Government Information

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host an event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Constitution Day, observed each year to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, and to “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.”  Read More

On Monday, September 18, Central Library will be honoring Constitution Day (September 17, which is on a Sunday this year). This date commemorates the day in 1787 when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the United States Constitution. The Vanderbilt community is invited to the Central Library… Read More

Central Library Circulation & Government Documents congratulates our Class of ‘22 student employees on their many accomplishments and upcoming graduation. Throughout their time working at the library, these students have provided high quality circulation services and made important contributions to organizing and expanding access to the library’s… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Federal Depository Coordinator, Will Stringfellow, has been appointed to a federal task force studying the feasibility of an all-digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Going “all-digital” would have significant implications for how government information is gathered and disseminated by libraries across the country. Central Library is one of… Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries Government Documents are being consolidated and will relocate in May 2022, per Federal Depository Coordinator Will Stringfellow. The U.S. Congress designated Vanderbilt’s Central Library as a Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) location in 1884.  It comprises 700,000 paper, microfiche and CD-ROM holdings and is the oldest FDLP… Read More

This Friday, September 17 is Constitution Day. It honors the historic day in 1787 when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution. The Government Documents unit of the Vanderbilt Libraries invites the Vanderbilt community to the Central Library between 9:00 a.m. and… Read More

Sarah Dunaway The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth increasing xenophobic acts of hatred and aggression against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Since January 2020, there have been over 1,800 reports of anti-Asian discrimination incidents related to COVID-19.* In an effort to combat these incidents, Vanderbilt University Law School… Read More