New Associate Dean of Libraries Supports Online Scholarship

Holly Mercer joins the UT Knoxville Libraries on January 17 as Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Research Services. She will oversee the Libraries’ research services, library technology, and digital services. Mercer comes to UT from Texas A&M University, where she served as head of Digital Services and Scholarly Communication. Dean of Libraries Steve Smith … Continued

New video camera available for check-out at Music Library

The Music Library now has a digital video camera and tripod available for check-out to students, faculty, and staff.  The loan periods for both will be 24 hours.  Also, keep in mind that we have portable digital audio recorders available for check out as well.

Veterinarian leads committee that reviews journals for indexing in Medline/Pubmed

Approximately 4000 journals are indexed in Medline/PubMed.  The committee that reviews journals for indexing in Medline/PubMed is headed by veterinarian Dr. Mary Christopher from UC Davis.   From the AVMA News January 15, 2012 Veterinarian leads committee for MEDLINE indexing Printer-friendly version Dr. Mary M. Christopher is the first veterinarian on the committee that recommends … Continued

FRUVE–set daily, practical health goals

KNOXVILLE—Get Fruved! Eat more fruits and veggies, that is. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students today are launching a healthy foods campaign that will run through November 19. The goal of Fruved (which alludes to fruits and vegetables) is to challenge fellow students to set daily and practical health goals: Take the stairs instead of the … Continued

Connie Steigenga moves to new position with UT Libraries

Connie Steigenga, the daytime supervisor at the Music Library, will be leaving us in a few weeks to join the Systems team in Hodges Library. Her new role as a Senior IT Technologist will keep her in contact with the Music Library staff and faculty, but she will no longer have direct duties for the Music Library. … Continued

Poet Melissa Range at Writers in the Library, Nov. 7

Melissa Range will read from her poetry at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Monday, November 7, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. Melissa Range’s first book of poems, Horse and Rider, Texas Tech University Press, won the 2010 Walt McDonald First-Book Series Prize in Poetry. She has published in The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, … Continued

Historic Tennessee football programs: online!

Volunteer football programs from past years are now online. The Tennessee Football Programs are among the digital collections available on the UT Knoxville Libraries website at old.lib.utk.edu/digitalcollections. The collection includes programs and guides for home games and postseason games. Visitors to the website can browse by Year, Coach, Guides, or Postseason. The Tennessee Volunteers have … Continued

Open Access Videos and How to Support OA

Learn more about OA: Short Videos by Stefan Buddenbohm I.  Go OA: What is Open Access? II.GO OA: What Rights do Scholars and Scientists Have? III. GO OA: Who’s Got Access to Scholarly Information? IV: GO OA: Academics for Sale? What Can STUDENTS Do to Support OA? Students: sign the Individual Statement on the Right to Research: … Continued