Interviews Reveal Treasures
What was your favorite book as a child? Has it stayed important to you as you reread it? Do you travel with a copy of your favorite novel? The library… Keep reading
ART+FEMINISM March 13
Wikipedia is the largest and most popular general reference work on the internet with more than 40 million articles in more than 250 different languages. Gaps in the coverage of… Keep reading
Spring Open Mind with Keel Hunt cancelled
Unfortunately, the spring open Mind panel on bipartisanship with Keel Hunt and Hedy Weinberg has been cancelled.
Happy Birthday Wikipedia and Creative Commons! Join the celebration of free information January 15th
January 2019 is a great month for free information. Public Domain Day on January 1st marked the first time in 20 years that films, books, artworks and more created in… Keep reading
Buchanan Fellows Presentations and Exhibit Opening Reception Tuesday December 4
Join the fun on Tuesday, December 4th as we celebrate the projects created by the Fall 2018 Buchanan Library Fellows. Three Fellows worked with Special Collections and TV News Archive… Keep reading
Japanese Book Binding Workshop Friday
A hands-on workshop for students, library staff and the community will be held at the Central Library Community Room on Friday, Nov. 9, at 10 am and 11 am. Each… Keep reading
Vanderbilt Libraries’ Open Mind Series: Informed Citizenship and the Economics of Information
Information is being democratized and diversified. Every cell phone video is a news story, every YouTube account is a classroom. Citizens no longer trust or rely on experts for their… Keep reading
Happy Book Lovers’ Day
A cottage industry of book-related news reminds us that books are dying, or dead, or on life support. But as librarians, we know that’s not the whole story. On National… Keep reading