Please join us for GIS Day. When: Wednesday, November 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: first-floor, John C. Hodges Library Galleria. Learn about geospatial technology and resources available on campus. Meet and network with exhibitors from government, the private sector, non-profits, and academia. See the map and poster gallery. Create your own world with the virtual … Continued
UT faculty and staff are invited to join webinars on November 6, 7, and 14 to learn about the InCites online research analytics and evaluation tool. Webinars led by a specialist from the Web of Science Group are available exclusively to UT Knoxville participants and are tailored to campus stakeholders. InCites can help you showcase your … Continued
The UT Libraries announces the launch of Volopedia, an online encyclopedia of all things related to the University of Tennessee. Volopedia is a user-friendly portal to topical summaries on university history and traditions. Keyword searches, alphabetical browsing, and date-range queries allow users to quickly find information on topics of interest. Thousands of entries chronicle UT-themed … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries endorses the Big Ten Academic Alliance statement on “Sustaining Values and Scholarship.” We join with our Big Ten colleagues in our unwavering commitment to support learning and discovery. Universities exist to create and share knowledge. We also recognize that our current academic publishing system hinders both creativity and sharing. As … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries ranks 23rd among US public research university libraries. That is according to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a coalition of 124 major research libraries in the US and Canada including the National Library of Medicine and Library of Congress. Among all public and private university libraries, the UT Libraries ranks 42nd … Continued
If you’ve been thinking about adopting an open textbook for your courses, now is the time to do so. UT Libraries, with the Division of Student Life, is accepting proposals for the Open Textbook/OER Grant Program for spring 2020 and the 2020-21 academic year. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until project funds … Continued
Holly Mercer, senior associate dean at the UT Libraries, has been elected to the Board of Governors for HathiTrust, a shared digital repository for content contributed by major academic and research libraries. HathiTrust is an international community of research libraries committed to the long-term curation and availability of the cultural record. The shared repository assures … Continued
Due to scheduled maintenance, ProQuest Ebook Central will be unavailable on: Saturday, October 19th, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Eastern Time
Three unique agricultural publications from University of Tennessee Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station have been preserved as digital collections by the University of Tennessee Libraries. These vintage publications, created between 1922 and 1990, contain historical information about agriculture in Tennessee. The Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station (today called AgResearch) was established in 1882 and the … Continued
Some East Tennessee K-12 teachers devoted a recent Saturday to learning new ways to help their students excel in science and mathematics. Big Orange STEM Saturday for Educators was held on September 28 at UT’s John C. Hodges Library. During the half-day event, teachers attended their choice of workshops. One workshop offered an open-ended STEM … Continued