Jean And Alexander Heard Libraries
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Inclusive Book Group will discuss ‘The Color Purple’ Oct. 31
Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet Tuesday, Oct. 31, at noon to discuss The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Limited physical and electronic copies of the book are available by request. Read MoreSep 25, 2023
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Professor Ellen Armour to give book talk Sept. 28 on significance of digital imagery in the struggle for social justice
Ellen T. Armour, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology, will discuss her new book, Seeing and Believing: Religion, Digital Visual Culture, and Social Justice, at Vanderbilt University’s Special Collections and University Archives from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreSep 15, 2023
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Heard Libraries showcase digital preservation expertise at Cultural Heritage Preservation Summit
The Cultural Heritage Preservation Summit, hosted by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries this summer, brought together experts from across the United States and Canada and showcased the libraries’ leadership in digital preservation and access. Read MoreSep 12, 2023
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New Digital Lab enhances Heard Libraries’ resources for teaching and learning
The new Digital Lab combines three library departments—Digital Scholarship and Communications, the Digital Commons, and the Center for Digital Humanities—into one overarching unit, realizing efficiencies that advance the Heard Libraries’ goal of facilitating transdisciplinary research and teaching through cohesive services. Read MoreSep 8, 2023
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Celebrate 2023 Constitution Day with the Heard Libraries
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host an event on Monday, Sept. 18, 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 MoreSep 6, 2023
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History of early Cherokee, Chickasaw students at Vanderbilt explored in library exhibit
Vanderbilt Law School professor Daniel Sharfstein will host a conversation with the National Trail of Tears Association’s Tory Wayne Poteete and the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Charles Tate on Thursday, Sept. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. They will discuss research that contributed to Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885–1899, an exhibit on display at Central Library through Sept. 29. Read MoreAug 30, 2023
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Political historian Eli Merritt to discuss book on American Revolution’s ‘perilous politics’ Sept. 9
Eli Merritt, research assistant professor of political science, will discuss his new book, Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution, at the Vanderbilt Bookstore from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Co-sponsored by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, the event will include a book signing following the discussion. Books will be available for purchase. Read MoreAug 28, 2023
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V150 Conversation: ‘Commemorating Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885-1899’
Daniel Sharfstein, the Dick and Martha Lansden Professor of Law and professor of history, will lead a conversation focused on Cherokee and Chickasaw students at Vanderbilt in the 1880s and 1890s, on Thursday, Aug. 31, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. The talk complements an exhibit currently on display in the lobby of Central Library. Read MoreAug 15, 2023
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Take advantage of student resources and services at the Heard Libraries
Vanderbilt's Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries offer seven tips to new and returning students for accessing some of the libraries' most-recommended resources and services. Read MoreAug 14, 2023
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Writing support program for graduate students, postdocs seeks applicants for fall semester
A new multicenter initiative led by the Graduate and Postdoc Academic Success program is helping graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop a daily writing practice to benefit them in their academic careers at Vanderbilt and beyond. Read MoreAug 11, 2023
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Inclusive Book Group will discuss ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic’ Aug. 9
Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet Wednesday, Aug. 9, at noon to discuss the 2023-24 campus reading Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson. Read MoreJul 5, 2023
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V150: Building a University
In fall 2020, five Buchanan Fellows at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries began a project to research Vanderbilt University’s earliest years and curate an online exhibit about what they discovered. Read MoreJun 7, 2023
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Conversation Pieces: If these items could talk…
At Vanderbilt’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, the three-dimensional history of the university is collected and lovingly maintained by the staff of Special Collections and University Archives. Their mission is to “preserve the historical memory of the university”—memory that is found in the objects that, by their survival, attest to a timeline grounded in the space between West End Avenue and 21st Avenue South. Read MoreJun 6, 2023
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Robertson named director of strategic communications for Vanderbilt libraries
Seth Robertson, a communications leader with extensive experience in developing editorial content for Vanderbilt University’s core audiences, has been named the new director of strategic communications for the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read MoreJun 6, 2023
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Portrait within a Portrait: Recent graduates celebrate Vanderbilt’s Sesquicentennial with ‘Vanderbilt Self-Portrait’ project
In 2022, as Vanderbilt’s 150th anniversary approached, recent graduates Allen Zeng, BA’23, and Richard Zhang, BA’23, set out to capture the essence of the university by photographing its community members. Collaborating with Professor of Art Vesna Pavlović and librarian Yvonne Boyer, the two developed the “Vanderbilt Self-Portrait” project, supported by a Sesquicentennial Grant from the chancellor’s office and a Buchanan Library Fellowship. Read MoreJun 5, 2023
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Diermeier discusses ‘Reputation Analytics’ research at library event
In his latest book, Reputation Analytics: Public Opinion for Companies, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier incorporates lessons from a variety of fields to create a methodology for understanding and managing the reputations of organizations. Read MoreMay 17, 2023
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Historians, data scientists work to preserve endangered Middle Eastern culture with NEH grant
Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries announced a grant of $350,000 from the NEH that is enabling Vanderbilt to partner with Texas A&M and Marquette universities to continue preserving the history of Syriac culture, a medieval dialect once spoken widely by Middle Eastern Christian communities. Read MoreApr 19, 2023
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‘Reputation Analytics’ is topic of Diermeier discussion April 26
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for a discussion about his academic research, including highlights from his recently released fifth book, Reputation Analytics. The event will be on Wednesday, April 26, at 1:30 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. Read MoreApr 18, 2023
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Walker to serve on Board of Regents of National Library of Medicine
Philip Walker, director of the Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, has been invited to serve on the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine. Read MoreApr 15, 2023
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Vanderbilt Writing Studio hosts 15th annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium March 31
The Writing Studio has chosen “Writing as Discovery” as the theme for its 15th annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium, which will be Friday, March 31, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Commons Center Multipurpose Room. Read MoreMar 29, 2023