Beginning Monday, March 14, the Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries will reopen their doors to visitors. Campus visitors who are accompanied by a community member, such as an admissions officer or faculty researcher, are also welcome. Alumni and emeriti are once again able to visit the libraries during open hours with their Commodore Cards. The… Keep reading
Vanderbilt University’s annual celebration of Black History Month acknowledges and appreciates the history, experience and accomplishments of Black people on the Vanderbilt campus, across the country and globally. Read about planned February events and for more information visit the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center website.
For the 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service more than a dozen library staff used library resources to expand on 62 Wikipedia articles related to civil rights activism in Nashville. Read the MyVU story.
Hi, I’m Honora Eskridge, director of the Stevenson science and engineering library (SEL). Our team is here to help all science and engineering students learn to access the wealth of information available through the Vanderbilt libraries. I am a mechanical engineer as well as a librarian, so I know first hand the challenges of being a… Keep reading
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.
The libraries are pleased to introduce a new button to “request chapter/article scan” found in the bibliographic record for any user logged into their library account. (Please see screen shot below) When selected, the button sends you to the “Article/Book Chapter Request” form. Initially rolled out to faculty, it is now available to all members… Keep reading
Join the staff of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries on the first Friday of the month at 1:00 p.m. for Candid Conversations, a 30-minute interview on current issues. On Oct. 2, Assistant Chief of Police Rick Burr will discuss how the Vanderbilt University police department is training to respond to civil unrest. He will… Keep reading
The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to (finally!) present Dream for Light Years, a two-year collaboration between California-based painter Ali Smith and Blair School of Music professor of composition Michael Alec Rose. In 2008, Rose emailed Smith to ask if he could create a suite of music responding to her vibrant and multilayered paintings…. Keep reading
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If you need journal articles, book chapters, or any other part of printed publications from the university libraries, and you prefer not to visit the libraries in person, simply request that the item be scanned and delivered to you. When searching for articles, you can request a copy using the findit@VU button that appears in… Keep reading