Library News
May 2, 2023
To members of the University of Tennessee community, the torch represents the Volunteer spirit of service and leadership. Torch Night is the backdrop for a longstanding campus tradition of symbolically passing the torch of Volunteer ideals to each new generation of students. Torch Night: A New Beginning is a rite of passage for incoming Volunteers. At the beginning of each acade...
April 21, 2023
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. The partnership helps support open access to scholarship in the humanities. Access to research and knowledge that serves the public good is central to the mission of UT Knoxville. Making rese...
April 17, 2023
Singer-songwriter Maggie Longmire was the featured artist March 23 at the UT Libraries’ unique series Boundless: Artists in the Archives. Her songs spoke of the hard lives of coal miners and their families, and a hoped-for end to our reliance on fossil fuels. The Boundless program invites musicians and other artists to visit the Libraries’ archives and create original works insp...
April 12, 2023
Softball legend and former Lady Vol Monica Abbott retired from professional softball this year. Prior to her illustrious career as a professional athlete, she was also one of the most decorated players in the history of college softball. During her years at UT, from 2004 to 2007, she pitched an astonishing 23 no-hitters and si...
April 12, 2023
Charlie Daniel (Photo by John Becker Photography, courtesy of East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame) Congratulations to Charlie Daniel, who was recently inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame! Charlie Daniel delighted Knoxvillians with his editorial cartoons for 60 years — first at the Knoxville Journal and later a...
March 28, 2023
Young people from East Tennessee communities are using data science and data visualization to tell stories that are personally meaningful to them and their communities. An event at UT’s John C. Hodges Library on March 30 will offer an opportunity for participating students to share progress to-date on their data art projects. That event — styled “Dear Data: MVP Style” — is part ...
March 27, 2023
Beauford Delaney (Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator.) The University of Tennessee Libraries has received a $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation* to complete processing and promote the recently acquired Beauford Delaney Papers, the personal archive of the renowne...
March 24, 2023
Writing papers got you down? Not sure how or where to start your research? Join us for a paper writing marathon Wednesday, March 29, in 212 Hodges Library, 4 p.m. to midnight. Research and writing help will be available until 10 p.m., in person or via Zoom at http://tiny.utk.edu/WBSpring23. Librarians will be on hand to offer research assistance, and tutors from the Judith Ander...
March 14, 2023
For some of our students on campus, this is a very real concern. Luckily for us at UT, there are many resources available to address this growing need. The UT Libraries Diversity Committee recently held a panel discussion to explore resources available to students who are experiencing financial hardship. Blake Weiss, program director for basic needs with the Office of the Dean o...
March 8, 2023
“When I was nine years old, I saw this 48 Hours news program which made sweeping generalizations about people from my region. Like we were all to be pitied.…That show made me feel shame for being from eastern Kentucky.… That TV news program had a lasting impact on me. It was the first time I saw my community portrayed as poor white trash, a legacy that goes way back.” Ashley Yor...
March 7, 2023
The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UT’s internationally acclaimed center for the study of the history and culture of the premodern world, will hold its annual symposium on the UT campus March 24–25. The 19th Annual Marco Symposium, titled “The Canon of Shakespeare at 400,” will explore 400 years of Shakespeare since the publication of the First Folio. The ...
March 6, 2023
In Tennessee, 1.6 million individuals with disabilities experience barriers to accessing the same education, housing, transportation, and health care as their peers. The Tennessee General Assembly has proclaimed March 11 to be #DisabilityAdvocacyDayTN, to honor the importance of advocacy in the lives of Tennesseans with disabilities and to improve access to equal opportunities a...
February 21, 2023
Given the rising cost of obtaining a college degree, it’s no wonder that many college students experience financial hardship — and even food insecurity. The stress of financial pressures inevitably has a detrimental effect on students’ academic performance. To learn about support services available at UT, attend our Lunch and Learn panel discussion on financial hardship and food...
February 10, 2023
Did you meet your Valentine at UT Libraries or have another library love story to share? We want to know. Send your UT Libraries love story to spalado@utk.edu.
February 9, 2023
Jargon Blaster is an 8-bit imitation video game created by Elijah Dies, an instructional programs developer and designer, specifically for UT Libraries. The game, released in early 2023, is designed to give students a fun way to learn library terms and definitions that can be difficult to understand. Dies’ goal with the project w...