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for Distinguished Scholar
The Building
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The
John C. Hodges Library, the central library facility for the Knoxville campus,
houses 1.9 million volumes and includes collections in all subject areas
and in many formats—books, journals and periodicals, microfilm and
fiche, audio, video, multimedia, and more.
The first and second floors contain public service areas: Circulation,
Reference,
The Commons,
Media Center,
The Studio,
Periodicals/Documents-Microforms,
and a 150-seat auditorium. The book stacks and administrative offices occupy
the third through sixth floors. The building features faculty studies, graduate
student carrels, and study space for several thousand students.
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The
library is named for the late Dr. John C. Hodges, professor of English and
long-time benefactor of the University’s libraries. A scholar of English
literature, at UT for 41 years, Dr. Hodges was the author of the Harbrace
Handbook, possibly the most widely used college text in the country.
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The
six-story, 350,000-square-foot building was constructed around the smaller,
five-story, 100,000-square-foot John C. Hodges Undergraduate Library built
in 1969. The present building was completed in 1987 and incorporated the
collections of the former Undergraduate Library and the former James D.
Hoskins Main Library.
A central, lofty galleria and sweeping stairways link the Volunteer Boulevard
entrance on the ground floor and the Melrose Avenue entrance on the second
floor. The galleria on the first floor is named in honor of Jack E. Reese,
long-time Knoxville Chancellor and advocate for the libraries.
The interior is designed to admit ample natural light and features Italian
and Spanish marble and lightly-finished woods. The terraced effect of the
library belies the building’s massive size. Architects for the $29-million
structure were McCarty Bullock Holsaple, Lindsay & Maples, and Cooper
& Perry. Rentenbach Engineering Company was construction contractor.
A stained-glass window, backlit by the glass wall on the east end of the
ground floor, was created by artist Morna Livingston.
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| Permanent
Exhibits |
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The
first floor galleria of Hodges Library holds several permanent exhibits
of interest:
A bronze bust of the late author Alex
Haley, created by Knoxville artist Jim Gray, portrays Haley surrounded
by tiny versions of characters from his Pulitzer Prize winning saga,
Roots.
The Alumni
Academic Hall of Fame honors UT alumni who have achieved national or
international distinction in the arts, letters, sciences, or professions.
The Centaur
Excavations at Volos, the recreation of an ancient centaur burial site,
is actually an elaborate hoax created by several university professors to
warn students to question everything they see and read. |
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