Year: 2013

We’ve created a Research Guide for members of our Kesler Circulating Library Service—ministers all over the country who use the Divinity Library’s resources. The guide includes new books, databases, and (hopefully soon) reviews written by Kesler members. http://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/kesler  … Read More

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is profiled in Searching for Sustainability: Strategies from Eight Digitized Special Collections, a major study funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and conducted by Ithaka S+R in partnership with the Association of Research Libraries. The study shares good practices for teams planning… Read More

Topic: Fear, Tired, Dread, Excited: Student Feelings and the Research Assignment Opening Guest Presenter: Melinda Brown (Library) Wednesday, November 20, 12:10-1:00 Community Room, Central Library This month’s discussion topic: Thinking about your Spring 2014 assignments? Participate in this conversation to identify concrete strategies for writing research… Read More

Listen to an interview with Jack M. Sasson, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible and Professor of Classics, about his forthcoming book Judges 1-12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, part of the Anchor Yale Bible Commentary Series. Read More

“Complex Landscapes: Different Approaches to GIS in STEM and the Digital Humanities” The Jean and Alexander Heard Library will celebrate GIS Day by sponsoring an informative public lecture centered around two GIS (geographic information system) faculty on campus. The presenters for GIS Day will be Janey Camp and Todd… Read More

Participants of Vanderbilt University Libraries Edit-A-Thon will have the opportunity to utilize resources of the University’s Special Collections, such as photos and historical documents, to write and edit Wikipedia articles. Prior experience editing Wikipedia articles is not required to join in this fun event intended to improve the popular online… Read More

Jean-Paul Avice, Baudelaire scholar and Librarian of the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris will present a talk on Baudelaire de L’Albatros au Cygne, L’invention des tableaux parisiens. W.T. Bandy Center, Wednesday, November 13th. Read More

Since the 15th century, artists have partnered with writers and book binders to create beautifully illustrated books. The earliest European tomes were devotionals, enriched by illuminated letters and hand-colored woodblock prints. Reading matter diversified after Johann Gutenberg invented typography and the printing press in the 1450s. As the publishing industry… Read More

Tennesseans elected a 39-year old Republican new-comer to the state’s highest office in 1979. But on the eve of his inauguration, Lamar Alexander faced a critical decision: agree to an early swearing in or risk the release of notorious criminals from Tennessee’s prisons by Governor Ray Blanton’s administration. Beginning… Read More

“My challenge to the young people is to pick up where this generation has left off to create a world where every man, woman and child is not limited, except by their own capabilities.” View Online Exhibit… Read More