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I am pleased to remind you of the third instalment of our ongoing fall workshop series: Developing a Critical Eye Toward Free Digital Research Tools, to be held tomorrow in Central 800BB 11:10-12:00. Please take note of this location change. We will return to our regular location next week.   The number and… Read More

VUIT student assistants will be delighted to help you with any technology issues and questions right at the Service Desk in Central Library. The hours of operation are 1pm to 5pm, Monday-Friday. And while you’re at the Service Desk, make use of our fantastic subject librarians you will find there… Read More

Reading award-winning news stories in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal is now easier for the Vanderbilt community, thanks to a News Desk portal just added to the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries homepage. The portal is made possible through the support of the Office… Read More

Yvonne Boyer is the subject librarian for French, Italian, Art, History of Art, and the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies. She has been a librarian at Central Library since 1988. She graduated with a Master’s of Library Science degree from George Peabody College at Vanderbilt… Read More

The Heard Libraries have been awarded a grant from the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) for a pilot project to digitize and preserve the audiotapes of the Manuel Zapata Olivella Collection. The tapes represent a collection of interviews of Colombians from all regions about their heritage and traditions,… Read More

With all of the wonderful changes we’ve made to the library search and website this summer, we wanted to make sure we had a place where all the resources we’ve created to help YOU were available. Visit our Searching the Library guide to find: Up to date training… Read More

Have you HEARD? There’s a new search system for the Vanderbilt Libraries. Join us as we show you how to use the new library catalog  and upgraded library website to become a fast and efficient user of the Vanderbilt Libraries resources! August 15 – 418A Central Library, 3:10-4:00 pm August… Read More

August 23rd, 3:10-4pm Room 304 Peabody Library Have you HEARD? There’s a new search system for the Vanderbilt Libraries. Join us as we show you how to use the new library catalog, and upgraded library website to become a fast and efficient user of the Vanderbilt Libraries resources! Learning Outcomes… Read More

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 Book Lovers’ Day, let’s look at loving books and re-reading them.  As children, learning to read opens doors for us. … Read More

Buchanan Fellows Exhibition Reception   August 28, 12:15-1:15 Central Library Second Floor Gallery This summer, four undergraduates have been working with Dr. Rory Dicker and staff from the Women’s Center and the libraries to explore the history of women at Vanderbilt. The exhibition is part of campus celebrations around the… Read More