Research Computing Support is a UT service available to help with project planning, data sampling, data analysis, testing and presentation. Consultants offer support for a variety of data software. Consultations are available at Pendergrass Library by appointment Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: Ann Reed annreed@utk.edu 865-974-1576 Research Computing Support @ Pendergrass Flyer

UT Libraries have begun a new subscription to JoVE: JoVE: What is it? Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format. Find JoVE on the ejournals list. JoVE has new Neurosciences and Immunology and Infectious Disease content.

Spend too much time scheduling meetings? Looking to reduce e-mail in your inbox? Consider using Doodle to schedule meetings online. It is free (ad-supported), and can be integrated with most popular calendar systems. For an example click here.

Summer Semester Hours Thursday 6/3/2010 through Tuesday 8/10/2010 Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday  closed Exceptions Closed Monday 7/5/2010 for Independence Day

Arizona State U. Libraries has a good guide to negotiating with publishers to retain rights to your work. From the ASU Libraries guide: “Scholarly Communication: What Should Faculty Members Do? Fortunately, you are not alone. Other professionals in research institutions acknowledge that the crisis in scholarly communication is severe enough to develop new dissemination tools … Continued

All UT Libraries will be closed on Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.

Pendergrass Library is getting a fresh coat of paint. We hope you like our new colors. Please feel free to comment here or, use our comment blog to let us know what you think

Virginia Kiefer, 2010 grad of the UT CVM and Cyril Clarke, Dean at Oregon State U.  presented at the second of three meetings on the future of veterinary education.  The  slides of their presentation, titled “New Concepts for Educating Veterinarians” are are on the NAVMEC site under Veterinary Educational Model Presentations

Pendergrass Library will open at 10AM this Monday due to an on-campus library event for library staff members. We will still close at our normal time of 6PM that night. Our normal hours of operation for the Spring Interim period (May 12-June 2) can be found here.