The Student Government Association has named the UT Libraries their SGA Campus Partner of the Year for 2017-18. Librarian Rachel Caldwell accepted the award at SGA’s Transition Ceremony on April 26. The UT Libraries was recognized for collaborating with SGA to encourage the use of open educational resources (OER) in university courses. Open textbooks, one … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries has acquired a new teaching tool, a 3D anatomy table. The touch-screen Anatomage Table is an innovative approach to teaching anatomy. Digital cadavers allow students to visualize thousands of anatomical structures and to perform virtual 3D dissections exactly as they would on a real cadaver. The Anatomage Table is equipped … Continued
A makerspace is coming to Hodges Library. What would you like to see included in the new work space? Makerspaces provide tools and space where people with shared interests gather to work on projects while trading ideas and knowledge. There are makerspaces for arts and crafts, and makerspaces for rapid prototyping of new products, just … Continued
Left to right: Morgan Hartgrove, Student Body President; honorees Judy Day, Stan Guffey, Michael Berry, Vasilios Alexiades; Maddie Stephens, 2018-19 SGA Student Services Director. The Student Government Association (SGA) held an awards ceremony in Hodges Library on Monday to recognize UT instructors who use open educational resources in their courses. The winners of this year’s … Continued
Student winners of the University of Tennessee’s graduate-level writing awards will read from their winning works on Monday, April 23. The event is part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Readings begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The public is invited to join the … Continued
Open educational resources are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching and learning. Open textbooks can be read online for free. By adopting open textbooks in their courses, UT instructors have saved students hundreds of thousands of dollars this past year. Last year, the Student Government Association … Continued
The library currently has a trial for Mango Languages, an interactive learning tool that covers many languages and dialects for students, staff, and faculty to learn at their leisure. From Arabic to Yiddish, learners will be taken through the basics of conversation in the given language for a quick and simple way to learn. The … Continued
Writing papers got you down? Not sure how or where to start your research? Join us for a “Writing Blitz” in Hodges Library on Thursday, April 19, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., in Room 213. Work surrounded by others with the same goal in mind: FINISH THOSE PAPERS! From pencils to laptops to citation … Continued
“Open Access Publishing & Avoiding Predatory Journal Publishers” (A Zoom webinar with Rachel Caldwell, UT’s Scholarly Communication and Publishing Librarian) April 12th, 2:30-3:30 p.m. EDT Register: https://goo.gl/forms/HDo4K56tX7HlHlQi2 Whether you’re looking for journals in your field, receive a solicitation to submit work from a publisher, or are wondering which Open Access journals are trustworthy, this workshop … Continued