DeVine Music Library reopened at noon 8/20/18 The George F. DeVine Music Library will be closed from the afternoon of July 18 through August 20 for an upgrade to the compact shelving. During the closure, all university students, faculty, and staff may request that items from the Music Library be held for pick-up at the … Continued
Workshop: 10:00-noon, Tuesday, July 31, 220E Hodges Library Bring your own laptop or tablet, or use one provided by OIT. Please register for the workshop here.
Ann K. Emery is an information designer who helps people do a better job communicating with data. You are invited to her presentation on using Excel to make better graphs and reports. Learn how to make your technical information instantly understandable to a non-technical audience. Join us for a keynote presentation 9:00-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July … Continued
Aspiring young poets from Knoxville’s YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center visited the UT Knoxville campus on June 25. They stopped by Special Collections in the Hodges Library to learn more about the poet for whom the community center is named. In Special Collections, the visitors saw a rare signed first edition of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on … Continued
Aspiring young poets from Knoxville’s YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center will visit the UT Knoxville campus next Monday, June 25. Their visit will include a tour of the John C. Hodges Library and a stop by Special Collections to learn more about the poet for whom the community center is named. The teenagers took part in … Continued
Virginia P. Moore was Tennessee’s first home demonstration agent. Her work with farm women and rural girls in the early 20th century is documented in a new digital collection created by the University of Tennessee Libraries. The Virginia P. Moore Collection can be viewed online at digital.lib.utk.edu/vpmoore. Moore organized canning clubs in rural counties, teaching … Continued
Faculty are invited to a training session for the Libraries’ new 3D anatomy table on Thursday, June 14, 1:30-3:00 p.m., in 213 Hodges Library. Please register to attend by June 11. You may also register to receive a recording of the session.
You’ve seen our video tutorial on #HowToGetIntoHodges, right? We showed you how Vols have learned to use the pull and push method, the buddy system, the side kick, and total avoidance to get past the heavy doors of Hodges Library. The doors at the Melrose entrance are lovely. But after 30 years on the job, … Continued
UT Libraries and librarians were honored with several awards this spring. The Libraries’ Diversity Committee received this year’s Dr. Marva Rudolph Diversity and Interculturalism Unit Excellence Award. Thura Mack accepted the award on behalf of the committee at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 17. Our Diversity Committee was recognized for having “demonstrated continual campus leadership in … Continued
A makerspace is coming to Hodges Library. We’ve been polling students to capture their vision for what’s to come. Makerspaces provide tools and space where people with shared interests gather to work on projects while trading ideas and knowledge. There are makerspaces for arts and crafts, and makerspaces for rapid prototyping of new products, just … Continued