Sam Venable, humorist and long-time columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel, will be the guest speaker and honoree Thursday, October 15, at the University of Tennessee’s John C. Hodges Library. Venable recently donated his papers to the UT Libraries. The Library Society of the University of Tennessee invites the public to spend an evening with … Continued
You can access thousands of library resources anytime, anywhere on lib.utk.edu/agvet. To get the most out of these resources, you’ll need to use your library accounts. You have TWO separate accounts, one for items at UT, and one for items from other libraries: 1.) For books at UT, use your OneSearch Account: Use your OneSearch … Continued
Writer Nancy Reisman will read from her work on Monday, October 5, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as part of the Writers in the Library series. The reading will be in the Hodges Library auditorium at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Nancy Reisman is the author of the novels … Continued
***Noon, Wednesday, Oct. 14, Hodges Library auditorium — Lecture on the Classical Music Tradition in Latin America*** The acclaimed Cuarteto Latinoamericano will visit Knoxville in October. As part of an artist-in-residence program sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission, the string quartet will coach local music students and conduct master classes for students in UT’s School … Continued
Cast a vote for your favorite work of art. The Student Art in the Library juried exhibition is now on view in the Miles Reading Room, 1st floor, Hodges Library. Cash awards will be presented to the winning artists this Thursday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. The “People’s Choice Award” will be determined by your … Continued
Two days into the fall semester, the Libraries held another highly successful Open House for Graduate Students. Graduate students are intensive users of the university library, and their research needs are very different from those of undergraduates. In addition to their roles as students, they often work as teaching assistants. So their demands on library … Continued
Construction begins soon on a new gallery in Hodges Library that will feature interpretive exhibits of our special collections. Special Collections acquires and preserves manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other unique research materials. Rotating displays of items from our unique collections are always on view in the Special Collections reading room, 121 Hodges Library. … Continued
New modes of digital scholarship have transformed the academic librarian’s role. Librarians traditionally organize, preserve, and connect researchers to the products of research and scholarly inquiry. Today, librarians pursue those same goals in nontraditional ways. At the UT Libraries, twenty-first-century services for university researchers are gathered under the title Scholars’ Collaborative. Our librarians are proficient … Continued
Unique among the thousands of maps held by the University Libraries is a ten-foot-long plaster relief map of the state of Tennessee. Lettered on the map is its provenance: A Relief Map of Tennessee Colored to Show the Typical Soils . . . Compiled by the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station . . . Modeled by … Continued
Writer M.O. Walsh will read from his work on Monday, September 21, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as part of the Writers in the Library series. The reading will be in the Hodges Library auditorium at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. M.O. Walsh is the author of the short … Continued