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Sympathetic Magic: Works of Faith, Healing and Transformation contrasts Christian imagery with ritual objects from China, pre-Columbian North America and modern art as a means to explore ritual. The contemporary artists in this exhibition—Department of Art faculty María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Raheleh Filsoofi, Jana Harper and alumnus… Read More

Join the Inclusive Book Group online for a discussion about Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown on Wednesday, November 10 from noon-1:00 p.m. Advanced registration is required. Register here. The Inclusive Book Group encourages Vanderbilt community members to read beyond their comfort zone and explore new authors and subjects. A limited… Read More

Please join us for festive fall snacks & beverages, prizes, and fun as we celebrate the re-opening of the newly renovated Grand Reading Room! Stop by anytime to check out the update space and try out the new furniture. Monday, November 15 2:00-4:00 pm… Read More

Cut Through COVID-19 Misinformation and Disinformation with Vanderbilt University’s Eskind Biomedical Library Nathan Schutt, data analysis coordinator for the Nashville Promise Zone, interviewed Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt University’s Eskind Biomedical Library, about how to sort through all the information on COVID-19. Walker has been a medical librarian for 16… Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries Government Documents are being consolidated and will relocate in May 2022, per Federal Depository Coordinator Will Stringfellow. The U.S. Congress designated Vanderbilt’s Central Library as a Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) location in 1884.  It comprises 700,000 paper, microfiche and CD-ROM holdings and is the oldest FDLP… Read More

A new student exhibit at Central Library explores the connection between disease and isolation while drawing parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lia Okenkova, a junior cognitive studies and educational studies major from Naples, Florida, created “Depictions of Leprosy: Isolation for the Ages,” which features art and literature from the… Read More

The Friends of Vanderbilt’s Libraries told us they wanted to see new acquisitions, and we listened! Please join our curators as they highlight items added to Vanderbilt’s distinctive collections this past year. This Friends of Vanderbilt’s Libraries event is Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, Noon–1:00 p.m. CST on Zoom. Register… Read More

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, illustrated by French artist Gustave Doré, 1884, Vanderbilt Special Collections Get in the Halloween spirit by viewing All Hallows: Witches, Magic and Things that go Bump, an online exhibit built by Teresa Gray, curator of Special Collections. The exhibit features a first American… Read More

There has been a lot of conversation lately about the rampant spread of misinformation and each of our individual roles and responsibilities in combating it. Fact-checking and evaluating information with a critical eye is more important now than ever, to stop the flow of disinformation. Librarians are available to… Read More

On October 6, the Ambassador to the United States from Colombia, Juan Carlos Pinzón, visited having asked to see the libraries’ rare special collections on Colombia. Paula Covington, the Latin American and Iberian Studies Librarian and Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, prepared a wide range of the treasures… Read More