For Vanderbilt librarians, the “personal” approach is nothing new. The libraries have subject librarians for every major on campus, and these librarians are known for developing relationships with students –… Keep reading

The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery has been selected among spring 2020 applicants to receive support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for an exhibition of medieval and Renaissance artworks…. Keep reading

In 2012, the libraries embarked on an experiment to connect students with libraries through semester-long fellowship opportunities. Started on a shoestring, the program grew into a modest program with lots… Keep reading

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

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

Begun in 2018, the Personal Librarian program connects subject librarians with undergraduates at the time they declare their majors.  The idea for the program originated in a “Design a Better… Keep reading

The libraries’ early investment in developing online research guides and virtual reference helped us provide continuous service as teaching moved online during the first weeks of the pandemic. That experience… Keep reading

As a part of the libraries transitioning to support remote teaching, the libraries saw the need for a more robust menu of asynchronous resources in the form of research guides… Keep reading

As demand for skills supporting digital scholarship grows, the libraries have been thinking of ways to scale the programs currently in place which offer training both in-person and online. The… Keep reading