The University of Tennessee Libraries is partnering with the Alliance for Better Nonprofits (ABN) to offer a free research workshop for nonprofit organizations.
Ann K. Emery is an information designer who helps people do a better job communicating with data. You are invited to her presentation on using Excel to make better graphs and reports. Learn how to make your technical information instantly understandable to a non-technical audience. Join us for a keynote presentation 9:00-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July … Continued
Poet Nikki Giovanni can be profane, irreverent, and risqué — while delivering a sincere and loving message. The renowned poet and activist spoke at the Bijou Theatre on April 5. Her presentation was the 2018 Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Library Society of the University of Tennessee and the Friends of the … Continued
Left to right: Morgan Hartgrove, Student Body President; honorees Judy Day, Stan Guffey, Michael Berry, Vasilios Alexiades; Maddie Stephens, 2018-19 SGA Student Services Director. The Student Government Association (SGA) held an awards ceremony in Hodges Library on Monday to recognize UT instructors who use open educational resources in their courses. The winners of this year’s … Continued
Student winners of the University of Tennessee’s graduate-level writing awards will read from their winning works on Monday, April 23. The event is part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Readings begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The public is invited to join the … Continued
Open educational resources are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching and learning. Open textbooks can be read online for free. By adopting open textbooks in their courses, UT instructors have saved students hundreds of thousands of dollars this past year. Last year, the Student Government Association … Continued
Writing papers got you down? Not sure how or where to start your research? Join us for a “Writing Blitz” in Hodges Library on Thursday, April 19, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., in Room 213. Work surrounded by others with the same goal in mind: FINISH THOSE PAPERS! From pencils to laptops to citation … Continued
“Open Access Publishing & Avoiding Predatory Journal Publishers” (A Zoom webinar with Rachel Caldwell, UT’s Scholarly Communication and Publishing Librarian) April 12th, 2:30-3:30 p.m. EDT Register: https://goo.gl/forms/HDo4K56tX7HlHlQi2 Whether you’re looking for journals in your field, receive a solicitation to submit work from a publisher, or are wondering which Open Access journals are trustworthy, this workshop … Continued
Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week is April 2-6, 2018. UT organizations and units across campus have teamed up with the Graduate Student Senate and the Graduate School to show appreciation for all that our graduate students do. There are events both to celebrate graduate students and to help them in achieving their goals. Following … Continued