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A Tradition of Innovation
Aug. 23, 2010—When Vanderbilt’s Central Library opened in 1941, it was progressive in concept and design. The concept—bringing together the resources of Vanderbilt, George Peabody College for Teachers and Scarritt College to create a facility for all three institutions—created a library far better than each could do alone.
Connecting Scholars Across Ages
Aug. 16, 2010—Plans for a renovation of the Central Library are now in place to address changes in teaching and learning, providing improved access to the facility and its collections, increased services for visitors, and expanded study spaces.
Summer in Oxford
Jan. 13, 2010—When the Oxford rail station loudspeaker boomed out “Mind the gap, please,” I knew I was really back in England. The heads of two groups of Oxford’s University Libraries had invited me for a consultancy for the Bodleian and other libraries that make up the university’s library system.
Library loses one of its foremost friends
Jan. 13, 2010—When Chancellor Emeritus Alexander Heard passed away in July at age 92, the library lost one of its foremost friends.
Touring Tennessee via postcard
Jan. 13, 2010—Ridley Wills II’s recently donated his collection of Vanderbilt and Peabody postcards, including those featured here, to the library. Pictured are just a few his collection of about 26,000 Tennessee postcards.
Nashville pays tribute to Mark Twain with citywide celebration
Jan. 13, 2010—Vanderbilt’s libraries are part of a citywide, months-long artistic exploration of the lively, provoking and distinctly American writer Mark Twain. The “Twain & Twang” celebration kicked off downtown in the fall and continues through June.