(Knoxville, Tennessee. January 22, 2025) — The University of Tennessee Libraries has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The LEAD Award honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support inclusive excellence and … Continued
The Wilma Dykeman Stokely Lecture has been rescheduled for April 16. Spend an evening with Appalachian authors Halle Hill and Terry Roberts on April 16, 7:00 p.m., at the East Tennessee History Center. Hill and Roberts will present the Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture, moderated by Natalie Graham, professor and head of UT’s Department of … Continued
An exhibit of archival collections related to the Scopes “Monkey Trial” will open in the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives on the first day of Spring Semester, January 21. The exhibit is part of UT’s year-long commemoration of that early 20th-century media spectacle that drew crowds to a small town in East … Continued
The University of Tennessee Press is entering into a new partnership with Longleaf Services as its distributor, effective February 1, 2025. This transition marks an important step in UT Press’s ongoing commitment to enhancing its reach and efficiency in serving readers, bookstores, and libraries across the globe. After years of valued collaboration with Chicago Distribution … Continued
UT Libraries is hard at work on a redesigned website. Changeover to the new website is planned for June 2025. Students, faculty, and staff as well as the general public are invited to preview the redesigned website at tiny.utk.edu/new-site and provide feedback to the web development team. The new website is a work in progress. … Continued
In 2024, UT Libraries served a record number of students, strengthened academic offerings through involvement in curriculum committees across colleges, including the new College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies, and forged partnerships that propelled UT Libraries initiatives to the global stage. Our goal in 2025 is to take UT Libraries to the next level. We … Continued
UT Libraries mourns the passing of beloved poet and Knoxville native Nikki Giovanni. Giovanni was born in Knoxville on June 7, 1943. She grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, but returned to Knoxville to attend Austin High School, now called Austin-East Magnet High School. Giovanni was a graduate of Fisk University, and she spent the majority … Continued
Every November is National Novel Writing Month. Each year, the NaNoWriMo nonprofit organization hosts an international novel-writing challenge to promote creative writing. Once again, the UT Libraries and the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center joined in the fun by hosting our own short story contest. Students dropped by our five-hour “write-in” on the evening of … Continued
The University of Tennessee will host fall commencement ceremonies on Friday, December 13. UT Libraries takes the opportunity to recognize graduating library staff and student assistants and to celebrate their hard work and accomplishments. Kelseigh Bien. Kelseigh Bien received the Master of Science in Information Sciences (MSIS) in August. Kelseigh began her position as a … Continued
UT Libraries will launch a new website in Spring Semester 2025. You are invited to preview the redesigned website and provide feedback to the web development team. To link to the beta test site, look for the announcement at the top of our current webpage — or direct your browser to tiny.utk.edu/new-site. Navigating the current … Continued