The UT Libraries’ Thompson Brothers Digital Photograph Collection has been expanded to include several hundred more historic photos of the Great Smoky Mountains. The images in the Thompson Brothers Digital Photograph Collection are the work of Jim and Robin Thompson, prominent photographers in Knoxville, Tennessee in the 1920s through ’40s and pioneering photographers of the … Continued
All libraries will be closed for the university’s Winter Break. Hodges Main Library (including the Commons) will close at 6:00 PM on Thursday, December 24, 2009 and will reopen at 7:30 AM on Monday, January 4, 2010. Except for the week of Winter Break, all libraries will be open on a reduced schedule during the … Continued
Over the course of three years, the Volunteer Voices project gathered documents and images for a digital collection available to teachers, scholars and individuals interested in Tennessee’s history and culture. Over 100 of Tennessee’s libraries, archives, museums and historical homes contributed more than 10,000 items to the digital collection, available at volunteervoices.org. To learn more … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries announces the launch of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (trace.tennessee.edu), a digital repository which will expand access to the university’s intellectual capital and help preserve the creative work of its scholars and researchers. Open access services like Trace provide free online access to scholarly work and apply tags that … Continued
The SPARKY Awards challenges you to illustrate in a short video presentation what you see as the value of sharing information. Use your imagination to suggest what good comes from bringing down barriers to the free exchange of information. Timeline: • Submissions due by October 2, 2009. • Judges receive DVDs October 7, 2009. • … Continued
The UT Libraries’ Special Collections have relocated to the Hodges Library and will reopen on Monday, August 3. Special Collections will be open to the campus community and the general public in Room 121, John C. Hodges Main Library, 1015 Volunteer Blvd., 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Special Collections — the UT … Continued
The UT Libraries will unveil a new homepage on Friday, August 7. Online visitors will immediately notice a new look, but the changes are more than superficial. Improved search capabilities are available thanks to a new “discovery and delivery platform” that overlays the Libraries’ catalog and other online resources. The most obvious change is the … Continued
Works by artist Katie Ries will be on display at the Pendergrass Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine Library through December. Join us for refreshments and activities with paper and bottles of homemade walnut ink on Thursday, July 16, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Images of Katie Ries previous shows are available at Flickr.com
UT alum and children’s book author Kathy Sperounis is in Knoxville this month signing copies of her new book, J.A.M.S and the Case of the Minnesota Falcons. The adventurous chapter book is geared toward 8- to 12-year-olds and teaches them to respect and care for nature. Sperounis modeled the main character after her daughter, Jordan … Continued
Microfilmed patent documents in UT’s Hodges Library helped PBS’s “History Detectives” resolve a mystery relating to the invention of the atomic bomb. Episodes of “History Detectives” attempt to solve historical puzzles submitted by viewers. In an upcoming program, a contributor is certain that his father worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. His … Continued