It’s almost time for final exams, and students are under a lot of stress. The UT libraries are trying to help students relax and recharge. During final exams this Spring Semester, library-sponsored “De-Stress for Success” events will allow students to slow down, take a break from studying, and enjoy some free and fun activities. A … Continued
The popular Commons at the John C. Hodges Library will soon undergo a major renovation. The Commons, which encompasses the second floor of the library, features the latest technology, group study areas, an inviting setting, and round-the-clock hours that make it one of the most intensely used study spaces on campus. Renovations will begin immediately … Continued
Holly Mercer joins the UT Knoxville Libraries on January 17 as Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Research Services. She will oversee the Libraries’ research services, library technology, and digital services. Mercer comes to UT from Texas A&M University, where she served as head of Digital Services and Scholarly Communication. Dean of Libraries Steve Smith … Continued
The Music Library will be closed Thursday, December 22nd and Friday, December 23rd to allow for asbestos removal from the ground floor of the Humanities Building. The Music Library will also be closed next week for Winter Break and will reopen Tuesday, January 3.
Volunteer football programs from past years are now online. The Tennessee Football Programs are among the digital collections available on the UT Knoxville Libraries website at www.lib.utk.edu/digitalcollections. The collection includes programs and guides for home games and postseason games. Visitors to the website can browse by Year, Coach, Guides, or Postseason. The Tennessee Volunteers have … Continued
Two library faculty have assumed new positions within the University of Tennessee Libraries. Dean of Libraries Steven Escar Smith announces the following reorganization of the library’s administrative suite. Rita Smith is now Executive Associate Dean of Libraries. Her new portfolio includes responsibility for the dean’s office staff, communications, human resources, the business office, library facilities, … Continued
A digital collection of over a thousand photographs of trees, flowers, mosses, ferns and other plants is now available on the University of Tennessee Libraries’ website. THE BOTANICAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALAN S. HEILMAN was digitized from color-film photographs taken over more than sixty years by Alan S. Heilman, retired professor of Botany at the University … Continued
Linda L. Phillips, Alumni Distinguished Service Professor and Associate Dean of Libraries, announces her retirement from the University Libraries. Phillips served as interim dean of libraries during the 2010-2011 academic year. Phillips began her 35-year career at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries as head of reference in the Hodges Undergraduate Library (UGL), which closed … Continued
Scholars of colonial America have a new tool for researching religious thought in the Southern colonies. Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800: A Bibliography, edited by Michael A. Lofaro, is now available in both book and database form. Newfound Press has published the bibliography as a book, available at newfoundpress.utk.edu for online viewing or for print-on-demand. … Continued
Newfound Press announces the publication of a new multimedia work on the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In Found, Featured, then Forgotten: U.S. Network TV News and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Mark Harmon gives an account of the veterans’ protests against the war and their depiction in the American media. Through interviews with … Continued