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Have you ever wanted to create a website, record a podcast, or produce a video but didn’t know where to start? Are you in need of technology or training to bring your digital projects to fruition? The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries can help. Read More

Julie Glascock has been appointed associate university librarian for collections at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. In her new role, Glascock will provide strategic leadership for the development, stewardship and accessibility of Vanderbilt University’s collections in all formats.  Read More

Collaboration, community and love for the written word were celebrated at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee Oct. 18–19 in downtown Nashville. Read More

Eight decades of Vanderbilt University history are commemorated in a new exhibit at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. "Dare to Grow, 1945–2025" is on view in the Central Library fourth-floor lobby through mid-February 2026. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host historian and bestselling author Scott Ellsworth on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for a discussion of his latest book, "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America."  Read More

Vanderbilt University Librarian Jon Shaw has been elected to the Association of Research Libraries Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Read More

VUIT will offer walk-up support at a new Tech Hub in Vanderbilt’s Central Library beginning Monday, Oct. 13. The Central Library Tech Hub is located on the south end of the main service desk in the fourth-floor lobby. Read More

Wolters Kluwer Health and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have announced a new collaboration that will help support medical breakthroughs and improve access to scholarly research. Read More

Premium access to Overleaf Professional, an online tool designed to make scientific and technical writing simpler and more collaborative, is now available to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff free of charge, courtesy of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

The human mind’s susceptibility to suggestion and the trance-like state of hypnosis are the subjects of a new exhibit at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. "Power of Suggestion: The Hypnotism Library of Dr. Albert Moll" is on view at Special Collections and University Archives through mid-February 2026. Read More