There is support at University of Tennessee taking steps to protect your rights to your intellectual property. This is the text of a resolution now before the Faculty Senate. Simple steps you can take to protect your work are below. Faculty Senate Resolution on Scholarly Publishing Draft: March 15, 2006 WHEREAS the faculty of the … Continued
A useful guide for searching the UC Davis website has just been published in Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. The citation from PubMed is below. If you need to search for alternatives to using animals In teaching protocols, this article explains exactly how to do it. NOTE: JVME is available for free until May 15th … Continued
According to researchers from the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, drinking Concord grape juice appears to reverse the course of neuronal and behavioral aging in rats, an effect that is proposed to be due to the complex mix of polyphenols. http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/printNewsBis.asp?id=66022
Author John Wranovics to speak Monday, April 17 at the University Club John Wranovics, author of Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer, and the Lost Screenplay, will discuss his book at Writers in the Library on Monday, April 17 at 7 pm. The event will be held at the University … Continued
An ever-growing Latino population is changing the demographic landscape of Tennessee and creating new challenges for professionals, the public sector and communities around the state. The University of Tennessee is teaming up with several groups in the Knoxville community to provide some guidance through a conference, “The New Latino Immigration to Tennessee: Opportunities and Challenges.” … Continued
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found evidence that a hormone produced in the stomachs of mice and rats directly stimulates the higher brain functions of spatial learning and memory development, and further suggests that we may learn best on an empty stomach. More information at http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/neurosciences/memory/printer_3499.shtml
Student artists can participate in Student Art in the Library, a juried exhibition that showcases only student art Student artists are invited to submit their works to Student Art in the Library, a juried exhibition open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Two Student Art in the … Continued
Yale University Librarian Alice Prochaska to discuss modern uses of rare books Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum, on Tuesday, March 28 when Alice Prochaska, University Librarian at Yale University, presents Library Special Collections in a Digital World. The lecture will be held at 3:30 pm in room 605 of Hodges Library and … Continued
We are now subscribing to Naxos Music Library again. It is a comprehensive collection of classical music and offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, equivalent to over 8,800 CDs.
Starting Wednesday, March 8, 2006, laptop computers in the Music Library may be checked out for 4 hours at a time. Laptops may also leave the library and should be able to access the Internet anywhere on campus with a wireless Internet connection. See the list of buildings on campus that have wireless access at … Continued