UT Libraries Help Preserve Education, Arts Literacy, History of Smokies

From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont: Bringing Education and Economic Development tothe Great Smoky Mountains, 1910-2004 KNOXVILLE — With help from a nearly $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the University of Tennessee Libraries recently completed a project that preserves the history of education and arts literacy in the Great Smoky … Continued

Book Sale at Hodges Library on Friday

A book sale will take place in Hodges Library on Friday, October 26 from 9-3 in the Mary E. Greer room, on the second floor near the Melrose entrance. Paperbacks are $1, hardbacks and media are $2. More valuable books will be specially priced. All proceeds go to support the library.

Fall Break – The Commons and Starbucks closures

The Commons North will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Oct.10-12) for carpet cleaning and installation of additional computers It will reopen Friday at 5 p.m. The Commons South will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 for carpet cleaning and reopen Saturday Oct. 13, at 8 a.m. Starbucks will be closed from midnight Tuesday … Continued

UT Libraries Moving Up in National Rankings

University of Tennessee Libraries are among the top 20 publicly supported university libraries in recent national rankings as updates in services continue to make the library a vital resource on campus. The Association of Research Libraries ranked UT Libraries 16th out of 68 publicly supported university libraries in the expenditures-focused index, a big jump from … Continued

Beat the Rush: Course Reserves Services for Faculty and Instructors

Digital Production Services at Hodges Library is currently accepting course reserve reading lists for the fall 2007 semester. If you want your Hodges Library reserve collections (print or electronic) ready by the first day of classes, please submit your request by August 14, 2007. If your material is not needed by the first day of … Continued

Future Librarians: ScienceLinks Student Profiles

School of Information Sciences students Sonia Sarangthem and Monica Colón-Aguirre discuss their experiences at UT, as part of the IMLS grant-funded ScienceLinks program Science Links is a two-year scholarship funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the University of Tennessee, awarded to students from underrepresented groups interested in a career in science … Continued

UT Librarian Honored by Pi Beta Phi Fraternity

UT librarian Anne Bridges was inducted as an Honor Initiate of the Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women at their biennial conference in Scottsdale, Arizona in June. Bridges, with UT librarian Ken Wise, was co-principal investigator of the IMLS funded grant project From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont: Bringing Education and Economic Development to the … Continued

UT Libraries Celebrates Staff with Spirit Awards

For fourteen years, the UT Libraries has recognized the many contributions and talents of its employees with the Library Spirit Awards. The 2007 awards ceremony theme was Library Spirit: Past, Present, and Future. The event was arranged by committee members Hannah Miller, Rebecca Smithey, Micheline Westfall, Greg Womac and co-chairs Connie Steigenga and JoAnne Deeken. … Continued