The UT Libraries seeks submissions to the next Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. The exhibition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at UT Knoxville. Cash prizes will be awarded. First Prize is $300; Second Prize, $150. Artworks selected this fall will be installed in January and will remain on … Continued
It has been said that newspapers are a “first draft of history” but JoAnne Deeken, head of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries’ Technical Services and Digital Access, believes — for Tennessee — “newspapers are history.” This is why she is thrilled UT Knoxville has received $325,165 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to … Continued
The George F. DeVine Music Library will reopen Monday, June 21, in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, rooms 62–65. The Music Library will offer services in this interim location until construction of the new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center is completed. Summer semester hours are 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Monday – Thursday, and … Continued
The John C. Hodges Library will open late on the morning of Monday, May 17, to allow staff to attend a library program. The library will open at 10:00 a.m.
The Music Library will relocate during construction of the new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center on the site of the present Music Building, and will close temporarily to move to an interim location. The Music Library will close May 12, the day after final exams, to move to the ground floor of the Humanities and … Continued
Poet Jeff Daniel Marion will be Jack E. Reese Writer in Residence at the University of Tennessee Libraries for the 2010-2011 academic year. As Writer in Residence, Marion will organize the Writers in the Library series of readings in the John C. Hodges Library. “I am thrilled that Jeff Daniel Marion will represent the UT … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries now boasts a collection of 3-million volumes. The university community and Library Friends gathered to celebrate the Libraries’ 3-millionth-volume milestone at an event in the John C. Hodges Library on the evening of March 26. The volume chosen to represent the 3-millionth-volume benchmark in the Libraries’ history is TSVLVKI SQCLVCLV, … Continued
Enhanced Security for Hodges Library: Activation of Card Swipe System Underway The UT Libraries are in the process of implementing a card swipe entry system for the Hodges Library between the hours of midnight and 7 AM, Sunday through Thursday. The second floor Melrose door will serve as the sole entry point for UT students, … Continued
Newfound Press has just published a new study on one of America’s leading authors. In In the Wake of the Sun: Navigating the Southern Works of Cormac McCarthy, Christopher J. Walsh offers close textual analysis of all McCarthy’s Southern works along with an overview of the notable critical responses to them. The book introduces readers, … Continued
The UT Libraries welcomes three new librarians: Diversity Librarian Residents Rabia Gibbs and Kynita Stringer-Stanback and our new Archivist, Alesha Shumar. Rabia Gibbs and Kynita Stringer-Stanback will be our fourth team of Diversity Librarian Residents, a program initiated in 2002. During a two-year internship, residents have the opportunity to work in several areas of the … Continued