Library News
December 5, 2019
On November 13, the Libraries held an event in Hodges Library to celebrate National Novel Writing Month. Students who stopped by were aided in their writing endeavors by the Herbert Writing Center and were given writing “care packages.” The highlight of the event was a short story contest. Students who participated could choose from 4 writing prompts and were given around 6...
November 25, 2019
Create a music video celebrating UT’s 225th anniversary and enter our Free Range Video Contest. Register and follow guidelines for the “All Vol,” “Weird Al,” or “Original” categories. Deadline: February 10. Screening and awards: March 4.
November 19, 2019
Beginning December 11, the Hoskins Library Storage and Reading Room will be open for walk-in access only one day per week. Thereafter, the Storage and Reading Room (200 Hoskins Library, 1401 Cumberland Ave.) will be open each Wednesday from noon until 4 p.m. Library Express delivery will still be available Monday through Friday, with 24- to 36-hour turnaround. The Storage ...
November 8, 2019
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 worl...
October 28, 2019
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 research program’s strengths, identif...
October 24, 2019
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 chr...
October 23, 2019
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 creat...
October 22, 2019
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 42...
October 18, 2019
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 are depleted or through March 1, 2020, whichever comes f...
October 16, 2019
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. Holly Mercer HathiTrust is an international community of research libraries committed to t...
October 4, 2019
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 cal...
October 2, 2019
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 task on microplastics in the Tennes...
October 1, 2019
Three UT librarians will share their specialized knowledge of film and photography at programs co-sponsored with the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. McClung Museum is currently hosting an exhibit titled Science in Motion: The Photographic Studies of Eadweard Muybridge, Berenice Abbott, and Harold Edgerton, works from the Bank of America Collection. The exhibi...
September 23, 2019
The new Graduate Commons in Hodges Library is now officially open. The new commons — just for graduate students — offers ready access to technology and a quiet space for research. It is also a space where grads can meet students from other graduate programs and learn about current research in other disciplines. The Graduate Commons is furnished with adjustable-height desks, ergo...
September 23, 2019
The University of Tennessee Libraries has surpassed its $20 million fundraising goal for the Join the Journey campaign. The Libraries reached this milestone with nine months yet to go in the university’s capital campaign. UT Knoxville embarked on the $1.1 billion Join the Journey campaign to advance the university on its journey to becoming a preeminent public research universit...