Technology

This semester, the library is working with student entrepreneurs to help get the word out on our exhibitions.  Exhibits in the library are now enhanced with a new feature called Taption.  Taption is the brainchild of Will Rhodes, an undergraduate student in Economics. Similar to… Read More

Eight campus libraries will begin a pilot project to make portable chargers for mobile devices available to the campus community.  Oomf provides on-the-go students with a powerful, portable charging service for any micro-USB or Apple Lightning® compatible device. Oomf smart chargers are available to rent… Read More

Friday, April 1st 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a Learn how to use ImpactStory, an open source altmetrics tool that helps you view the impact and track the activity associated with your research. This workshop will demonstrate and teach you how to use ImpactStory. Read More

Friday, March 25th 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a     Learn the fundamentals of cartography, the science and practice of making maps, with Lindsey Fox, the GIS Coordinator for Vanderbilt University. You will discover how to use Mapbox Studio, an online design tool… Read More

Friday, March 18th 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a     To create digital editions of scholarly texts, you must use markup languages- a type of computer language that uses tags to explain or define your text. Join this week’s Tools & Techniques in… Read More

Friday, March 4th 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a   GitHub is a social network for computer programmers where programmers can store projects, view others’ projects, and collaborate with others to suggest changes.   Join Ramona Romero as she explains how to set up… Read More

When on campus, alumni may access most of the library’s electronic resources available through Vanderbilt libraries. We are also able to offer remote, off-campus, access to a select group of specially licensed alumni databases . To gain remote access, alumni will need a VUNet ID. If you do… Read More

Friday, January 22 11:00-12:00 Central Library, 418a GitHub is a social network for where programmers can store projects, view others’ projects, and collaborate with others to suggest changes. Join Ramona Romero as she explains how to set up a  GitHub account, how to communicate on GitHub with Markdown, and the… Read More

Wednesday, December 16th, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 418a of the Central Library The Library is hosting a satellite event of the Hack the Comédie Française sponsored by MIT’s HyperStudio in Paris. MIT’s HyperStudio is celebrating the completion of the Comédie Française Registers Project. The HyperStudio is a Laboratory for Digital Humanities… Read More

Did you know you can access your library from your iPhone or Android? Search the library catalog for scholarly journals, reserve or renew books, view library hours and locations, read the latest news, and view research guides. Keep calm during finals week and virtually visit the library! Click here to download:… Read More