Library News Online
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No Quarantine on Information at Heard Libraries
Vanderbilt’s libraries never ramped down during the stay-at-home order. Indeed, they have been busier than ever, remotely providing resources and services. Over the last few months, Vanderbilt has purchased hundreds of e-books and made connections to tens of thousands of new resources in every field. On May 26, a small… Read MoreMay 23, 2020
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Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery receives Kress Foundation award
Follower of Domenico Ghirlandaio (possibly, Giovanni Battista Bertucci)Lorenzo di Bicci (Italian, ca. 1350–1427)Amico Aspertini (Italian, 1472/75–1552)Andrea di Bartolo (Italian, 1389–1428)Vittore Crivelli (Italian, 1481–1502)Bonifacio di Pitati (Italian, 1487–1553)Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli (Italian, 1458–1496)Goswyn van der Weyden (Netherlandish, 1465–1538)Gerolamo Giovenone (Italian, 1490–1555)Jacopo di Paolo, Italian (active 1380–1426)St. Barbara, Flanders, ca. 1500Pietro… Read MoreMay 19, 2020
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Winter/Spring 2020 Quarterly Report
See what has been happening in the Libraries. The Winter/Spring 2020 Quarterly Report is online. Read MoreMay 18, 2020
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Library video catches the attention of ARL
The Vanderbilt Heard Libraries video Vanderbilt libraries are here for you was one of seven videos that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) featured in a recent blog post. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ARL member libraries are sending video messages of support to their communities, and the Vanderbilt libraries are… Read MoreMay 18, 2020
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Eskind Biomedical Library staff assist health care students
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its ever-increasing burden on the health care system, many health sciences students are being removed from their clinical rotations. In lieu of these valuable experiences, students are returning to the classroom in need of higher-level clinical textbooks. Heather Laferriere, health sciences informationist at the… Read MoreMay 14, 2020
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Interlibrary loan and remote resources during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Vanderbilt Libraries continue to provide critical resources for research in a manner that maintains your safety and security. Since early March, we have fulfilled 3,170 e-requests for Vanderbilt patrons and delivered 3,070 e-requests to other libraries around the world.Contact Vanderbilt’s Interlibrary Loan department to request titles for your… Read MoreMay 13, 2020
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Documenting the pandemic: Heard Libraries launch COVID-19 Archive
If you’re a Vanderbilt student, 2020 graduate or faculty or staff member, the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries invite you to document your experience of the COVID-19 pandemic for historians and future generations. Keep reading…… Read MoreMay 11, 2020
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Vanderbilt Heard Libraries Celebrate Graduates
Vanderbilt Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries join the rest of the campus in celebrating 2020 graduates and all of their accomplishments. The libraries have produced a new guide, which provides a list of resources and services available to all Vanderbilt alumni. These resources give new alumni access to a… Read MoreMay 6, 2020
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Artist Emily Weiner lends her talents to support COVID-19 and Nashville tornado relief efforts
Emily Weiner, interim curator of the Vanderbilt Fine Arts gallery and a talented artist in her own right, has contributed two paintings to help with COVID-19 relief efforts. The first painting, entitled Vessel, is oil on linen in a ceramic frame and was lent to the Steven Zevitas Gallery… Read MoreMay 5, 2020