John C. Hodges THE HARVARD SCHOLAR WHOSE GRAMMAR BOOK BUILT THE LIBRARY Back in the 1920s a college professor devised a system for marking essays to help his students identify their grammatical mistakes. Seventy-six years after he first published his scheme in a handbook for English instructors, his text is still an academic and commercial … Continued
Our 30th anniversary celebration of the John C. Hodges Library was a great success! Students thronged to our Street Fair in the Commons yesterday afternoon. The Libraries, the Office of Information Technology, and other Commons partners hosted booths at which they posed trivia questions in exchange for tickets to a prize drawing. Trivia quizzes harked … Continued
As part of UT’s week-long Homecoming festivities, you are invited to the grand opening of the “Rocky Top” Exhibit at Hodges Library. The exhibit will feature the original handwritten manuscript written by songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 at the Gatlinburg Inn. Special guests for the evening will be Del and Dane Bryant, sons … Continued
Join us October 23 to celebrate a notable milestone in the history of the UT Libraries: the thirtieth anniversary of the John C. Hodges Library. 30th Anniversary Celebration Monday, October 23, 2017 Street Fair in the Commons—3-5 p.m. Reception, 1st floor galleria—5:30 p.m. Free and open to all Two thousand seventeen marks the thirtieth year … Continued
For the fifth year in a row, Dean of Libraries Steve Smith invites our UT Library Supporters to come and experience a unique tailgating adventure here on Rocky Top. Guests at our annual Library Tailgate Party enjoy an elaborate cookout on our rooftop patio overlooking the entire University of Tennessee campus. Those at the pre-game … Continued
We’ve completed another phase in our master plan for keeping UT library spaces fresh and inviting. The Paul M. and Marion T. Miles Reading Room on the first floor of the John C. Hodges Library has been refreshed with new furnishings, fresh paint, more power outlets, and a more open study environment. The first floor … Continued
UT’s living and learning communities provide opportunities for collaboration, learning, and community for students who share a common academic interest. Students live together in university housing, participate in the same classes or projects, and reinforce each other’s success. In Fall 2016, the UT Libraries partnered with the Office of Undergraduate Research to launch the Discovery … Continued
Mindi Anderson is the 2017-18 recipient of the Red and Theresa Howse and Jim and Betty Papageorge Library Scholarship Endowment. My name is Mindi Anderson, and I am the recipient of the Howse/Papageorge scholarship for this school year. Since working in Pendergrass, I have come to realize that a career in a learning environment is … Continued
The Special Collections Reading Room at the John C. Hodges Library has a sleek new look. And the Elaine Altman Evans Exhibit Area in the first-floor galleria is allowing a new audience to discover our special collections. You are invited to an event celebrating these exciting enhancements to Special Collections on Thursday, April 27. A … Continued
Novelist Amy Greene will present the Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m. in the East Tennessee History Center. The lecture is sponsored annually by the Library Society of the University of Tennessee and the Friends of the Knox County Public Library. The event is free and open to the public. … Continued