Holling Smith-Borne

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

The 2025 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee Oct. 18–19, will connect faculty, students, alumni and others with university ties to a vast community that shares their love for creative expression. Read More

The life, music, writings and visual art of jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef A. Lateef will be celebrated Sept. 12–13, when Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music hosts the Yusef Lateef Symposium. The two-day conference will include panel discussions, viewings of the Yusef A. Lateef Collection housed at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, a film screening, visual art displays and live music performances. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are playing an active role and offering novel solutions to promote literacy initiatives within Metro Nashville Public Schools. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have acquired the personal collection of Dom Flemons, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and cultural historian whose music and research have brought greater awareness to African Americans’ extensive contributions to roots music. The collection was compiled and curated… Read More