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Library News Online

  • Vanderbilt's Central Library

    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 More

    May 23, 2020

  • Follower of Domenico Ghirlandaio (possibly, Giovanni Battista Bertucci), St. Sebastian, ca. 1510, Italian (1475–1525), Tempera with oil on panel, 19 5/8 x 16 1/8 inches, The Samuel H. Kress Collection,, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, 1979.0655P

    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 More

    May 19, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Winter/Spring 2020 Quarterly Report

    See what has been happening in the Libraries. The Winter/Spring 2020 Quarterly Report is online. Read More

    May 18, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    May 18, 2020

  • Headshots of Heather LaFerriere, Angel Craddock, Monica Sanchez, and Phillip Walker of the Eskind Biomedical Library

    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 More

    May 14, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    May 13, 2020

  • Sarah Stevenson, Librarian for Education; Librarian for Teaching & Learning and LPO

    Vanderbilt librarians are here for you!

    May 12, 2020

  • archive boxes show results of collecting

    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 More

    May 11, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    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 More

    May 6, 2020

  • greek red figure vase

    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 More

    May 5, 2020