Library News
August 5, 2020
With fall classes being offered in person, online, and through a hybrid combination, UT Libraries resources and services will follow a similar structure. “We were well equipped to maintain our high level of service and support to the Volunteer community while remaining fully online during the last half of the spring and the full summer semester,” stated Holly Mercer, actin...
July 1, 2020
Effective July 1, 2020, the University of Tennessee Press joins the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus as a division of the University of Tennessee Libraries. The move follows a national trend of university presses and research libraries joining forces to advance their complementary missions. “We have an exceptional library and an excellent university press,” ...
June 22, 2020
The shift to remote learning this March was necessary in order to ensure that our students, faculty, and staff stayed safe and healthy. Throughout this transition, UT Libraries remained committed to supporting the academic success of our community — uninterrupted. It takes a lot of awesome people doing incredible things behind the scenes to continue to support each of our Vols. ...
June 11, 2020
The National Endowment for the Arts will fund a project intended to promote community healing from the devastating impact of the 2016 Chimney Tops II Wildfires. A $75,000 grant from NEA’s Our Town program will fund Wildfire Recovery through Art and Public Memory, a project of the University of Tennessee Libraries, the City of Gatlinburg, and the Anna Porter Public Library. Works...
May 29, 2020
Dean of Libraries Steve Smith will coordinate the next stage of planning for UT Knoxville’s fall semester. Chancellor Donde Plowman announced Smith’s appointment on May 21 as a special advisor on best practices for returning to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smith’s appointment to the chancellor’s cabinet will last through at least August 31. Senior Associate Dea...
May 6, 2020
The Dean’s Student Advisory Committee (DSAC) meets several times per semester to engage in discussions about library resources, services, and programs. A virtual meeting of the Dean's Student Advisory Committee “The Student Advisory Committee provides invaluable input to strategic decisions, li...
April 30, 2020
COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a global community. Communities and organizations around the world will participate in Giving Tuesday Now, May 5, a global day of unity in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. Your friends and colleagues at the University of Tennessee Libraries invite ...
April 24, 2020
Add a UT Libraries background to your next Zoom meeting or study session! Instructions for Use Click the “select” button to save your favorite background below. On your next Zoom session, click the up arrow next to the “Stop Video” function and select “Choose Your Virtual Background.” Select the “+” button to upload your library image and choose your background. Be sure to unche...
April 22, 2020
We miss seeing you on campus. And, regrettably, there will be no HABIT dogs at the library this semester to help us all de-stress during final exams. But we’re providing an online Stay Home Self Care & Wellness guide to help you manage stress in fun and active ways — libguides.utk.edu/stayhome. Here are other campus resources to help you prepare for final exams: T...
March 31, 2020
The UT Libraries’ membership in an international digital repository is yielding an extra dividend in these troubled times. While UT classes remain online in response to the COVID-19 emergency, HathiTrust will allow unprecedented access to digital content preserved by the shared repository. In addition to the UT Libraries’ already robust electronic collections, through our partne...
March 23, 2020
University classes are online and UT Libraries’ collections and services are available to help them. Students can access e-books, journal articles, research guides, films, and more from their computers and mobile devices 24 hours a day. They can chat with a librarian to find the resources they need, receive help citing sources, and get answers to questions. “The library went onl...
March 10, 2020
High school students will explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Big Orange STEM Saturday, April 4, at UT’s John C. Hodges Library. The keynote activity at the free half-day conference will be a playful group experiment led by Ernie Roberts, the on-air host for Mathline, the East Tennessee PBS live call-in show that helps students improve their m...
January 27, 2020
The April 7th showing of Song of the Sea has been cancelled. Are you tired of the same corporate blockbuster Hollywood movies? The endless onslaught of sequels, reboots, and remakes getting you down? Join us in the Hodges Library auditorium on the first Tuesday of each month for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Practice your language skills and join us for ...
January 19, 2020
Apocalypse 2020 has arrived. The University of Tennessee has organized a semester of courses, lectures, and exhibitions around the theme of the Apocalypse. As part of Apocalypse 2020, the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives presents Unveiled: Four Centuries of Apocalyptic Visions, an exhibit of facsimile reproductions of medieval interpretations of th...
January 19, 2020
A sketch by Knoxville-born artist Joseph Delaney is currently on display in the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives. Joseph Delaney (1904-1991) — along with his better-known brother Beauford (1901-1978) — discovered art as an expressive outlet early in childhood. After traveling and working uninspiring jobs fo...