Graduate students are invited to an Open House at the Hodges Library. OPEN HOUSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Friday, August 22, 1:00-2:30 pm John C. Hodges Library in the Jack E. Reese Galleria (1st floor) * Learn how the library supports your research and teaching. * Meet your department’s subject librarian and learn more about resources … Continued
Beginning Wednesday, August 20, 2014, Pendergrass Library will implement a revised equipment policy. Overall, very little has changed, but you will notice a few slight adjustments. All equipment may be renewed one time. To ensure that laptops are updated and in good working order, they must be returned when due and cannot be rechecked out. … Continued
On Monday, August 18, our new One Search goes live! We’re launching a major upgrade to the Libraries’ discovery portal: the search box in the middle of library homepages will yield exponentially more results than in the past. Now includes articles. One Search results include journal articles. Previously, articles could be found only by searching … Continued
The executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Heather Joseph, issued a statement in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan for increasing public access to results of federally-funded scientific research. The department’s plan is part of a new White House Directive requiring 21 agencies and departments to improve the … Continued
Privacy Badger is a new, free browser add-on created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking what pages you visit online. If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple Web sites without your permission, Privacy Badger automatically blocks that advertiser from loading any more content in … Continued
The UT Libraries is seeking student artworks for the Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. The contest awards a First Prize of $300, Second Prize of $150, and Third Prize of $75. Selected two-dimensional works (drawings, graphic design, prints, photography, ceramics, painting) will be on display in the exhibit area during the fall semester. … Continued
The John C. Hodges Library will close at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23. A power outage in Hodges Library has been scheduled in order to perform emergency electrical maintenance. All library users will be asked to vacate the building prior to 9 p.m. Due to the power outage, some online library services will be … Continued
Last year, the Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library added 3D printing to the technology they provide to library users. 3D printing lets designers rapidly turn their ideas into plastic prototypes. Engineering students from the College of Agriculture are using the AgVet library’s 3D printer to test their design ideas. The library’s IT technologist, Richie … Continued
Pendergrass Library is launching a Goodreads account that will allow our patrons to browse titles in our new leisure reading collection remotely. Titles that are part of the collection are listed on the Our Books shelf; titles ordered but not yet received are listed on the Coming Soon shelf. Our Goodreads account is also synced … Continued
What is it? ChemBioDraw is a drawing tool for chemists and biologists used to create publication-ready, scientifically intelligent drawings for use in ELNs, databases and publications, and for querying chemical databases. Where can I run it? ChemBioDraw is available at no extra charge to UTK and UTSI faculty, staff, and students for installation on university-owned … Continued