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Welcome to the Library! Any time you have a question, just click on the button. We’ll answer your question as fast as we can. For a printable map to all of the campus libraries and answers to question about the library that you might have, check out… Read More

On July 21, Provost Richard McCarty met with the staff of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library to offer his perspective on the future of the library and its importance to the future of the university. Provost addresses strategic vision for Heard Library… Read More

Chancellor Emeritus Alexander Heard, fifth chancellor of Vanderbilt, passed away on Friday, July 24. A memorial service was held on July 29 at Benton Chapel. Although his legacy at Vanderbilt is manifold, in 1983 the University Board of Trust recognized Heard’s work in building the university community by naming the… Read More

L-r: Library staff Celia Walker and Sue Erickson, undergraduate student Siri Kadire (winner of the grand prize drawing), and library staff Tao You and Teri Bante. Nearly 2,300 faculty, students and staff participated in the recent survey about Vanderbilt’s libraries that is a first step in… Read More

The Spring 2009 issue of the Acorn Chronicle, the Heard Library’s biannual publication, is now available online. Please visit: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/publications/AC/achronicle_spring09.pdf… Read More

The Heard Library system’s Electronic Classroom will be open for student study: April 21-30, daily until 1/2 hour before closing The Electronic Classroom is room 211, adjacent to the Divinity Library administration. For building hours see the hours for the Central or Divinity Libraries… Read More

Did you know you could renew library materials online? To renew your materials online, login to your ACORN account. You may renew materials checked out from any Vanderbilt library. There is a limit to the number of times an online renewal will be allowed. For further information on… Read More

With Paul Gherman retiring, a search is underway for a new University Librarian. Three candidates have been invited for on-campus, two-day interviews in April. In sessions open to the University community, April 17, 22, and 29, each of the three will talk about the thinking and planning that… Read More

Faculty Delivery Service is now offered to users with Faculty Surrogate accounts. This service provides faculty, and now their authorized designated borrowers, with campus deliveries of both Vanderbilt and interlibrary loan materials. Users with a faculty surrogate card can configure or create an account in the ILL/Faculty Delivery system to… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library now delivers VU and ILL materials to faculty on campus. Loans are delivered to department offices; copies are delivered electronically. (Eskind Biomedical Library offers a separate document delivery service for Medical and Nursing School faculty.) Faculty deliveries are now handled along with… Read More