Meet our newest librarians

The University Libraries added five new faculty members last semester. Allow us to introduce our newest librarians . . . As academic liaison librarian at Pendergrass Library, Isabella Baxter supports the teaching, research, and extension missions of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR), AgResearch, and UT Extension. She develops collections, teaches library … Continued

Snow Days at the Libraries

    -UPDATED JAN 17, 11:30 a.m.- Hodges Library remains open and branch libraries, Pendergrass and DeVine, have reopened. All libraries will operate normal hours until further notice. The Library Express will not make deliveries today, and the Storage Reading Room at Hoskins will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   -UPDATED JAN 16, … Continued

Now showing: Independent and foreign films

Are you tired of the same corporate blockbuster Hollywood movies? The endless onslaught of sequels, reboots, and remakes getting you down? Well you are not alone! Come join Hodges Library in its ongoing monthly screenings of independent and foreign films. Starting Fall semester 2017, Hodges Library has revived its film series highlighting the enormous amount … Continued

Jill Bialosky at Writers in the Library, Feb. 26

*** This event has been rescheduled for February 26. *** On Monday, February 26, poet and editor Jill Bialosky will read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Jill Bialosky is the author of four acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently The Players; three critically acclaimed novels, most recently, The Prize; and … Continued

Faculty Chose Open Textbooks, Saved Students over $700,000

Students saving money — and thanking their professors for helping them do so. Instructors feeling more freedom in teaching not to the book but to the subject. Sound interesting? This is just a sample of the feedback received during a semester-long project gathering data on open textbook adoptions at UT. Here’s what we did: Throughout … Continued

Count This Penny Partners with UT Libraries, Will Perform Nov. 16

Boundless: Artists in the Archives is a newly launched program from the University of Tennessee Libraries. To highlight the unique materials available in UT’s Special Collections and Betsey B. Creekmore Archives, the Libraries will periodically commission a work of art or music inspired by an item or collection in the archives. The Libraries’ first partners in the … Continued