Jon Shaw

Library professionals from across North America came together at Vanderbilt University May 27–29 for the 2026 Southern Library Support Staff Conference. Read More

Vanderbilt University computer science students have developed an accurate, reliable and cost-effective solution for segmenting and labeling television news broadcasts, making them more discoverable and accessible to researchers. Read More

Three Vanderbilt University students have been recognized with funding to support their original research related to 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire. The grants, awarded annually by the Fondation Claude Pichois, are hosted and administered by the Fondation de France in partnership with Vanderbilt’s W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies. Read More

The Biodiversity Heritage Library has announced a new collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries that will provide digital preservation support for the world’s largest open-access repository of natural history materials. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have received a pair of grants supporting Tennessee America 250 initiatives from the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial. The funding, made available by the state of Tennessee, is administered by the Tennessee State Museum in support of statewide America 250 activities. Read More

Vanderbilt's Special Collections and University Archives staff are lending their unique expertise to enhance classroom learning across campus while engaging students in the university’s distinctive collections. Read More

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

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