Ag Day 2008: Pendergrass Future

Pendergrass Future tri-panel display for Agday 2008 Pendergrass Library’s Agriculture Librarian, Peter Fernandez, discusses importance of web 2.0 technologies in today’s communication and entertains questions in the benefits of open source/open access with Tennessee’s future scholars at Ag Day 2008, the Institute of Agriculture’s combined county fair-homecoming event.

Brooks & Dunn to Speak at College of Law

A limited number of free standby tickets are available for UT faculty, staff and students to hear country music stars Brooks & Dunn talk about entertainment law at the UT College of Law. The event is at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, in the Baker Donelson Classroom, Room 132, College of Law. The event … Continued

Elsevier Survey Participants Win Prizes

The Elsevier publishing company recently sponsored an online survey for a study on the Values, Outcomes, and Return on Investment on University Investment in the Library. The study is conducted in conjunction with the University of Illinois and nine other university libraries world wide. The study is also a partnership with the School of Information … Continued

UT Libraries Employee Wins 2008 Tennessee Resource Sharing Award

The following article ran on Tenn-Share’s website (www.tenn-share.org/resources/award) and featured the University of Tennessee Libraries’ own Tracy Luna, the winner of this year’s Resource Sharing Award: Tracy Luna, Lending Supervisor at the University of Tennessee Libraries in Knoxville, is the recipient of the 2008 Tennessee Resource Sharing Award. A “veteran” of UT’s interlibrary loan department, … Continued

Living On: Portraits of Tennessee Survivors and Liberators

For some Tennesseans, the Holocaust is more than a tragic chapter of history; it is a personal journey of pain and survival. Learn the stories of these fascinating local men and women at a special lecture by UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media Associate Professor Rob Heller. With the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Dr. Heller … Continued

Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Longs CDs and scores have arrived

The Music Library has just received the last of the Jamey Aebersold “A New Approach To Jazz Improvisation” Play-A-Long Book and Recording Set.  So the full 124 volume set is now available for jazz students and others in both score and CD format! The scores are in the stacks at call number: MT68 .A4 The CDs … Continued

Compass Basics and GPS Geo-caching Workshop

Join UT Map Services and the UT Outdoor Program. Learn to orienteer with map and compass, and enjoy geo-caching with a GPS! Must drive own vehicle to Ijams Nature Center. Please arrive at the Miller Education Building parking area. Equipment is limited. Please bring a compass (with sighting mirror preferred) and GPS if you have … Continued

Jazz for Justice Concert

Jazz for Justice concert – 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, Barataria (formerly Blue Cats in the Old City). Tickets are $10 for students. All proceeds go to the Northern Ugandan Girls’ Education Network. Contact lmcclai4@utk.edu or 615-578-3060 for any additional questions. http://knoxjazzforjustice.org