In 2019, Peabody Library celebrated its 100th anniversary. The following is a much abbreviated overview of the presentation given at the centennial celebration by David Golann, librarian for psychological sciences… Keep reading
Between the Lines 2020
Peabody Library brief history given at centennial celebration
Food for Health and Wealth: Five Centuries of Cookbooks and Recipes
Vanderbilt’s History of Medicine Collections is home to thousands of cookbooks, receipt books, and collections of home remedies. Food for Health and Wealth: Five Centuries of Cookbooks and Recipes, part… Keep reading
Thinking 3D: Visualizing the Brain from the Renaissance to the Present
Opening on September 12, 2019, this exhibition at Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library, part of a collaborative international year-long initiative with Oxford University, the University of St…. Keep reading
Vanderbilt Libraries host “Support Staff as Leaders” conference
On October 25, 2019, Vanderbilt libraries staff came together to host the first Nashville Area Library Alliance (NALA) Support Staff as Leaders Conference, providing high quality sessions and networking opportunities… Keep reading
New in the Gallery: Joseph Pennell, The Woolworth, through the Arch
The gallery is grateful for the help of Professor Kevin D. Murphy for the acquisition of Joseph Pennell’s (American, 1857 – 1926) The Woolworth, through the Arch. Pennell, who studied… Keep reading
New in the Gallery: Childe Hassam, The Chimneys, Portsmouth
Thanks to the help of Professor Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, professor and chair, department of history of art and architecture, and Mellon Digital Humanities… Keep reading
The Wodehouse Society donates author collection
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “Plum” to his friends, was a prolific English humorist and author, perhaps best known for his characters, Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. Wodehouse also regularly… Keep reading
Empowering young women with the Girl Detectives Collection
The libraries celebrated the anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a special focus on identifying books and papers of remarkable and representative women, expanding our special collections to fill lacunae… Keep reading
Engaging with the undergraduate experience
How can our libraries better connect, educate and support undergraduate students? This was the focus of four librarians and a representative from library technology this past summer. This summer project… Keep reading
Virtual research services: Expanding the ways students find information
When students and faculty moved to remote teaching in March, the libraries immediately began to ramp up remote reference services. Chat or “real time” service, then a smaller piece of… Keep reading