The Buchanan Library Fellowship program supports hands-on student learning opportunities that build desirable skills and deepen students’ understanding of resources and services in Vanderbilt libraries. Projects may involve curating a physical or online exhibition, developing information literacy skills, contributing new research to academic databases or building technology skills. Fellows (1) engage in inquiry-based and experiential learning related to a variety of topics in libraries and information science, (2) evaluate information from a variety of perspectives in order to shape their own knowledge base, (3) demonstrate persistence, adaptability and reflection as components of inquiry, (4) contribute to scholarly conversations by becoming a creator or critic, (5) synthesize and communicate information to a wider audience and (6) build lasting relationships with information professionals.
Since its origins in 2012, the fellowship has graduated 165 students. This year, student projects included:
- Building a University: Vanderbilt’s First Decade, 1875-1885
- Gateway to Traditional Chinese Monuments: Data Curation and Web Development for Cultural Heritage Preservation (Spring and Fall offerings)
- Modalities of Text Mining
- Privacy, Surveillance and Intellectual Freedom
- The Artist’s Workshop in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Curatorial and Collections Fellowship with the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
- Books through the Ages: Genre in the Nineteenth Century
- From Golden Type to Wild Waves: Fine Press Books in Vanderbilt Special Collections
- Misinformation, Social Media, and the Effects on Society
- Modalities of Text Mining: Exploring British Periodicals at Scale
- Telling the Story of Civil War Nashville through Storymaps