… Let’s party like it’s 1564! Vanderbilt Libraries and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival are throwing a birthday bash for the Bard! Join us on the Library Lawn for an afternoon… Keep reading
Events
It’s William Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23
1st Annual Edible Books Festival
Join us for the 1st Annual Edible Books Festival where the worlds of food and books collide in creative and delicious ways. Let your imagination run free and create an edible work of… Keep reading
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, March 14
Come improve Wikipedia during Vanderbilt Libraries’ Annual ART+FEMINISM Edit-a-Thon at Central Library! We’ll teach you how to edit, no experience required. What: Become an activist editor using ready-made tools from… Keep reading
Practical Steps for Increasing Openness and Reproducibility: A Day of Open Science
The Vanderbilt University Library is pleased to host a workshop on the Open Science Framework. The Center for Open Science is dedicated to fostering an open exchange of ideas that… Keep reading
The Friends of Vanderbilt Libraries present an evening of gaming history and card playing
Join the Friends of Vanderbilt’s Libraries for an evening of card game history and whist playing with David Levy, collector and historian of card games, on March 27 at 5:30… Keep reading
Exhibition in Special Collections to Open on Presidents’ Day
From George Washington to Barack Obama, America’s past commanders in chief have provided domestic and international leadership during world wars, political unrest and the struggle for basic human rights. Their… Keep reading
Cultural historian Robert Darnton to speak at the Library
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… Keep reading
Scott Ellsworth Wild Bunch talk, book signing February 7
This spring the Wild Bunch sponsors a talk and book signing with historian Scott Ellsworth from University of Michigan. His book The Secret Game (2015) brings to light an… Keep reading
Alumni group sponsors Library Design Challenge
This February’s Wild Bunch Library Design Challenge asks students to propose ways to make the libraries’ collections, facilities or services more accessible and meaningful for users. Students will learn about… Keep reading
Monuments and Memory: Beyond Charlottesville
Libraries are not only places for discovery of ideas and books; we also promote civil discussion about controversial topics in our Open Mind series. On Friday December 1st, Mark Scala,… Keep reading