UT Libraries launches new leisure reading collection Looking for something FUN to read? Look no further than the UT Libraries. With romantic love stories, popular prizewinners, gripping mysteries and edge-of-your seat thrillers, the libraries new leisure reading collection is the perfect answer to that “what to read?” question. “Students often ask us where books for … Continued
The Create Change website from SPARC has a new version. From the first page: “Get more from your academic research Welcome to the new version of the Create Change Web site, launched June 22, 2006. In the age of the Internet, the ways you share and use academic research results are changing — rapidly, fundamentally, … Continued
On Tuesday, July 18th, 6:30pm professor Keith McClelland is presenting a special lecture at the Lawson McGhee Public Library, entitled “Increasing Your Bassoon IQ.” Call the Knoxville Public Library for more information 865-215-8750
Are you curious about how EndNote works? Are you running into problems with your software? Come to our drop-in workshop on Friday June 30, 10am-12pm in Room 160 BioTech Building. Diana Holden, of Pendergrass Library, will be answering questions and providing basic troubleshooting for this software. If you already own the software, bring your own … Continued
The new organ has 41 sets of pipes and three keyboards. June 23, 2006 One-of-a-Kind Concert Organ Installed at UT KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee’s handcrafted, one-of-a-kind concert organ is an awe-inspiring instrument. At more than 20 feet tall, with nearly 2,500 pipes and three keyboards, the organ will be a beautiful addition to … Continued
PLos is increasing the fees charged to authors, but all UT authors are entitled to a 40% discount because UT is an institutional member. The Public Library of Science (PLoS), an open access publisher, is raising the publication fees charged to authors “…..from $1,500 for PLoS’s flagship journals (PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine) to $2,500, … Continued
DeCurtis, Anthony, and James Henke, eds. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music. New York: Random House, 1992. Ref. ML3534.R64 1992 This series of articles written by writers frequently published in Rolling Stone magazine chronicles the history of rock and roll. Each … Continued
Lee, William. History of Music Education Site 2005. http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/William-Lee/ Dr. William Lee, University of Chattanooga, describes his site as follows: “It is designed to help scholars in the history of education and specialist-scholars in music educational history. Though the site emphasizes electronic resources, it also includes a variety of representative books, articles, and bibliographies relating … Continued
Musician Sean McCullough is performing a special children’s program at the Knoxville Public LIbrary as part of the summer reading program. Playing playing guitar, banjo and mandolin, the performance will inculde folk songs, original songs, participatory songs, funny songs, singalongs, and more. Performance Dates and times are as follows: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 12:00pm – … Continued
The Career Employee Program (CEP) at the UT Libraries celebrated its newest graduates last week: Seth Jordan, Linda Flynn, Jayne Rogers and Wanda Rosinski. CEP offers non-exempt employees an opportunity to learn more about librarianship and the field of information science. Participants must have worked for the libraries for at least three years in order … Continued