{"id":1223,"date":"2015-08-18T12:51:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/testag\/?page_id=1223"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:36:41","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/agvet\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>Mission<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Pendergrass serves those seeking information in areas important to UTIA and the state of Tennessee. Our users can expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Helpful responses from skilled staff<\/li><li>Patron privacy<\/li><li>Polite and timely service<\/li><li>Informed and unbiased completion of requests<\/li><li>Proactive and creative solutions to problems and requests<\/li><li>Respect for all questions and the best answers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We value: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>creativity, <\/li><li>civility, <\/li><li>expertise,<\/li><li>and new ideas <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1>Annual Reports:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/files\/2019-2020-Annual-Report.pdf\">2019-20<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/files\/2018-2019-Annual-Report-Final.pdf\">2018-19<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/files\/17-18-Annual-Report-Only-Final-Draft.pdf\">2017-18<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/files\/2016-2017-Pendergrass-Annual-Report-Final.pdf\">2016-17<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/files\/Pendergrass-AnnualReport2015-16REV.pdf\">2015-16<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Older annual reports are available on the Historical <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/agvet\/historical-annual-reports\/\">Annual Reports Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>A Brief History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Pendergrass has been supporting UTIA since the late 19th century.<\/li><li>Originally located in Morrill Hall, Pendergrass moved to Morgan Hall 1921. Its current home is in the Veterinary Medicine Building.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A more complete history can be found online in TRACE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub>Smith, Horace C. &#8220;Chapter III: Buildings, Farms, Library and Other Facilities.&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/trace.tennessee.edu\/utk_aghistory\/2\/\"><em>An Honored Calling: A History of the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;Institute of Agriculture: Knoxville, TN (1999): 31.<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Pendergrass serves those seeking information in areas important to UTIA and the state of Tennessee. Our users can expect: Helpful responses from skilled staff Patron privacy Polite and timely service Informed and unbiased completion of requests Proactive and creative solutions to problems and requests Respect for all questions and the best answers We value: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/agvet\/mission\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mission and History - Pendergrass Library - Libraries - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UT Libraries serves the flagship campus of the state university system. 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