*** This event has been rescheduled for February 26. *** On Monday, February 26, poet and editor Jill Bialosky will read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Jill Bialosky is the author of four acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently The Players; three critically acclaimed novels, most recently, The Prize; and … Continued
Students saving money — and thanking their professors for helping them do so. Instructors feeling more freedom in teaching not to the book but to the subject. Sound interesting? This is just a sample of the feedback received during a semester-long project gathering data on open textbook adoptions at UT. Here’s what we did: Throughout … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the fall and spring semesters. Showing Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m.— The Rage in Placid Lake To the horror of … 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, November 30, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., in Room 213. Work surrounded by others with the same goal in mind: FINISH THOSE PAPERS! From pencils to laptops to citation guides … Continued
Join GIS Day in the Hodges Library first-floor Galleria on Wednesday, November 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn how geographic information systems (GIS) technology is being used in your community. Come see the virtual terrain sandbox and a drone (not flying). Learn more about GIS Day at http://www.gisday.com/
Boundless: Artists in the Archives is a newly launched program from the University of Tennessee Libraries. To highlight the unique materials available in UT’s Special Collections and Betsey B. Creekmore Archives, the Libraries will periodically commission a work of art or music inspired by an item or collection in the archives. The Libraries’ first partners in the … Continued
We look forward to seeing you at the “Rocky Top” Exhibit Opening at Hodges Library this Friday evening. Parking will be available in Staff Lot 12 in front of Hodges Library. However, the Homecoming Parade will block some routes! To access Staff Parking Lot 12 in front of Hodges Library: Turn right (south) onto Volunteer … Continued
Dr. Thomas Dailey in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries is editor of the National Quail Symposium Proceedings (NQSP) and has had a role with the publication since 1993. He and his fellow editors noticed that the proceedings, published as books, were not getting high citation counts. Dailey asked the University Libraries how to … Continued
John C. Hodges THE HARVARD SCHOLAR WHOSE GRAMMAR BOOK BUILT THE LIBRARY Back in the 1920s a college professor devised a system for marking essays to help his students identify their grammatical mistakes. Seventy-six years after he first published his scheme in a handbook for English instructors, his text is still an academic and commercial … Continued