March is ART+FEMINISM and Vanderbilt Library’s having a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon! Why We Edit Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented: less than 10% of contributors to Wikipedia identify as female. While… Keep reading
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ART+FEMINISM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Intern Insights: Line Engraving
Guest Post by Brooke Jackson As an intern at Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and Archives, I have come across many interesting characteristics working with rare books. One such quality is that… Keep reading
Intern Insights: Literary Societies at the University of Nashville
Guest post by Brenda Thompson The older books that Brooke and I are processing as part of our internship this semester are part of a collection from the University of… Keep reading
Spring Break Hours @ Peabody Library
Peabody Library will be closed on Sunday, March 5th for a power outage on campus. The full schedule of Peabody Library’s Spring Break hours is: Friday, 3/3 … Keep reading
Intern Insights: Vellum
Hello! My name is Brooke Jackson and I am a graduate student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where I am majoring in Information Sciences. I have been interning… Keep reading
Intern Insights: Don’t Judge A Book by its Cover
For the next several weeks, we will have guest posts written by our Special Collections interns about the projects they have worked on and the lessons they have learned. Hi! … Keep reading
“A Post-Truth Nation” Panel Discussion
Places & Spaces Workshops @ the Wond’ry
In conjunction with the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, the Wond’ry will be hosting several workshops: February 7: Creating Illustrations and Figures with Inkscape February 8: Interactive Data Analysis… Keep reading
New Interviews with Scholars Available
Librarian Chris Benda’s podcast, Authorial Intentions, has new interviews available. Check out the latest with visiting lecturer Robert Alter and professor Bruce Rogers-Vaughn here.
Dr. Katy Börner: Maps & Macroscopes
January 27, 3:00 p.m. with reception immediately following Vanderbilt Central Library Community Rooom Dr. Börner’s research focuses on the development of data analysis and visualization techniques for information access, understanding, and… Keep reading