HD McKay’s journey to Vanderbilt has taken a winding and distinctly transdisciplinary path. She considers her arrival at the university a return to her “first love”—academic librarianship—armed with a new curiosity about how best to apply the breadth of her skills as the Walker Management Library’s librarian for business and a lecturer at the Owen Graduate School of Management.
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Innovation defined: HD McKay is re-envisioning the role of libraries
Heard Libraries host 2024 Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries hosted more than 100 library professionals from 21 U.S. states and Canada at the 2024 Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference held Oct. 3–4 on the Vanderbilt University campus.
International P.G. Wodehouse society dedicates collection at Vanderbilt’s Heard Libraries
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries hosted members of The Wodehouse Society on Sept. 27 as part of the organization’s biennial convention held in Nashville. The gathering at Vanderbilt’s Central Library drew members from 23 U.S. states and seven countries.
Heard Libraries launch Studio 608, a new hub for digital narratives
A new resource at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries is expanding avenues for digital storytelling, collaborative scholarship and experiential learning on campus.
PHOTOS: Dom Flemons delights Vanderbilt audience with roots music performance
Grammy Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons performed at the Blair School of Music’s Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Sept. 14 as part of a two-day visit to the Vanderbilt campus.
Radical Collaboration in Action: Stacy Curry-Johnson supports research through GIS
As the Heard Libraries’ director of research strategies, Stacy Curry-Johnson helps faculty, students and staff make sense of spatial data through geospatial science, methods and technology.
Heard Libraries seeking applicants for new graduate library fellowship
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries announce the 2024–25 McCord Graduate Library Fellowship, an opportunity to work under the mentorship of Vanderbilt professional librarians or archivists.
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.”
Start the year off right with the Heard Libraries’ Fall Celebration
Join the Vanderbilt libraries to celebrate the new academic year with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (while supplies last) and learn about resources available to help you be an informed voter.
Vanderbilt time capsule offers ‘snapshot’ of campus during Sesquicentennial year
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries led efforts to collect and curate materials—both physical and digital—that future generations will discover in a Vanderbilt time capsule to be opened in the year 2174.