Beginning November 1, all floors of the Hodges Main Library will remain open until the early hours of the morning, Sunday through Thursday nights. Ground through 6th floors will now be open until 3 a.m. After 3 a.m., students may continue working in the Commons (2nd floor), which remains open 24 hours, from noon, Sunday, … Continued
Distinguished poet Hilda Raz will read from her works Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Hilda Raz is the Luschei editor of Prairie Schooner, and professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her most recent books are All Odd and Splendid, poetry from Wesleyan … Continued
A pilot program to support UT faculty and graduate student use of open-access journals has been tapped by a dozen faculty in seven departments. To date six articles have been published in six peer-reviewed open-access journals, with five more manuscripts still in the peer review process. The Open Publishing Support Fund, sponsored by the UT … Continued
Author William Hensley will lecture in the Hodges Library Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13. The event is sponsored by NASA/AISES, the Libraries’ Diversity Committee and the English Department. The lecture is titled “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: Alaska and the Real People.” Mr. Hensley is the author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A … Continued
Wanted: UT students and friends to attend the screening of the UT Libraries’ Sparky Short Video Contest. The screening will take place Wednesday, October 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Please come out to support students at UT who created short videos to illustrate the value of information sharing. There will be a … Continued
The UT Press and UT Libraries will sponsor a book talk by Aaron Purcell, author of White Collar Radicals: TVA’s Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy Era on Tuesday, October 20, 10:30 a.m. in the Mary E. Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library. Aaron Purcell is an associate professor and director of special collections … Continued
Is “Indian” a racist term? Is “Native American” less offensive? What appellations are actually preferred by the indigenous peoples of the United States? Is the use of Native American mascots in team sports demeaning? Join us Thursday, October 1, at 1:30 in the Mary Greer Room (258 Hodges Library) for a panel discussion of these … Continued
Join us in commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787: • Sign Your Constitution. Sign an oversized copy of the Constitution on the Pedestrian Walkway, south side of Hodges Library, Wednesday, Sept. 16. Begins at 11:00 a.m. (Rain location: outside Starbucks, 2nd floor, Hodges Library) • “What’s Fair on the Air?” — An … Continued
The Library Diversity Committee presents: Connie Briscoe and Caroline Mann “It’s On My Mind – Mental Health Awareness” 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 17th, 605 Hodges Library Many universities are learning to focus on how diverse identities such as ethnicity, gender, and nationality impact students’ learning and experience on campus. Yet there is an area of … Continued
Save the date! The campus is invited to an Open House at the new location of the UT Libraries’ Special Collections. Visit us Thursday, September 10, 3:00-5:00 p.m., at our new location in Room 121 of the John C. Hodges Library. Special Collections acquires and preserves collections of manuscripts, books, printed ephemera, maps, and other … Continued
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