Blake Reagan, Micheline Westfall, Corey Halaychik The University of Tennessee Library Council recently honored three UT staff members for working to streamline the purchase of library materials across UT campuses. Not long ago, Corey Halaychik, Blake Reagan, and Micheline Westfall finalized the one-hundredth “master agreement” with a library vendor. The UT libraries typically negotiate hundreds … Continued
Pendergrass Library is pleased to announce a new leisure reading collection. It is located on the green wall near Study Room E and the quiet zone entrance. The collection will consist of recently published fiction and nonfiction. All books may be borrowed for four weeks by any UT student, staff, or faculty member. We will … Continued
Re-carpeting on all floors of Hodges Library will begin following final exams and will continue through June. New carpet will be installed on the ground floor, first floor (including the auditorium), and all stacks floors (floors 3-6). Carpets in faculty studies and beneath graduate carrels also will be replaced. Small areas within the stacks may … Continued
Rita Smith, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries’ executive associate dean, is the 2014 recipient of the UT Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Service to the University. Her extraordinary accomplishments and dedication were celebrated at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 23. The Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Service to the University is a singular distinction, awarded … Continued
The UT Libraries’ Map Collection is relocating, making room for more study space on the ground floor of Hodges Library. Map Services closes May 6 to begin preparing for the move. Over the summer, the remainder of the map collection will be moved to new quarters in the James D. Hoskins Library (1401 Cumberland Avenue). … Continued
Faculty members who have published books within the last year will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, April 29, in the John C. Hodges Library. The campus community is invited to the reception, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Jack E. Reese Galleria on the first floor of the library. Remarks will … Continued
During finals, campus libraries will be open additional hours and will offer activities to help students “de-stress.” De-Stress For Success activities are sponsored by the UT Libraries, UT Graduate Student Senate, the Student Success Center, UT’s Thornton Athletics Student Life Center, and Threds. EXTENDED HOURS Hodges Library: All floors of Hodges Library will be open … Continued
The culmination of fifteen years of research, Terra Incognita: An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934 is the most comprehensive bibliography of sources related to the Great Smoky Mountains ever created. The book is now available for purchase from the University of Tennessee Press. Terra Incognita catalogs printed material on the Great Smoky … Continued
404 Day is a nation-wide day of action to call attention to the long-standing problem of Internet censorship in public libraries and public schools. Learn more from this posting from Insider Higher Ed or join the National Coalition Against Censorship at 3 PM EST for a 404 Day online teach-in about what sites get blocked and how … Continued
We at the UT Libraries pride ourselves on being innovators. But, as it says in Proverbs, pride goeth before a fall . . . or, in this instance, before a face full of claws. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I mean, cats are all over the Internet, playing pianos, doing everything … Continued