Author William Hensley will lecture in the Hodges Library Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13. The event is sponsored by NASA/AISES, the Libraries’ Diversity Committee and the English Department. The lecture is titled “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: Alaska and the Real People.” Mr. Hensley is the author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A … Continued
Wanted: UT students and friends to attend the screening of the UT Libraries’ Sparky Short Video Contest. The screening will take place Wednesday, October 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Please come out to support students at UT who created short videos to illustrate the value of information sharing. There will be a … Continued
The UT Press and UT Libraries will sponsor a book talk by Aaron Purcell, author of White Collar Radicals: TVA’s Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy Era on Tuesday, October 20, 10:30 a.m. in the Mary E. Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library. Aaron Purcell is an associate professor and director of special collections … Continued
Is “Indian” a racist term? Is “Native American” less offensive? What appellations are actually preferred by the indigenous peoples of the United States? Is the use of Native American mascots in team sports demeaning? Join us Thursday, October 1, at 1:30 in the Mary Greer Room (258 Hodges Library) for a panel discussion of these … Continued
Join us in commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787: • Sign Your Constitution. Sign an oversized copy of the Constitution on the Pedestrian Walkway, south side of Hodges Library, Wednesday, Sept. 16. Begins at 11:00 a.m. (Rain location: outside Starbucks, 2nd floor, Hodges Library) • “What’s Fair on the Air?” — An … Continued
The Library Diversity Committee presents: Connie Briscoe and Caroline Mann “It’s On My Mind – Mental Health Awareness” 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 17th, 605 Hodges Library Many universities are learning to focus on how diverse identities such as ethnicity, gender, and nationality impact students’ learning and experience on campus. Yet there is an area of … Continued
Save the date! The campus is invited to an Open House at the new location of the UT Libraries’ Special Collections. Visit us Thursday, September 10, 3:00-5:00 p.m., at our new location in Room 121 of the John C. Hodges Library. Special Collections acquires and preserves collections of manuscripts, books, printed ephemera, maps, and other … Continued
Beverly Watts, Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, will lead a discussion on poverty Thursday, August 20, 1 p.m., in the Mary Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library. The discussion is sponsored by the UT Libraries’ Diversity Committee. Beverly L. Watts was appointed the Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission in July … Continued
Join us Friday, August 21, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, at the Melrose entrance (2nd floor) of Hodges Library for the Graduate Student Open House. Register for Interlibrary Services. Meet your department’s subject librarian. Bring your laptop to register for wireless access at UT. Familiarize yourself with the library and its services in a relaxed atmosphere. … Continued
With the library’s compelling new homepage and its underlying discovery and delivery platform going live on August 7, the Virtual Library Steering Committee has started planning for future enhancements. This week Committee members identified some 30 desirable new features [see them below]. We invite all library employees to contribute ideas for expanding UT’s virtual library. … Continued