Dissertation Workshop CANCELLED
The Libraries’ “Starting Your Dissertation” workshop, originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, has been CANCELLED due to inclement weather.
Hodges Library open all night during finals
During study days and final exams, all of Hodges Library will be open 24 hours. The entire building will be open continuously from noon, Sunday, Nov. 28, until midnight, Thursday, Dec. 9. Students with valid commuter parking permits may park overnight at the Lake Avenue Garage (Levels 1 and 2) from Sunday, Nov. 28, through … Continued
Author Dana Wildsmith to Read at UT Library Nov. 1
Award-winning Georgia writer Dana Wildsmith will continue this year’s series of authors reading from their works in UT’s Hodges Library. Wildsmith will read from her poems and essays at the university’s Writers in the Library event, 7 p.m., Monday, November 1, in the library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Wildsmith … Continued
Suzanne Cleary reading CANCELLED
The Writers in the Library reading by poet Suzanne Cleary, originally scheduled for October 25, has been CANCELLED. Writers in the Library will attempt to reschedule her reading at a future date. Watch www.lib.utk.edu/writersinthelibrary/ for scheduled readings.
Open Access Week, Oct. 18-22
Celebrate Open Access Week, October 18-22, by participating in daily programs at John C. Hodges Library: http://libguides.utk.edu/openaccessweek/ • Advancing Science Through Open Access: Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute Dr. Harold Varmus and Dr. Cameron Neylon, Senior Scientist at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, biochemist, and author of … Continued
Poet, Author Marge Piercy to Hold Poetry Readings at UT Oct. 17-19
Poet, novelist and essayist Marge Piercy will read her poems and chat with the public next week in Knoxville. Piercy will read from her work The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems of Ritual and Remembrance, at Temple Beth El of Knoxville, 3037 Kingston Pike, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. On Monday, Oct. … Continued
Tonight’s Jack Prelutsky event CANCELLED, to be rescheduled
UPDATE (Oct. 7): The lecture featuring Jack Prelutsky which had been scheduled for Oct. 6 on the UT Knoxville campus, has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, in West High School Auditorium, 3300 Sutherland Ave. On Saturday, “Jack Prelutsky’s Family Performance” will be held at 2 p.m. at the East Tennessee History … Continued
Enter the Sparky Awards video contest
Students: make a short video to show why open access to research matters to you and win an award! SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, has put out a call for entries to the annual Sparky Awards. Prizes in the national Sparky Awards contest include iPads, iPhones, and iPods. The deadline for entries … Continued
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Claudia Emerson to read, Sept. 27
Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the current Poet Laureate of Virginia, will read from her work at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Monday, September 27, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. A reception in the Mary E. Greer Room (258 Hodges Library) will follow the … Continued
SelectedWorks Training Sessions: Showcase Your Scholarly Work
SelectedWorks is a web-based service offered by Trace, UT’s digital archive of scholarly work, that enables faculty to establish clean, elegantly designed scholarly publication pages. With SelectedWorks, faculty can post and share articles, working papers, presentations, and more. Additionally, having a SelectedWorks page helps faculty to preserve their work while providing open access to their … Continued