An Online Guide to Cataloging Remote Access Multimedia

Newfound Press has published an online guide to help librarians provide access to the many forms of information available over the internet. Librarians follow a complex set of standards to describe and link to remotely available resources. The Streaming Guide to Cataloging Remote Access Multimedia: A How-to Virtual Manual for Catalogers, by Marielle Veve, provides … Continued

Library Network Outage, April 9th and 10th

The Office of Information Technology will be making network upgrades this weekend starting at 10:00PM on Saturday, April 9th. The upgrade should be complete by Sunday, April 10th at 6:00AM. During the upgrade, network connectivity (wired and wireless) will be intermittent campus-wide and library online resources such as the web site, databases, and electronic journals … Continued

Meet the Candidates for Dean of Libraries

Candidates for University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dean of Libraries will give presentations to the campus community on February 8, 10, and 14. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. Dr. Steven Smith Associate Dean for Collections and Service Texas A& M University Libraries Presentation: Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1:30-2:30, Hodges Library auditorium Followed by a … Continued

Open Access Week, Oct. 18-22

Celebrate Open Access Week, October 18-22, by participating in daily programs at John C. Hodges Library: http://libguides.utk.edu/openaccessweek/ • Advancing Science Through Open Access: Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute Dr. Harold Varmus and Dr. Cameron Neylon, Senior Scientist at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, biochemist, and author of … Continued

Student Art in the Library: call for submissions

The UT Libraries seeks submissions to the next Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. The exhibition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at UT Knoxville. Cash prizes will be awarded. First Prize is $300; Second Prize, $150. Artworks selected this fall will be installed in January and will remain on … Continued

UT Library to Digitize Newspapers, Preserve History

It has been said that newspapers are a “first draft of history” but JoAnne Deeken, head of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries’ Technical Services and Digital Access, believes — for Tennessee — “newspapers are history.” This is why she is thrilled UT Knoxville has received $325,165 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to … Continued