Year: 2012

The Music Library will remain open during the Winter Break. If you check out materials that become due during the break and have plans to be out of town, please renew them online or call the service desk at (615)322-7695. Please note that there is chance that an item(s)… Read More

Be sure to take advantage of our extended hours this weekend: Friday, Dec. 7: 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8: 12-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9: 2-10 p.m. The Music Library is open between semesters. Here is our Winter Break Schedule of Hours: WINTER BREAK HOURS Dec. 16: CLOSED Dec. 17-21:… Read More

from Vanderbilt News: Watch video of Mark Dimunation, chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, present as part of the Vanderbilt Library Lecture Series. His talk is titled “Forged in Fire: The Jefferson Collection and the Origins of the Library of Congress.”… Read More

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Geographic Information Systems Day Vanderbilt University Tuesday, November 13 4:10-7:00 pm Wyatt Center Rotunda Program: Peabody College students will present several service-learning projects involving community-based GIS mapping in cooperation with numerous local community partners including: The Neighborhoods Resource Center, the Jefferson Street United… Read More

The Music Library will be open limited hours over the week of Thanksgiving: Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 17-18: CLOSED Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 19-21: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 22-24: CLOSED Sunday, Nov. 25: 2-10 p.m. (regular hours) As finals approach, we will be extending our hours on the following days: Saturday, Dec. 1:… Read More

As noted in MyVU, on November 9 the Vanderbilt Board of Trust voted to name the new residential colleges and halls at Kissam in honor of leaders from Vanderbilt’s history.  Three of those figures have a special connection to the library, with materials housed in our Special Collections.  There,… Read More

From A to B is a site specific installation created by artist Myranda Bair for the Central Library Food for Thought Café. The installation consists of 13 dioramas housed in the card catalog wall of the Café, and a window display of jars of honey. The dioramas depict native Tennessee… Read More

Baudelaire Notes Letter to Pellerin First page of a letter to Pellerin, dated and signed by Charles Baudelaire, February 24, 1959 “I Owe You”… Read More

While a book can be an object that conveys a specific type of information; the many parts of that object may be combined to create a treasured piece of art. This exhibit highlights the many components of bookmaking and the wonderfully artistic masterpieces created to help achieve the goals of… Read More