Workshop: an online tool for data management planning

***The Libraries’ Data Management Workshop, originally scheduled for Oct. 2, has been postponed. Watch for the rescheduled date here.*** Many grant funding agencies require researchers to plan ahead for data preservation and sharing as part of their research projects. To aid with these requirements, the UT Libraries subscribes to an online tool that makes the … Continued

Banned Books Week, Sept. 21-27

Literature is a powerful force! Every September, libraries and bookstores across the country celebrate Banned Books Week to honor the freedom to read and to draw attention to banned and challenged books. Join the UT Libraries to celebrate your First Amendment rights during Banned Books Week. We are fortunate to live in a nation that … Continued

Amy Billone at WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY, Sept. 29

Amy Billone will read from her new poetry collection at UT’s Writers in the Library on Monday, September 29, at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The reading is free and open to the public. Billone’s poetry collection, The Light Changes — named one of Kirkus Review‘s best … Continued

Library Society Welcomes Graduate Student Members

Welcome to our twenty-eight new graduate student members of the Library Society of UT Knoxville! These students joined the Library Society at the membership table at the Libraries’ Graduate Student Open House on August 22 in the John C. Hodges Library. The Libraries sponsor an open house for graduate students each fall. The event is … Continued

“Birds, Bugs, & Blooms” Natural History Illustration Exhibit at McClung Museum

A new exhibit exploring natural history illustration from the 1500s to the 1800s opens Friday, September 12, at UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. Some of the rare books on display are on loan from the University Libraries’ Special Collections. Special Collections items include works of zoological and botanical illustration, notably a 1665 … Continued

Library Hires Student Success Librarians

The University of Tennessee Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members. Ingrid Ruffin (pictured, left) is Student Success Librarian for First-Year Programs. Anna Sandelli (right) is Student Success Librarian for Undergraduate User Experience. What do Student Success Librarians do? Basically, they help students learn the tools of scholarship while adjusting … Continued

Downtime for movies.utk.edu

The streaming server for Residence Life Cinema (movies.utk.edu) is being replaced and will be down for one or two days (Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30) because of the replacement and the necessary uploads. We’ll let you know when it is operational again.

Undergrads, You’re Invited to an Open House

Join the UT Libraries for an open house from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, in the Commons, 2nd floor, Hodges Library. Learn about the libraries. Play games. Win prizes. Strike a pose at our free photo shoot by a professional photographer: we’ll be live-posting to Instagram. Help us help you. Enter our … Continued