The Libraries and the Creative Writing Program will sponsor two more Writers in the Library readings this semester. Mark your calendars. On Monday, April 15, Writers in the Library will host poets Marilyn Kallet and Keith Norris, 7:00 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Kallet is director of UT’s Creative Writing Program, and Norris, a … Continued
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) has proclaimed support for open-access publishing of journal articles by signing the Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE). UT is the eighteenth institution to join a roster of signatories that includes Harvard, Duke, Sloan-Kettering, and other preeminent research institutions. Open-access publishing is an alternative to the prevailing business model … Continued
***Update: Sadly, Arthur Smith will have to miss this event due to family concerns.*** Two UT faculty members will read at UT’s Writers in the Library and launch their new books on April 15th at 7 p.m. in Hodges Library Auditorium. Dr. Marilyn Kallet, director of UT’s Creative Writing Program, and Arthur Smith, professor of … Continued
Library guru/blogger/technology expert Carl Grant will speak at the UT Libraries on the challenges facing academic libraries. His theme at the talk on Monday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium will be “Budgets, staffing and collections getting smaller? It’s time to think BIGGER.” The campus community and the public are invited. … Continued
UT dean of libraries Steve Smith today announced a sweeping reorganization of the Libraries’ executive staff. Amid rumors of fractiousness and insubordination in the administrative suite, Smith has fired and replaced the Libraries’ three former associate deans. Smith characterizes his newly hired team of associate deans as “a new breed of leadership for the UT … Continued
The DeVine Music Library will observe the following Spring Break and Spring Recess hours: Friday, March 22nd: 8:00am-5:00pm Sat & Sun, March 23rd & 24th: Closed Mon –Thurs, March 25th-28th: 8:00am-5:00pm Fri & Sat, March 29th & 30th: Closed Sun, March 31st: 6:00pm-10:00pm We will resume normal operating hours on April 1st. Have a great … Continued
Adam Prince will read at UT’s Writers in the Library, Monday, April 8th at 7 p.m. in the John C. Hodges Library auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. Adam Prince’s first book, a short story collection called The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, is about how men attempt to negotiate between … Continued
Dennis Clark will speak to the campus community on the topic “Re-imagining Library Services” on Monday, March 18, 10:00 a.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Clark is Associate University Librarian for Public Services at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the largest research university in Virginia. Clark’s involvement in the design of a $50 million library addition … Continued
The public is invited to an event celebrating a special gift to the University of Tennessee Libraries on the evening of Thursday, March 14, at the John C. Hodges Library on the UT campus. University of Tennessee Library Friends and guests will gather to learn about the antecedents of a rare 1725 pamphlet written by … Continued
Students, faculty, staff: Create a short video documentary (or mockumentary, if you prefer) and enter the library’s Free Range Video Contest. Registration closes March 22, and entries are due April 2. The Studio in the Hodges Library Commons is sponsoring the contest. Pioneering documentary maker John Grierson defined the documentary as “the creative interpretation of … Continued