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Do you own a retro computer (Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore PET, etc.) from the 1970s? If so, please consider donating your pre-1980’s computer to the Vanderbilt University Libraries for an upcoming exhibit on the history of the personal computer. For more information, please call Clifford B. Anderson, Associate University Librarian,… Read More

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. Read More

Reading award-winning news stories in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times is as easy as clicking on the News Desk portal on the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries homepage and setting up your free access through Vanderbilt’s subscription. Three other buttons on the… Read More

As a part of the Fall 2021 Buchanan Library Fellowship Building a University: Vanderbilt’s Second Decade, 1885-1895 undergraduate fellows examined historically significant university documents in the Special Collections Library and placed them in context with the university’s and the nation’s history, while learning how to interpret primary sources for… Read More

Librarian subject specialists offer 1:1 consultations to support you with your research papers, data access, information problem solving and more. Visit our website for “Virtual Service” chat hours. Remember also that the libraries’ many electronic resources are available 24/7. Read More

As a part of the Fall 2021 Buchanan Library Fellowship The American Presidency: Challenges of the Executive Branch undergraduate fellows explored the opportunities and challenges of the American Executive Branch. Fellows selected books, manuscripts, government publications, and news broadcasts from the Vanderbilt libraries collections to uncover historic decisions and… Read More

In collaboration with VUIT, the Vanderbilt Libraries have procured three licenses for SAS software. These licenses are available by accessing the libraries’ virtual desktop machines. Students will need to connect via the VMWare Horizon in order to access the software: Navigate to http://anywherevu.vanderbilt.edu/. Select either “Install VMware Horizon Client”… Read More

Join us this Wednesday, January 26, 3–4 p.m. for the third in a series of drop-in discussions about art and healing. During this informal hour together we will engage in guided activities and conversations about the art on display in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery exhibit Sympathetic Magic. Location:… Read More

Have you ever wondered how sheets of paper become a book? In this two-part virtual Print & Paper series recorded last May, participants made and decorated a Commonplace Book.  Watch these two videos to create your own book by folding a signature (a set of blank pages), bind it… Read More

Have some down time? Read a new magazine during the Commodores Care period. The libraries have access through Flipster to many popular magazines including Advocate, Rolling Stone, Bust, National Geographic, Forbes, Inc., Out, The New Yorker and more. Learn something new today!    … Read More