By JAMES BARRON Published: September 18, 2008 Henry Z. Steinway, the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by a daughter, Susan Steinway. Mr. Steinway once said that he had taken countless piano lessons but never … Continued
Writers in the Library will welcome a refreshing new voice in fiction at its next event. Margaret Lazarus Dean will read from her novel The Time It Takes to Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2007) on Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium. A coming of age story set in Florida during … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries and the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy invite the campus and local community to attend the Documentaries in the Library series. Each event features a documentary film screening followed by a discussion. The events are free and open to the public. To celebrate the 2008 election, the current series … Continued
For years, it’s been tucked away inside a jeweled pillbox in her desk drawer and taken out only when nostalgia hits. But Tina Bentrup of UT Libraries’ Interlibrary Services department has decided to share her unusual and diminutive treasure with the rest of us. Bentrup recently donated a miniature book to the Special Collections Library, … Continued
Indulge in fond memories, scan the names of the graduating classes, and laugh at the hairstyles… University of Tennessee alumni, students, and the general public can now access a wealth of UT history as the University Libraries’ Digital Library Initiatives unveils an openly-accessible online collection of Volunteer Yearbooks. The collection spans from the 1897 inception … Continued
Newfound Press, digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries, published a new monograph, To Advance Their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Judson MacLaury on Labor Day 2008. Newfound Press, an open access publisher, hosts titles at www.newfoundpress.utk.edu. Judson MacLaury, a … Continued
Looking for a quiet, comfortable place to write your thesis or to grade papers? Hodges Library has reserved two enclosed study rooms just for graduate students and faculty. Rooms 541 and 542 on the fifth floor of the library are now designated for graduate students and faculty to use for quiet study. Each room will … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries is pleased to welcome five new librarians this semester. This talented group will serve the Libraries well in carrying out our mission of providing top-notch services to the university. Tahirah Akbar-Williams joined UT Libraries in mid August of 2008 as Assistant Professor and Research Services Librarian. Tahirah is the subject … Continued
The UT pay print service VOLPrint offers an online form to add money to your account with a credit card. Follow this link to the VOL Print online service. https://web.dii.utk.edu/vcdebitdeposit/ Your VolCard may also be used to make photocopies, purchase food, groceries, school supplies and many other things at campus locations.
The International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) is an international, non-profit joint venture which aims to comprehensively document the world’s musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. The organization, founded in Paris in 1952, is the largest and the only … Continued