Melrose Streetscape Update
The end of lot 12 will be closed soon since asphalt is going down today. The upper end, west side, will finish off the sidewalk section for the north side. Work on the walkway, at Hess, will start mid week next week.
Life of the Mind
Freshmen arriving on the UT campus confront their first intellectual challenge on the day before classes begin. Each year, the Life of the Mind freshman reading program selects a book to be read and discussed by all incoming freshmen. The common reading selection for the Class of 2016 is Eric Liu’s The Accidental Asian: Notes … Continued
Altmetrics: tools and filters to measure research impact
Altmetrics is poised to replace the old models of assessing scholarly impact and quality, namely peer review, journal impact factors, and citation statistics. Read more about altmetrics: Altmetrics Manifesto “No one can read everything. We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of … Continued
Website Helps STEM High School Students
Librarians at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are linking STEM students to some useful online resources. Knoxville’s new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) high school opened in the fall of 2011 in the former L&N Railroad station on World’s Fair Park. The L&N STEM Academy is committed to using the latest technology to prepare … Continued
Hodges Room 120
Special Collections (121 Hodges Library) is expanding into the former quiet study area in 120 Hodges Library. Students are encouraged to seek out the library’s other designated quiet study areas, which include the remainder of the 1st floor and the entire 4th and 5th floors.
New carpet in the 6th floor Staff Room
The Staff Room is now re-opened!
Staff room update
The staff room will likely remained closed for the rest of this week. The old carpet has been removed, but the new carpet has not been installed yet.
Streetscape update from Rita Smith
The construction crew has said they think the parking lot entrance will be complete this week and then they will start on sidewalk. Still work to be done on closing the end of parking lot — no new info to pass along on that timetable. Street parking is gradually closing on south side. Parking on … Continued
New Digital Collections: UT Theatre Playbills and a Student Magazine
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries announces two new digital collections. Theatre playbills and an early student publication drawn from the University Archives are the newest digital collections available on the UT Libraries’ website at old.lib.utk.edu/digitalcollections. UT THEATRE PLAYBILLS. The University of Tennessee Theatre Playbills Collection showcases the history of theatre at the University of … Continued
A Note from Chris Durman
A friendly reminder that the Music Library will close today for the summer due to continued renovation and construction work on the Humanities Building. We anticipate re-opening on August 16. After today, Music Library materials will only be available via a paging service. Items may be requested through the library’s online catalog. Those items will … Continued