Jon Shaw

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

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have partnered with Amazon Web Services to launch the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab for Libraries and Applied Digital Preservation, powered by AWS. Read More

New exhibits in three campus locations celebrate the Immersion Vanderbilt program and highlight hands-on learning projects created by former undergraduate students in collaboration with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Family, friends and colleagues of Sen. Lamar Alexander gathered at Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives Oct. 22 to celebrate his distinguished career and the digitization of the Lamar Alexander Papers by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. 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

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