This week, Honora Eskridge and Amy Corbitt visited Featheringill Hall to showcase some fun projects created using maker kits. Students got to view and interact with: a light up snail… Keep reading
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Squishy Circuits and Makey Makey at Featheringill Hall
Developing a Critical Eye Toward Free Digital Research Tools
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… Keep reading
October 2018: What’s Happening in the Libraries?
Check out these events planned for October : October 3 Curator’s Talk: The World Wars and their Impact on Vanderbilt, Special Collections, 11:15am-12:00pm October 4 Memorizing the Future: Collecting… Keep reading
Tech help in Central!
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… Keep reading
Improvements to Library Search and Website
Summer 2018 is proving to be an exciting and busy time for the Vanderbilt Libraries as we move to an entirely revamped digital footprint including a new Integrated Library System… Keep reading
Technology Lending @ SEL
Coming soon…in the Fall of 2018 the Science and Engineering Library will begin to lend a variety of technology equipment including: Digital Cameras, tripods and lenses, Laptops: both Dell and… Keep reading
DiscoverLibrary Saved Searches Going Away
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are debuting a new library catalog on July 24. Unfortunately, it is not possible to migrate DiscoverLibrary saved search queries, folders, and items to… Keep reading
Libraries Improving the Way Faculty Create Course Reading Lists
Over the summer, library staff have been migrating our course reserves system. This new system will allow faculty to create their course reading lists with links to our catalog, electronic… Keep reading
NIH and NLM Strategic Plans focus on Data Science
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) released their strategic plans this year and they are heavily focused on Data Science. NIH Draft, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/NIH-Strategic-Plan-for-Data-Science.pdf… Keep reading
Last Week to Complete Survey for the New Catalog
One of the biggest changes to happen in Vanderbilt’s libraries in the last 20 years is underway. Beginning in late July, students and faculty will have access to an easier… Keep reading