Jody Combs
Kudos: Read about faculty and staff awards, appointments and achievements
Jan. 31, 2017—Read about the latest faculty and staff awards, appointments and achievements.
Vanderbilt Libraries to host ‘Cultural Heritage at Scale’ symposium
May. 25, 2016—Scholars, students and other interested individuals are invited to a free Vanderbilt Libraries symposium on the challenges and opportunities for those who build national-scale digital cultural preservation projects.
Valerie Hotchkiss named Vanderbilt’s university librarian
Apr. 21, 2016—Valerie Hotchkiss, a library director and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will join Vanderbilt Aug. 1 in the role of university librarian, with responsibility for nine divisional libraries and the Television News Archive.
Vanderbilt’s W.T. Bandy Center new home for Verlaine Collection
Apr. 11, 2016—An extraordinary collection of works by and about Paul Verlaine, one of France's most celebrated poets of the late 19th century, has been acquired by Vanderbilt University's W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and French Studies.
New ‘text mining’ tech tools boon for Vanderbilt researchers
Oct. 2, 2015—A partnership between the Owen Graduate School of Management and Vanderbilt Libraries can benefit the entire campus research community with the availability of new technology tools that include a 'back door portal' to LexisNexis Academic content.
Future of the libraries focus of new report
Sep. 8, 2015—An assessment of the value the Vanderbilt community places on its libraries and the future of what library services and resources should become are the topics of a report recently released by the Future of the Libraries Committee.
Future of the Libraries Committee named
Oct. 23, 2014—A new committee comprising faculty and staff has been charged with developing a vision for the future direction of the Vanderbilt University library system.
Vanderbilt Libraries plan Open Access Week celebration
Oct. 17, 2014—Vanderbilt Libraries' celebration of Open Access Week includes an Oct. 23 talk by Duke University Law School Associate Dean Richard Danner.
Vanderbilt to host NEH-supported institute on digital humanities
Jun. 2, 2014—Scholars from across the United States and abroad will be at Vanderbilt University June 9-20 to improve their skills in building projects in the digital humanities.
Enhancements underway for OAK support
Mar. 19, 2014—The libraries and Vanderbilt IT are working together to improve and support the course management and learning technology system OAK.
Vanderbilt Libraries add iPads to list of circulated items
Jan. 11, 2013—Vanderbilt Libraries have just added iPad2s to the list of items that the university's current students, faculty and staff can check out.