Quarterly Report

In conjunction with the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt Libraries is organizing a career panel for students to raise awareness of the multitude of careers in the field of librarianship. A wide representation of library staff from different areas will gather to chat with… Read More

This workshop will equip attendees with the skills to navigate not only the complexity of the modern information environment (e.g. how information is shared, consumed, and created), but the critical analyses and synthesis of information in a useful and effective way. Through hands-on activities and discussions, you… Read More

  Moderated by Atla’s Scholarly Communication and Digital Projects Manager Christine Fruin, a panel presentation on the recent Books@Atla Open Press publication Information Literacy and Theological Librarianship: Theory and Praxis will feature the book’s editor, our very own Bobby Smiley. The panel will be at… Read More

The Department of French and Italian, Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, W.T. Bandy Center, and Cinema & Media Art present an ongoing series this spring called “Censored: Controversial Art in Modern and Contemporary French Culture”. There will be several film screenings and lectures throughout the semester. FILMS January 27, Central… Read More

Join the Special Collections Library for fascinating talks this semester led by librarians, archivists, and curators. Topics this fall will range from Cuban publishers to the history of paper making. The talks take place monthly in the Special Collections Reading Room on the second floor of the Central & Divinity… Read More

Join the Special Collections Library for fascinating talks this semester led by librarians, archivists, and curators. Topics this fall will range from Cuban publishers to the history of paper making. The talks take place monthly in the Special Collections Reading Room on the second floor of the Central & Divinity… Read More

During Spring 2020, the library’s Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) office will be offering a series of workshops in Python, R and R Studio, and ArcGIS. Learn more about these and other offerings on our workshops page. Python Do you have a project where a Python script… Read More

The history of Peabody Library is connected in interesting ways both with the history of Peabody College and with the larger history of libraries and library education in the United States. To help mark Peabody Library’s centennial, this talk by Peabody librarian David Golann will highlight photos and other artifacts… Read More

G is for Gorey: The Remarkable Worlds of Edward Gorey Vanderbilt University Central Library, 4th Floor Lobby February 3 – May 24, 2020 American illustrator and writer Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000) rose to prominence in the late 1950s for his macabre slant on humorous fiction featuring Victorian and… Read More