Interested in games and gaming? So are we! November 4-10 is International Games Week Join us in Room 209, Hodges Library. We have game consoles, board games, and a VR headset set up and ready to go. Drop by and tell us your favorite board games, card games, strategy games, dice games, role-playing games, video … Continued
I am pleased to announce that David Atkins, currently Head of Branch Libraries and Collection Logistics at the UT Libraries, has been appointed as the next Dean of Libraries at East Tennessee State University. He will assume this role in January. David has been a UT library faculty member for over 20 years. He formerly … Continued
During Open Access Week, October 22-28, liaison librarians shared messages with their departments on topics including how to avoid predatory publishers, recognizing the profit margins of the five major scholarly journal publishers, and the development of open access monographs and book subvention funds. So, what is there to do now? Here are a few things … Continued
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus was published in 1818. As part of the international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein, the UT Libraries has assembled an exhibition of rare editions of the novel and other ghoulish materials from our Special Collections. Items From the Crypt will be on display in the … Continued
Join us for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) Tuesday, November 13 7-9 p.m., Hodges Library auditorium
Several University of Tennessee Libraries faculty members are lending their skills to the success of the cooperative digital library HathiTrust. HathiTrust is a shared digital repository for content contributed by major academic and research libraries. The shared repository assures long-term preservation of the partner libraries’ digital content as well as persistent access to the digital … Continued
In honor of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the UT Humanities Center is collaborating with the Keats-Shelley Association of America to celebrate Frankenreads, an NEH-funded series of events and initiatives. Events include: Frankenstein in Print: Rare Editions of Frankenstein. An exhibition of rare editions of Frankenstein and medical texts from the nineteenth century, … Continued
Over the past year, the UT Libraries offered several workshops to help local nonprofits gain temporary access to academic research. Librarians asked participants how their organizations could benefit from open access to the peer-reviewed literature, and here are some of their responses:
Open access to information — free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research — has practical, real-world implications for people right here in East Tennessee. Because most academic research is hidden behind a paywall, many small nonprofits cannot access the peer-reviewed journal articles that can bolster their requests for grant funding. “Without access … Continued
October 30, 2018, marks the tenth anniversary of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, UT’s public policy center named for the US senator from Tennessee who was famous for his civility and nonpartisanship. It is also the tenth anniversary of the Modern Political Archives (MPA). On October 30, author Ira Shapiro will … Continued