The annual Library Development Review highlights the UT Libraries’ collections, programs and events, services for students, and outreach to the local community. The latest issue is now available online. The current issue has a distinct musical theme. Read the 2017-2018 Library Development Review to learn about the 150-year history of the Pride of the Southland … Continued
Dean of Libraries Steve Smith has been elected to the Steering Committee of SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). SPARC is an international coalition of academic and research libraries dedicated to advancing the open sharing of research outputs and educational materials in order to democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery, and increase return … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries has received an impressive ranking from the leading source of data on our nation’s research libraries. The UT Libraries currently ranks 23rd among public research universities belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL is a nonprofit organization comprised of 124 major research libraries in the US and Canada, … Continued
UT Dean of Libraries Steven Smith has been appointed to another three-year term on the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries. Smith has served on the advisory council since 2012. The Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries is the state entity that oversees library services that benefit all Tennesseans. The council advises the Tennessee State Library and … 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
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
The University of Tennessee Libraries has secured funding from Project Ceres to digitize and preserve a selection of vintage agricultural publications from UT Extension and UT Experiment Stations (now named UT AgResearch). A digital collection of the Tennessee Farm News (1922-1988), Tennessee Farm and Home Science (1952-1988), and a series of Extension special circulars (1925-1968) … Continued
Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library now opens earlier on Sundays. Beginning Sunday, October 14, the library will open at 10 a.m. on Sundays during the fall and spring semesters. If you have any questions, contact Pendergrass Library at 865-974-7338 or agvetlib@utk.edu.
The Hoskins Library Storage & Reading Room will be closed for several days due to demolition of a nearby wing of the Hoskins Library. Demolition is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 8. The Storage & Reading Room will close at 4 p.m., Friday, October 5, and will reopen following clearance of all debris from … Continued
Holly Mercer, senior associate dean at the University Libraries, has been elected to the HathiTrust Board of Governors for 2019. HathiTrust is a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The member libraries aim to build a … Continued