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The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries play an integral role in Vanderbilt’s campuswide research and teaching efforts by bolstering critical skills in information literacy, data management and digital research for both students and faculty. Read More

Metin Hakverdi, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation for the German government and a member of Germany’s federal parliament, will reflect on leadership, democratic cooperation, and the future of the transatlantic partnership on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Marshall C. Eakin, a distinguished historian of Latin America who specializes in Brazil, will discuss his latest book on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Vanderbilt’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Effective Nov. 18, 2025, Vanderbilt University (VU) deployed a dedicated REDCap instance, separate from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). University REDCap users who have projects on the VUMC instance should take immediate action to migrate them to the VU instance, or archive projects that are no longer needed. Read More

The collected papers of celebrated humorist Roy Blount Jr. are now housed at Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Blount, a 1963 graduate of Vanderbilt, donated the collection in late 2024. Read More

Holling Smith-Borne, director of the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library at Vanderbilt University, has been elected president of the Music Library Association, the premier professional organization for music libraries and librarianship in the United States. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, will discuss his latest book, "American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union," at Vanderbilt on Wednesday, Feb. 25.   Read More

In celebration of GIS Day on Nov. 19, the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ GIS Lab created “Mapping Vanderbilt’s Past, Present, Future,” an interactive story map that documents how the university’s campus has been imagined, built, contested and reshaped across its 150-year history. Read More

Bestselling contemporary romance author Sarah Adams will discuss her latest book, In Your Dreams, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at Vanderbilt University. Adams will be in conversation with fellow author Ally Carter beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Commodore Ballroom at the Student Life Center. Read More

Vanderbilt University faculty, postdocs and staff who use REDCap, the secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases, should set up new projects within the university’s dedicated REDCap instance beginning Nov. 18. Read More