Join GIS Day in the Hodges Library first-floor Galleria on Wednesday, November 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn how geographic information systems (GIS) technology is being used in your community. Come see the virtual terrain sandbox and a drone (not flying). Learn more about GIS Day at http://www.gisday.com/
Dr. Thomas Dailey in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries is editor of the National Quail Symposium Proceedings (NQSP) and has had a role with the publication since 1993. He and his fellow editors noticed that the proceedings, published as books, were not getting high citation counts. Dailey asked the University Libraries how to … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the fall and spring semesters. Showing Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.— Apprentice The integrity and ethics of a young Malay … Continued
On Monday, November 13, poet and editor Kaveh Akbar will read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Kaveh Akbar’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. His debut full-length collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, was released by Alice James Books in September 2017; … Continued
The Office of the Provost, Student Government Association, and University Libraries set an ambitious goal for AY 2017-18: Save students $1 Million by increasing adoptions of open textbooks. Today, we’re announcing an additional $127,100 savings for students! Added to the $552,200 reported two weeks ago, Vols are now saving a total of $679,300 thanks to … 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
Students are concerned about the rising costs of textbooks. Open textbooks can remedy some of the impact on student budgets. Open textbooks are openly-licensed works that are freely available to everyone. UT faculty are beginning to adopt open textbooks in their courses, and the Student Government Association, with the help of the Office of the … Continued
On Monday, October 2nd, novelists Michael Shou-Yung Shum and Jesse Goolsby will read at the University of Tennessee. The event is part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Michael Shou-Yung Shum eventually found himself dealing poker in a dead-end casino in Lake Stevens, Washington. Two doctorates bookend … Continued
[lead]Two Thousand Seventeen marks the thirtieth anniversary of the John C. Hodges Library. Join us October 23 to celebrate.[/lead] [lead]We’ll begin our celebration with a Street Fair in the Commons.[/lead] From 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, October 23, “Main Street” in the open-space Commons on the second floor of Hodges Library will host “retro” arcade … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the fall and spring semesters. Showing Wednesday, October 4, at 7 p.m.— Scanners . . . a sci-fi horror thriller from … Continued