The Anne Potter Wilson Music Library sponsored a virtual panel on digital scores. Panelists discussed their experiences with using digital scores for performance, teaching, and learning and took questions from… Keep reading
BTL 2021
Blair Talks Tech: Panel Discussion on Using Digital Scores
Vanderbilt Acquires Dinah Shore Collection
Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives recently acquired the Dinah Shore Collection, documenting the life of Vanderbilt graduate Dinah Shore, BA’38, a prolific singer, actress and talk show host… Keep reading
Vanderbilt Acquires John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie Collection
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries recently received a major archival collection, The John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie Collection, as part of the collaborative Academic Archives Purchasing Fund with the National… Keep reading
Exploring the Legacies of James Robertson and John Donelson
The Libraries partnered with the Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation, the Vanderbilt University Press, and Vanderbilt University to offer webinars on two of Tennessee’s best-known frontiersmen: James… Keep reading
New Databases and Journals Acquired by the Libraries
A number of new titles were added over the year: Two additional, full-text products on the RIPM platform were acquired: RIPM Jazz and European and North American Music Periodicals. Vanderbilt… Keep reading
Gallery’s Paintings Included in the Launch of the Kress Collection Digital Archive
The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is excited to share news of the Kress Collection Digital Archive, a comprehensive archive and database for the nearly 3,500 works of European art… Keep reading
Science and Engineering Librarian Contributes to COVID-19 Research
Josh Borycz, librarian for STEM Research in the Stevenson Science and Engineering Library, has co-authored two recent papers that focused on socio-economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The papers, co-authored… Keep reading
Libraries Provide Socially Distanced Classroom Spaces during the Pandemic
A number of our libraries pitched in to provide classroom space during the pandemic. Never fear, your librarians were still as close as a click on the website button “Ask… Keep reading
Partners in the Goal of Enhancing Wikipedia
Wikipedian-in-Residence Mary Anne Caton led multiple Wikipedia edit-a-thons this year. Four-Part Wikipedia Series on Editing for Social Justice: Sharing Nashville’s Story Before there were guidebooks, we relied on guides—people in… Keep reading
Unprecedented Connection: Art Collaboration during COVID-19
Vanderbilt Kefi Collective Artwork collaboration by Calendula Cheng and Isabel Kinney The Vanderbilt Kefi Collective is a public art organization at Vanderbilt University dedicated to the creation of public art… Keep reading