Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and Heard Libraries establish read-and-publish agreement in support of open science, effective January 2025

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a global media company that publishes more than 100 peer-reviewed academic journals, today announced a three-year read-and-publish agreement with Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries…. Keep reading

150 years of medicine and nursing at Vanderbilt celebrated in ongoing exhibit

Vanderbilt’s History of Medicine Collections is observing the university’s Sesquicentennial with the continuing exhibit, “United in Purpose: 150 Years of Medicine and Nursing at Vanderbilt.”

150 Years of Medicine and Nursing at Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt University)

Albert Moll hypnotism collection now fully cataloged

In 1935, the Vanderbilt medical library acquired a unique, 840-item collection of books, pamphlets and newspaper clippings on hypnotism from the personal library of the prominent German psychiatrist Dr. Albert Moll. Offered sight unseen by a German bookseller, the multilingual collection offered a unique perspective on the history of hypnosis as well as related subjects.

Image from Hiram Jackson’s “Hypnotismus” in Die Kraft in sich selbst (1904). Dr. Albert Moll Hypnosis Collection. M-393.

Heard Libraries’ research engagement collaborations bolster faculty scholarship

Collaborations between Vanderbilt University faculty and librarians at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries highlight an important facet of the academic librarian’s role: leveraging research expertise to find and organize information and evaluate its quality, accuracy and validity to bolster faculty scholarship.

NERL and Springer Nature sign new three-year open publishing agreement

NERL, a consortium representing some of America’s leading research institutions, and Springer Nature, a global leader in research publishing, have agreed to a new three-year open publishing agreement. The deal provides… Keep reading