On Friday, August 18, the Clarence Brown Film Festival moves to the University of Tennessee campus. The UT Libraries will host the festival’s keynote address, followed by tours and a film screening at the Clarence Brown Theatre. The UT Libraries holds Clarence Brown’s archives. UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre for the Performing Arts and the theatre … Continued

The Clarence Brown Film Festival, August 16–20, will explore the work and legacy of the renowned Hollywood director who grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Festival activities, organized by the Knox County Public Library, include film screenings, talks, and tours. Events will take place in or near downtown Knoxville, and are free and open to the … Continued

Are you longing for an old-fashioned Fourth of July parade? Thanks to photographic archives preserved by Tennessee’s libraries, you can revisit parades from the turn of the 20th century, when the horse and buggy far outnumbered the motor car. The above photos are publicly available through the Digital Library of Tennessee, a searchable online collection … Continued

The Graduate Commons is expanding! The Graduate Commons on the first floor of Hodges Library will more than double in size. The new space opens on June 20. The Graduate Commons, 131 Hodges Library, will expand into an adjacent area formerly used as office space. Expansion into room 130 will add two large group study … Continued

This summer, the John C. Hodges Library is hosting two programs that seek to prepare students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in college. Engaging with the community is part of the University of Tennessee’s land-grant mission of research, teaching, and outreach. Over the past decade, the UT Libraries’ office of Community Learning Services and Diversity … Continued

Juneteenth (June 19th) commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Upon proclaiming Juneteenth a national holiday in 2021, President Biden noted, “On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word … Continued

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy passed away on June 13 at age 89. Long before his books — including The Road and No Country for Old Men — made him popular, McCarthy penned stories for the student literary magazine Phoenix while enrolled at the University of Tennessee. He wrote Wake for Susan in the fall … Continued

Do you create digital content? Whether you’re sharing an opinion, offering a service, or selling a product — if your digital content isn’t accessible to all, you’re simply creating barriers to your own work. A billion people worldwide have some type of disability. Yet, a 2023 study of a million homepages found that 96.3% failed … Continued

The Red and Theresa Howse and Jim and Betty Papageorge Library Scholarship provides tuition assistance to a student library worker. The scholarship was created by Beth Howse Baldwin (Business Administration, ’82) in memory of her parents, Red and Theresa Howse, and in honor of her aunt and uncle, Betty and Jim Papageorge. The wonderful memories … Continued