Year: 2020

Stand out as a candidate in your next interview! Join us on November 12th at 5 p.m. via Zoom for a Library Workshop on Interview Preparation.  Discover unique information and knowledge that will set you apart from other candidates  Learn … Read More

Vanderbilt University has a long tradition of producing and serving military leaders going all the way back to Chancellor Kirkland over one hundred years ago. With concurrence of the faculty at the time, he required military training for all male students as the nation entered World War I. By 1918,… Read More

Without access to a printer to print out your cases or readings? Missing the ability to highlight your printed readings? Let us familiarize you with the Mark-Up function of Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat Reader DC is free to download. Once installed, you can open the PDF of your reading… Read More

Back, Spine and Front of Emerson’s Essay on Friendship From Golden Type to Wild Waves: Fine Press Books in Vanderbilt Special Collections | Apply Here William Morris used the most up-to-date nineteenth-century technology—photography—to create handmade replicas of Medieval romances and epic poems. Morris’ designers and artists at Kelsmcott Press… Read More

Artist Unknown, Helmet or Cap Mask of the Gelede Society in the Yoruba TribeArtist Unknown, Africa (Zaire, Babuba or Lele)Artist Unknown, Africa (Nigeria, Yoruba People)Artists unknown, Africa (Eastern)Artist Unknown, Africa (Ivory Coast)Artist Unknown, Africa (Nigeria)Artist Unknown, Africa (Benin)Artist Unknown, Africa (Zaire)Artist Unknown, Africa (Congo)     In summer… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are pleased to announce the acquisition of an important collection of rare photographs of and by The Rev. James M. Lawson, a pivotal figure in the history of the civil rights movement and Vanderbilt University. Read the full story in MyVU. Read More

Join Heard Library staff at 1 PM on the first Friday of the month for a series of brief, 30-minute Zoom interviews on current issues. November 6 will feature Rosevelt Noble, the director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, discussing his research project, “Lost in the Ivy,” about… Read More

Intermediate Python Lessons – Tuesdays, November 3, 10, and 17 This is the fourth in a series of six lessons that cover loading data from files and working with various Python data structures including Pandas DataFrames. These lessons are appropriate for anyone who has completed the Python beginner lessons or… Read More

The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery presents: A Q&A with Ali Smith and Michael Alec Rose Moderated by Leonard Folgarait, Professor of History of Art This talk was open to the public and held via Zoom on Friday, October 30, 1:00pm CDT Join us for… Read More

We bring back to your attention this 2014 library exhibition, The Fight for Freedom, containing compelling letters, rare broadsides, and audio and video recordings which serve as witnesses to powerful moments in America’s history. Among the themes in this exhibition, Ministers as Activists includes just a few of the… Read More