[clear] Attention, artists: The library wants to display your work. The Student Art in the Library contest awards a First Prize of $300, Second Prize of $150, and Third Prize of $75. Submission deadline for the Spring 2013 contest is Feb. 10. If you create any particularly inspired works over the break, keep in the … Continued
Dr. Aaron J. Sharp and Dr. Stanley Cain taking field notes in the Smokies, circa 1935 Have you ever wished that there was a place to go when you wanted information on the Smokies — one site where you could research history, plants, animals and culture, and find links to online articles and digitized photographs? … Continued
“Through a Soldier’s Eye,” a video slide show of photographs made by veterans, will be exhibited on the second floor of Hodges Library throughout the week of November 12-16. Last year, art professor Baldwin Lee began collecting photographs made by active duty military and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. He established a website, www.soldierseye.com, to … Continued
Commons South reopened today! The space filled with students minutes after the yellow “Caution” tape came down. The new Commons South houses dozens and dozens of computer workstations. Commons South is also a center for group work, with eleven new and spacious group study rooms and five work areas featuring media:scape™ furnishings that allow students … Continued
Sunday, November 11, is Veterans Day, the day our country honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The University of Tennessee will continue to honor our veterans with several events throughout the month. Now through November 9 Sign the board — Faculty, staff and students who are also military … Continued
David Madden will be the featured author at UT’s Writers in the Library on Monday, November 12th, 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. A novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and critic, Madden is a prolific writer in all genres. His novels include Cassandra Singing, Bijou, The … Continued
Internationally acclaimed poet Adam Zagajewski will read at UT’s Writers in the Library on Wednesday, October 31, at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Adam Zagajewski is widely considered to be one of the leading poets of Europe. Born in 1945 in Lvov, he was … Continued
Dean of Libraries Steve Smith invites the campus community to join him in welcoming new library faculty to the campus. A welcome reception will be held on Wednesday, October 31, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Jack E. Reese Galleria, first floor of Hodges Library. Our new library faculty are: · Robin Bedenbaugh, Research … Continued
A new guide has been released for Open Access Week 2012. From the Web site: “This resource outlines the core components of open access (e.g., reader rights, reuse rights, copyrights, author posting rights, etc.) across the continuum from “open access” to “restricted access”. Its aim is to help authors make informed decisions on where to … Continued
Computers and printers are now available in Commons North, which reopened earlier this week. Service points are not in their final configuration, but staff are present to direct students to needed services. The study area outside Starbucks’ new, west-facing entrance has reopened with café seating and comfortable, curved couches. More improvements will be evident soon.