Over the Winter Holiday the UT Libraries will transition to a new cloud-hosted “backend” for its integrated library system. Beginning at 8 p.m. on December 11, there will be a brief disruption of Library Express delivery, pick-up, and scan-on-demand services. This past semester we launched a major upgrade to the Libraries’ discovery portal. By the … Continued
Open-access literature is digital, online, and free of charge. University students and faculty can have a role in making research and scholarship freely accessible to all. Choosing to publish in open-access journals can help. Tax dollars and college tuition pay for much of the research reported in academic journals. But the soaring costs of commercially … Continued
Winners of the Student Art in the Library exhibition will be announced Monday, October 13. The campus is invited to drop by the exhibit space in the Miles Reading Room, 135 Hodges Library, at 4 p.m., for the announcement and a reception. The Student Art in the Library juried exhibition is held twice per year … Continued
Join the effort to raise $5,000 for the UT Libraries. If we raise $5,000, Dr. Bass will make an additional $10,000 gift. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9PhAV_W2o8[/youtube] We hope you share the UT Libraries’ vision: “We are the campus main street and the crossroads for innovation, scholarship, learning, and civility.” Students rely on our libraries for round-the-clock research … Continued
***The Libraries’ Data Management Workshop, originally scheduled for Oct. 2, has been postponed. Watch for the rescheduled date here.*** Many grant funding agencies require researchers to plan ahead for data preservation and sharing as part of their research projects. To aid with these requirements, the UT Libraries subscribes to an online tool that makes the … Continued
Literature is a powerful force! Every September, libraries and bookstores across the country celebrate Banned Books Week to honor the freedom to read and to draw attention to banned and challenged books. Join the UT Libraries to celebrate your First Amendment rights during Banned Books Week. We are fortunate to live in a nation that … Continued
Your art could be on display in Hodges Library. The library is looking for artwork for the Student Art in the Library juried competition. Cash prizes will be awarded. Submit your work by September 21 to lib.utk.edu/artinlibrary.
The University of Tennessee Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members. Ingrid Ruffin (pictured, left) is Student Success Librarian for First-Year Programs. Anna Sandelli (right) is Student Success Librarian for Undergraduate User Experience. What do Student Success Librarians do? Basically, they help students learn the tools of scholarship while adjusting … Continued
The streaming server for Residence Life Cinema (movies.utk.edu) is being replaced and will be down for one or two days (Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30) because of the replacement and the necessary uploads. We’ll let you know when it is operational again.
Join the UT Libraries for an open house from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, in the Commons, 2nd floor, Hodges Library. Learn about the libraries. Play games. Win prizes. Strike a pose at our free photo shoot by a professional photographer: we’ll be live-posting to Instagram. Help us help you. Enter our … Continued