Shore Griffin

Vanderbilt libraries are pleased to continue the popular Candid Conversations series that draws on faculty and staff expertise in areas of contemporary interest and engages them in meaningful dialogue. On February 5th, we will feature Next Steps staff and members for a 30-minute discussion (1:00-1:30) followed by an open question… Read More

Sign that remains on site of Eldorado Motel, one of the few places that African Americans could stay in Nashville during racial segregation. The motel was demolished in 2012. (Vhotchki/Wikimedia Commons) For the 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service more than a dozen library staff used library resources… Read More

Python Series for Beginners – Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Feb 3 – March 10 These lessons allow participants to develop programming skills as part of a group of learners working through the curriculum together, or on their own and at their own pace. They are designed to get you started using… Read More

When you stroll across campus do you wonder how Vanderbilt became a lush forest in the midst of a city? Bishop Holland N. McTyeire initiated a wide-scale project to plant 2,500 trees in the 1870s. As a Buchanan Library Fellow, Stanley Zhao learned this and so much more as… Read More

Demystifying Library Resources & Expenditures: A Faculty Discussion Series The acquisition of library resources for scholarship and teaching known as “collection development,” is a complicated process that strikes a balance between access and ownership. Factors, such as price, budget, availability, and licensing, increasingly impact the libraries’ abilities to provide the… Read More

Image: W.W. Clayton: History of Davidson County, Tennessee 1880 (Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co.), Vanderbilt University Special Collections Have you ever wondered how Vanderbilt University got its name or were curious about why the Stevenson Science and Engineering Library has so many antique instruments on display? Maybe you would like… Read More

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)May Milton, 1895Color lithograph, 31 ½ x 22 ½ inchesCollection of Jack May Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery January 19–April 29, 2021  The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present Pressed for Time: Five Centuries of Prints from the Jack May… Read More

Amico AspertiniItalian (1472/75–1552)A Baptismal Ceremony, ca. 16th centuryTempera on panel24 1/2″ x 29 1/2″The Samuel H. Kress Collection, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery1979.0648P The Artist’s Workshop in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Curatorial and Collections Fellowship with the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery… Read More

Between the Lines 2019-2020 is now online! It is published annually by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries of Vanderbilt University. Enjoy this new digital version. Read More

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). Last Snow of the Year at Toeizan, from the series Sun, Moon, and Stars, 1840 CE, woodblock print. Gift of Dr. John B. and Lola D. Youmans. Collection of Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. 1972.036 To fully experience our holiday greeting, open… Read More