Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University will be speaking at the Central Library on February 7th. His presentation entitled “Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Library’s Community Room, followed by a reception and book signing Professor Darnton is a Rhodes Scholar,… Keep Reading
Please check out these programs, lectures and workshops taking place in the libraries in February2019.
Please check out some of the events happening in January 2019 in the libraries and art gallery.
Please check out what is happening in the libraries and art gallery in January.
Please check out our events happening in December!
Congratulations to Peabody Library for winning the statewide Tennessee Library Association Banned Books Week display competition for their exhibit. Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically… Keep Reading
Thanks to everyone who participated in the flag ceremony in Central Library’s Community Room. Special thanks go to Provost Wente, Col. Dustin Mitchell, Brandon Hulette, Sergeant Kotz and everyone from Vanderbilt ROTC. We will post the video of the ceremony once the recording is ready, but in the meantime, have been asked to share this… Keep Reading
The Jean and Alexander Heard Library has acquired a beautiful bound volume by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), containing three monographs on ancient monuments in the Alban Hills near Rome: Descrizione e disegno dell’emissario del Lago Albano (Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Albano), 1762; Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del… Keep Reading
Due to inclement weather, the historic flag ceremony will take place in the Central Library Community Room. Please join us as we honor the flag and our veterans and enjoy red, white and blue cookies.
Derwent makes patent searching easy using the Web of Science search platform. This database covers patents and patent applications from every major patent issuing agency in the world back to 1963. Each patent has an abstract and rewritten title (both in English language) to enable natural language searching. Where available, there are links from each… Keep Reading